Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-02
DR.. kennedy DEAD.
One Of the Oldest Physicians In
GfatiOt County SuCCOmbS.
LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS IN II
Died Friday Of ParalySis-Funeral was Held
Sunday at House.

St. Louis lost one of its most
revered and respected residents in the
death of DR.. Stiles Kennedy, Friday,
the twenty-seventh. The cause of DR..
Kennedy's death was paralysis. About
a month ago he suffered a severe
stroke of paralysis and from this he
never fully recovered The funeral
was held at the home of the deceased
in St. Louis, Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Hurd Allyn Drake, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of that city, Off
ciating. A very large number of DIR.
Kennedy's friends attended the ser
vice, the house being crowded. The
burial was at the St. Louis cemetery.
Stiles Kennedy was born in Le-
banon, Kentucky, on April /, 1888.
His father was a Presbyterian min
lister of good old Scotch-Irish stock,
who, during his life, preached in the
states of Kentucky, Delaware and
Maryland. His mother was an Eng
lishwoman, a descendant of the his
toric John OF Gaunt His mother died
when the boy Stiles was but two
years of age.
His boyhood was spent in Della
ware, his early education being OBJ
tanned at Milford Academy, where he
remained until seventeen years of age.
Later he took up the study of medi-
cine with DR.. Alexander Hardcastle,
of Denton, Maryland, at the same
Ia hi
versity of Pennsylvania. He gradu-
ated from the medical department of
that school in 1859 After gradua-
tion he spent two years in the west
and one year in the practice of medi-
cine in the Shenandoah Valley. When
the war broke out he was appointed
surgeon in the Confederate army by
Gen Joe S. Jackson. Later he served
under Beauregard and Lee. In 1864
he was taken prisoner and confined at
Washington for short time. After
the battle OF Antietam he was sent
under flag of truce to cooperate
with the Federal surgeons in reliev-
ing the wounded of both armies.
After the performance of this duty
he was appointed Inspector of hos
pitfalls.
He came to St. Louis in 1871,
where he has always been one of the
most prominent physicians and SUR
geons of the city He has always
been a public spirited citizen and has
taken much interest in politics, acting
for several years on the county Dem
ocratic committee. He has also been
examiner for several insurance COM
panies.
DR.. Kennedy has published several
works on medicine and surgery. He
has also taken an active part i'll local
and state medical associations. In
the May, 1908, meeting of the Gra-
tiot County Medical association oc-
CURED one of the most happy events
in Dr. Kennedy's professional career.
At that time he was given an ovation
by the members of the association in
their regular meeting. DR.. Brainard,
of Brainard hospital, this city, deliver
ed a tribute to DR.. Kennedy. In his
ovation DR.. Brainard said: This
ovation that we tend to you is a grim
reminder that the Reaper is close up
on your track" In little over two
years after this was said of him DR..
Kennedy was dead.
Dr. Kennedy was married twice.
In 1872 he welded Miss Mary Re-
bold, who died six years later In
1883 he married Amanda Froman.
In the death of DR.. Kennedy St.
Louis has suffered the loss of the
third OF its Older physicians within
about a year. Dr. Kennedy was not
only one of the oldest doctors but one
of the pioneers of the city.