The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28
wEADTH AND BIOGRAPHY
or THE
WEALTHY

NEW YORK.
Published at THE Sun Office,
corner Nassau and Fulton Streets.
1916.
KEARNEY, J. D., JR. ESTATE OF J.
wATTs). 100000
Young grandson Of John Watts. deceased, and
who was the source Of his wealth. The Watts
family are contemporary with the most distin-
suished names Of our English gentry. John
Watts being grandson of Robert and Mary
Watts. John watts's sister was mother of the
present Mr.. Kennedy, Earl Of Cassilis.
KEEsE, JOHN D.. .$2OO,OOO
or the old established firm of Lawrence s.
Reese. who have during the last fifty years sold
drugs enough to supply half the human race.
Mr.. X. is a son OF Major Reese, deceased, of the
Continental limo of the Revolution, afterward q
distinguished lawyer in this city.
KEEsE, MARY M. tWIDow). $1,000 o
Daughter Of James Drake. deceased.
KELLOGG, wAR 100000
Born in Litchneld county, Connecticut, and be-
gan life a foot-peddler, carrying trunks filled
with tin pepper boxes and other Yankee notions.
Being q man OF genius, 1t was not long before he
became a dry-goods jobber in Pearl street,
making $2o, 900 per annum net profit. In 1887,
at u time when by a Legitimate business he had
6"OElh u - III VI hlokVr ho oiAcu
in consequence Of heavy losses $4,000 900 almost
In a lump, by his Southern customers and by an
unfortunate speculation In Elizabethport lots.
He has, however, paid all his creditors. leaving
O snug fortune for himself. He Is the protector
and mover OF the Elizabethport speculation.
owning a largo part Of the village. These were
first laid out and bought by q company Of stock
holders who intended to build up a manufacture
ing village to rival Newark. Most Of the stock
holders falling to pay their installments. Kellogg
took their shares and became the chief share
holder. These lots cost him from $500 to $500
an acre. In addition to his estate in Elizabeth
port, Mr.. Kellogg is an owner in the two steam
boats plying between that place and this city,
and has real estate hero and in Brooklyn, where
he resides. He Is now again engaged in the dry
goods jobbing business in Pearl street. Mr.. Kel-
logg is no ordinary man, having. in addition to
his attention to business, acquired an education
superior to many who In early life have received
what is falsely styled "a liberal education"
KELLOGG. e 5000. 900
KELLY. WILLIAM. .S150.00O
KELLY, ROBERT.
KENNEDY, DAvI $500. 900
A highly respectable Scotch merchant. who
obtained some addition to his fortune through
ND "AO NV . Va AhoSSAe ASheN
KENT, DOC
One of the most marked men Of the times, tho
profound jurist, and long the celebrated Chan
cellor Of this State, whose opinions and common
taries, nay. nero words. are like pure gold, and
law for all those who wish to know what law is.
What a gratifying picture of q well-spent life is
that of this universally beloved man, In q green
old age enjoying tho respect Of friends, the de-
lights of domestic society, and all the glorious
vigor and sparkling brightness of that manhood
which once adorned and could still adorn, II not
purify. the bench.
KERMIT. ROBERT. 100000
OF a very old and most respectable New York
family.
kERNoCHAN, .&SOo,OoO
OF a poor Irish family, who were employed as
Golfers, teamsters. &c, at some Of the large iron
works in the Highland Mountains, on the west
side Of tho Hudson. Made his money In the
Southern trade as partner In Parish & Co.
kERRIGAF.
KErCHUM, MORRIS .S3OO.O 600
A brother of Hiram, tho lawyer, and now re-
sides in Westport, Conn, cultivating one Of tho
best farms there. He has been an owner Of tho
iron works at Elizabethport, N. Y.
KErrLyTAs. EUoENE $780, 900
A descendant Of the Rev. Abraham Kettletas,
whose father came from Holland in 1928 and
was a merchant In this city. The Rev. Mr.. Ket-
tletas was distinguished as q clergyman on Long
Island during the Revolutionary war, and was o
member of the convention which formed the
State Constitution in 1777. Eugene was edu-
Gated a lawyer, and married the sister of Mrs.
Thomas McCarty, daughter Of John Gardiner.
deceased, whence he receives a good portion Of
his estate. Hackett, tho comedian. is a son Of
Ann, daughter of tho Rev. Abraham Kettletas.
KIDMoRE. SAMUEL S................. 800. 900
Viva IIHspa Conn Ql00 nn0
James G. of the firm of Prime. Ward & King,
and Charles, editor of the Neto York american.
are sons of the distinguished Rufus King. who
was born in Maine In 1775. graduated In Har-
ward College. served in the Revolutionary army,
was a delegate to the old Congress from Massa-
chusetts and a Senator from New York the first
session undor the Constitution Of the United
States and afterward for a long time Minister to
Great Britain, and again a Senator In Congress.
James for a long time exercised great influence
in the money market. He has spent many years
in Liverpool, England. under the firm OF King &
Grain, and now resides at a beautiful country
seat at Weehawken, overlooking tho Hudson.
KINGsLAND, $780, 900
Attorney at law-inherited his fortune from
his father, d. Kingsland, deceased. q wei. known
ship carpenter.
KINGsLAHD, DANIEL C.................. $500, 900
KINGsLAND, AMBROSE C................ $500, 900
FIRM TX A. hingsland q Coin the sperm
oil and shipping business.
hiNuoLANbs pZUU,UOU
One of the oldest and richest firms in the hard.
ware line and a man of great responsibility and
high standing in this community; a modest gen.
tleman that has calmly pursued the even tenor
of his way" without show or parade. and thus
silently passed down the stream OF time. every.
where beloved and honored. Such families. how
unlike are they to tho huttering, buzzing things
of fashion. whose gilded wings collapse with the
first shower that dims their sunshine and " then
arc heard no more"
KIssAM, RICHARD ESTATE OIL. ....... 5000, OOC
An estate honestly, nobly acquired in the sur
gical profession, OF which he stood undoubtedly
at the head in his day. But few keener men IN
wit or with the knife could DO found anywhere
His forte was lithotomy, in which his cures were
truly wonderful. In after life he married and
soon after died, leaving a large family OF small