Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-10-13
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OBITUARY.

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Cornelius B. Kennedy, the father of
Hon. G. B. Kennedy died suddenly OF
old age on Saturday evening, Oct. Z.
The funeral took place from the fam
lily residence on Capitol hill on Monday,
Id b. Father Martin of Dell Rapids, off
a4EsS and the deceased was buried in
Forest Hill cemetery. Cornelius Ken
nedy was born in Ireland, on April !,
1911. When he was yet boy his par
ents moved to England where he
learned the stone cutting and building
trade and during the 40s he was .
large contractor and builder. Many OF
the largest, docks at the port of Liver
pool were under his supervision. He
amassed large fortune on these con-
tracts and then built on his own ac-
count large blocks Of business and resi-
dence buildings at Sucuneb and Wal
leey, England. He became involved in
speculation in the panic Of 81 and lost
everything he had. In 1889 he married
4 Mary Lindsay aud lived with her un-
til 1897 when she died at Canton, $. D.,
and since that time he has lived with
his son, G. 3, Kennedy. In 1852 he
emigra,ed to New York and pursued
his business as q stone cutter for
awhile and the demand Tor that class
Of workmen being great in Panama
where the isthmus Railroad was being
2buAlt,he went there He was then
,lal ark Of and his friends thought
~ ltsssad. When leaving England he
and family of five boys, Patrick,
James, John, Cornelius aud Benjamin,
with their mother calue to Delaware
county, Iowa, where their mothers
bro, her, John Lindsay, was living, ar
irving about Dec. /, 1850. Mr.. Ken
nedy returned to the United States and
learned Of the arrival Of his family
finding them near Coleeberg, Delaware
Co, Iowa, in the early part Of the year
1854. He purchased a farm Of 12O
acres and commenced its Improvement,
and added to it 1876 more On this
farm he lived until he and Mrs. Ken
nedy came to Cantoii in 1892. to reside
near their son c. b. Kennedy. He
worked his farm and aso engaged in
building many large buildings in Iowa
before moving to this state. Since
coming to America 1,ine other children
were born and eleven We're raised to
manhood and womanhnoh. Mr.. Ken
nedy was a man Of great intellectual
strength and tenaciSss OF purpose ard
his children all resemble him in this
BfssDN Net. Patrick was mo, tally wounded
y A/kaAattle Of Shil,.h aud died at the
f. 7isJ at Keokuk, iowa. James is
livlf.s. ou his farm III this county.
John is superintendent the Batavia
schools, New York, .,-.A is the author
Of many splendid books. c. b. Ken
nedy is we'll known here as .. success
full lawyer and business man and is at
present q candidate for supreme Judge
Of this state. Williams is a practicing
attorney at Minneapolis. Lizzie is the
wife of G. M. OdeH. Il wr.l-;o-do farm
er at Greely, Iowa. ,nnie WAS gradu.
ated from Lennox C.i,rgs. Iowa. and
is the wife of DR.. T. {; Matthews. at
Miles City, Montsna Sarah is the
wife of a lafge ranch man near that
splace and Eveleen, ths. Youngest, is ad-
mitted to the bar of Montana, and has
III prosperous business The father of
s5his useful and successful family has
now closed his life's work and has gone
to his rest at the ripe old age of nearly
SO years and truly IL may be said Of
him that he has done well. He has
entered into the reward Of the faithful.
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