OBIT: John Lee KENDALL, 1945, Beachdale, Somerset County, PA

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JOHN L. KENDALL

  John Lee Kendall, 76, died at his home near Beachdale last Friday afternoon, 
after nearly four years' illness.  He was a son of the late William and Louise 
(Boone) Kennell of Southampton Township, most of whose descendants now go by the 
surname Kendall.  His mother was reputed to be a descendant of the famous 
pioneer frontiersman, Daniel Boone, who was a native of Berks County, Pa.
  John L. Kendall was a man of diversified accomplishments and activities.  From 
early youth he had strong religious convictions and at the age of 16 conducted 
evangelistic services in West Virginia and was widely known as "the boy 
evangelist".  He was for many years a member of the Temple Evangelical Church 
near White Oak, Larimer Township, and frequently acted as an exhorter in various 
rural churches, including the ones at Blackfield and Cross Roads in Summit 
Township. 
  For many years Mr. Kendall operated a small farm and an apple-butter factory 
along the Plank road in Larimer Township, and for some time officiated as a 
justice of the peace in that township, being familiarly known to most of his 
acquaintances as "Squire" Kendall.  He was a handy man with tools and worked as 
a carpenter for some years.  He was a public-spirited citizen and always 
interested in the moral, spiritual and economical welfare of his fellow 
citizens, and of the rising generations.
  Mr. Kendall married Amanda Bittner when he was a young man.  He was a devoted 
husband and father.  Mrs. Kendall passed away in 1941, a loss from which he 
never fully recovered.  Surviving are nine children - Mrs. Walter F. Saylor, 
Sand Patch; Mrs. Clyde W. Ickes, and Mrs. Raymond Mankamyer, Berlin; Mrs. Robert 
Hawk, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. George Horning, Mrs. John Robinson, Irvin Kendall, Mrs. 
Charles Mitchell and Mrs. J. F. Keller, Garrett.  He also leaves 47 
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one brother, William Kendall, Garrett, 
and two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Porter and Mrs. Edward Glass, Wellersburg.
  His oldest son, Harvey J. Kendall, served with Co. C, 110th Infantry, in World 
War I, and suffered from poison gas and hardships as a prisoner of war in 
Germany, which impaired his health and resulted in his death several years ago.
  During his latter years Squire Kendall lived in Brothersvalley Township where 
he passed away. 
  As a climax to his career, he wrote his own funeral sermon, which was read at 
his obsequies by his last pastor, Rev. A. J. Replogle of the Garrett Church of 
the Brethren.  The funeral services on April 30 were held in the Temple 
Evangelical Church, at White Oak, where he worshipped for many years, and where 
he wished to be laid to rest.

Meyersdale Republican, May 3, 1945