Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Kenly, David May 17, 1804 - January 27, 1890

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DAVID KENLY (deceased). One of those who have lived a life of usefulness and
left behind them a record of business ability and honesty was the late David
Kenly, of Derry township, who went to his final rest on January 27, 1890, when
he was well advanced toward the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was a son of
William and Martha (Carnahan) Kenly and was born in Loyalhanna township,
Westmoreland county, Pa., May 17, 1804. Soon after the Revolutionary war his
parents became residents of Loyalhanna (now Bell) township in which they
afterwards died. William Kenly owned a farm which he carefully tilled, he had
six children: Samuel, who died in Johnstown about twenty years ago; William, who
fell from a load of hay, ran a pitchfork through his body and died immediately
from his wounds; John, born about 1810 and resides in Allegheny county, Pa.;
James, who died of apoplexy; Martha, widow of Joseph Neely, of Bell township;
and David.

   David Kenly was reared on the home farm and received his education in the old
subscription schools of his boyhood days. After the death of his father he and
his brothers conducted the home for several years, during which time they
purchased and added to it two adjoining farms. They then divided the estate and
David took for his share one hundred and fifty acres of land which he afterwards
sold to the Fairbanks Coal Company. He next (1865) purchased the farm which he
owned until his death and which is now successfully conducted by his widow, who
is a woman of good business ability.

   In the spring of 1849 he married Sarah Piper, a daughter of Jacob Piper. To
them were born one son and three daughters: Martha J., born in 1849 and is the
wife of William R. Dunlap (see his sketch); Sadie A., born 1850, married on
February 13, 1877, to William R. Stitt and has six children: Flora C., Gretta
J., Joanna T., May E., Boyd Kenly and Emma V.; Margaret, born 1852, became the
wife of George W. Martin, of Saltsburg, Indiana county, Pa., in January, 1878,
and has four children: Ord K., Robert I. and Raymond; and Samuel, who was born
July 17, 1854. Mrs. Sarah Kenly was born February 22, 1818, and was a helpmeet
to her husband in the truest sense of the word. She made her husband's happiness
and children’s comfort her constant care.

   David Kenly was remarkably successful in business life, accumulated over
twenty-five thousand dollars worth of property and never sued any one during his
entire lifetime. He was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church, in
which he never would accept an office. He was a quiet, peaceable citizen, a
modest, backward and almost bashful man, who was highly esteemed by his
neighbors. Generosity, charity and honesty were distinguishing traits of his
character.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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