James Frank Kennedy
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982
label: Collection Creator
content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
label: Collection Creator
content: Pease, L.F.
label: Collection Creator
content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford Greeting Card Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972
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content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers
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content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers / Series 3: Kennedy Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1861-1920s; undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1252, Subseries 3.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: James Frank Kennedy was born May 4, 1821 in Wexford, Ireland. He arrived in Lima, New York in 1840 where he attended the Lima Academy. He later moved to Dansville and worked on the Genesee Valley Canal, a branch of the Erie, as a stone mason.  He married Mary Jane Durkee in 1849. A fall from a three-story burning building prevented him from further doing heavy work. Kennedy taught school for a while before enlisting in the Union Army at the age of 41 in November 23, 1861. Kennedy died on April 4, 1863. Materials in the collection primarily document his military career particularly his imprisonment by the Confederate army. Materials include biographical information, a photograph, military service records, and a fragment of a memorial card.  These materials are arranged in chronological order.