Kennedy, James,

 

 

                                      Farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Edenville; born Sept. 10, 1830, in Ireland; in 1843, came to Canada; in 1851, came to Watertown, N.Y.; then returned to Canada; in 1865, removed to Chicago; in 1872, came to his present farm; owns eighty acres, valued at $20 per acre. Married Mary A. McMahan Feb. 22, 1858; she was born Feb. 21, 1841, in Canada; have seven children—David J., James A., William D., George H., Alice M., Frank and Martha J.

                                      p.588-9, Eden Township

 

 

 

                             --Taken from “The History of Marshall County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &r.,” and published by Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1878.

 

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