CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: MELVILLE V. KENNEDY - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

M. V. KENNEDY.

Melville V. Kennedy was born in Randolph county, Ala., June 28, 1845.
Enlisted in company A, 7th Alabama cavalry commanded by Col. Joseph E. 
Hodgesons of Montgom­ery.  He was with Gen. Chambers, and belonged to 
the com­mand of Gen. Bedford Forrest. Hence saw active service un­der 
that great cavalry leader.  He surrendered dt Columbus Ga., after the 
surrender of the Virginia army.  Married, March 4, 1866, Miss Cynthia 
H. Connally, of Atlanta, who belonged to a prominent family of that 
state.  Removed to Alabama, thence in 1886 to Texas and settled in 
Tyler.  He is a prominent business man and a Christian gentleman. His 
children are prominent in business circles in Tyler, the residence of 
Mr. Kennedy.