The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-20
.CHAS. B. KENNEDY
Died SATURDAY
HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE
CITY OF MADISON.
DIED IN LOS ANGELES, CAL
FUNERAL UNDER THE MASONIC
USAGES HELD THERE THIS
AFTERNOON.

c. f. Kennedy. 21l Josephine ave
nue. n, this morning received an
-nouncement or the death of his
brother. Chas. h Kennedy, i'm Los
Angeles. Cal. at 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The telegram also stated
that the funeral would be held there
this afternoon with Masonic honors.
A more comprehensive sketch of
the life OF Chas. b. Kennedy than
that contained i'm History of South
Dakota" Vol. 2. probably could not
be found, and from which we quote,
as follows.
Among the names of the honored
pioneers of the territory of Dakota
and the state of South Dakota there
are few that stand forth with more
prominence or that are representa-
tive of more distinctive public spirit
than Chas. b. Kennedy. Mr.. Ken
nedy has accomplished much i'm for
w%arding the upbuilding of the great
commonwealth. is we'll known
throughout the state and is an eNem-
plar of the highest type of citizen
ship. In q PREDATORY way We cannot
do better than to incorporate an ap-
preciative estimate of the man writ
ten by one who has known him long
and Well, the same being an extract
from an article published not long
since: There are two things which
Hon. Charles 3D. Kennedy did for
Lake county i'm the early days which
will make him prominent while he
lives and cause his name to be re-
membered after death. One was the
founding of Madison. upon its pres
ent site. while the other consists in
the aid, both moral and financial.
which he gave to the State Normal
school. being virtually its organizer.
Mr.. K~ennedy's history is closely link
ed with that of Lake county. and
as a local paragrapher aptly put it
If you want to know about Lake
county. look up Kennedy; and if you
want Kennedy. just look mp Lake
county
"Chas. b. Kennedy IN of stanch
old New England stock and the far
distant Pine Tree state figures as the
place of his nativity. He was born in
Moscow. Somerset county. Maine. on
the 2Sth of March. 1850. being a son
of Bartholomew G. and Olivia
tSmithl Kennedy. both Of whom
we're born i'm Maine. He was reared
to the sturdy discipline of the farm
and secured his early educational
training in the common schools of his
native state, experimenting the same
by a course in the Maine Central In
stitute. at Pittsfield, after which he
took a partial curse in the Maine
state college, at Orono.
In 1873 he removed to Leroy
J Mimi. where ne was elected principal
of the village schools and appointed
deputy superintendent of schools for
the county. retaining this dual in
cumbency one year. at the expiration
of which he turned his attention TO
the real estate business.
In March. 1878. Mr.. Kennedy
came to the territory Of Dakota, max
ing his way TO Lake county, there
being moi more than Il families
within its border at the time. lie Sc
cured from the government a home
stead and a timber claim, aggregat-
ing 500 acres. and forthwith started
a stock farm. Two years later the
I Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad company constructed a line
across this land and Mr.. Kennedy Sc
cured thereon the location of a town
site. which he duly plated while the
name of Madison was given TO the
embryo village by its founder. The
main street of the present city runs
through the enter of his original
farm.
In November, 1880, he was elect
ed as a representative of Lake county
in the territorial legislature. and
within the succeeding session intro
duced and secured the enactment of
a bill locating the State Normal
school at Madison, while his generos-
ity and public spirit were further
shown in his donating TO the state
the 20 acres Of land upon which all
the buildings of this excellent and
valued institution are located"
Relinquishing his large business
interests in this city, such as banking
and otherwise. Mr.. Kennedy. with his
family. removed to Los Angeles
about five years ago. However, he is
still a large property holder in this
city and county. He has made sew
eral return visits to Madison, but
during the past two years he has
been in failing health, unable TO
travel.
Deceased is survived by wife and
two sons. C. Leroy Kennedy, Of Los
Altos, Cal. and Dean NJ. Kennedy,
OF Los Angeles. Brothers surviving
are C. f. Kennedy, of this city and
VIM. F. Kennedy. of Chico, Cal.