Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Processed By:
Paul Brockman
31 March 1997
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder (32 items)
COLLECTION DATES: 1842-1875
PROVENANCE: Miss Helen Kennedy, Hammond, IN, 28 March 1968
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 68.0303
NOTES:
William J. Kennedy (d. 1878) was born in Ohio, married Margary Curry, and practiced medicine and taught school in Meigs County. In 1857 he and his family moved to Center Point, Clay County, Indiana where he continued to teach school and practice medicine. After teaching two terms in education, Kennedy went into the general merchandise business. His son, John L. Kennedy, (b. 1849) was also born in Ohio, moved with his parents to Indiana, and studied medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, in the winter of 1875-1876 but he returned when his father became ill. After his father's death on February 2, 1878, he settled the estate by closing the business and opened a drug business in Center Point in 1880. He married Sarah L. Bridewell on September 12, 1878.
Source: Information in Collection.
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana, p. 480.
The collection contains the papers and correspondence of William J. Kennedy. Items include literary and religious writings and poetry, 1842-1850, a letter to a newspaper editor, 1848, contracts to teach in schools in Meigs County, Ohio, 1851, n.d., and Clay County, Indiana, 1859, and a handwritten paper on the anatomy of the human body, n.d. Other items include letters to and from family members regarding everyday life, health of relatives, and religious freedom in Ohio and Indiana, 1853-1855. Also contained in the collection are school related questions and writings, n.d., and financial indentures and receipts, 1858-1875.
MAIN ENTRY: Kennedy, William J., d. 1878
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Kennedy, William J., d. 1878
Physicians--Ohio--Meigs County
Physicans--Indiana--Center Point
Teachers--Ohio--Meigs County
Teachers--Indiana--Center Point
Freedom of religion--Indiana
Freedom of religion--Ohio
Human anatomy
Center Point (Ind.)--History Sources
Meigs County (Ohio)--History--Sources
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