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- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Sampson Kennedy
Name: Sampson Kennedy
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: Batt'y A, 1 Illinois L. Art'y.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M539 roll 48
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1880; Census Place: Moline, Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: 246; Family History Film: 1254246; Page: 422C; Enumeration District: 248; Image: 0086.
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
235/304
Sam KENNEDY Self M Male W 40 AL Printer IRE IRE
Adeline KENNEDY Wife M Female W 33 WI Keeping House VT VT
Robert B. KENNEDY Son S Male W 12 IL At Home AL WI
Adeline KENNEDY Dau S Female W 8 IL AL WI
Philip S. KENNEDY Son S Male W 5 IL AL WI
Alice KENNEDY Dau S Female W 3 IL AL WI
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Source Information:
Census Place Moline, Rock Island, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254246
NA Film Number T9-0246
Page Number 422C
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1900; Census Place: Moline Ward 2, Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: T623_338; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 97. 421 11th Street
55/78 Kennedy Samson head white male Feb 1839 61 widower Alabama Ire Ire Job Printer
Rents House
Robert B son white male Dec 1868 31 single Illinois Alabama Wisconsin
Job Printer
Adaline dau white fem May 1872 28 single Illinois Alabama Wisconsin
Stenographer
Philip S son white male Nov 1874 25 single Illinois Alabama Wisconsin
Pressman
Alice dau white fem June 1877 22 single Illinois Alabama Wisconsin
Stenographer
Sam W son white male Sep 1887 12 single Illinois Alabama Wisconsin
at school
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about Samson Kennedy
Name: Samson Kennedy
Birth Year: abt 1839
Keyed Birth Location: Alabama
Birth State: Alabama
Admitted Year: 1916
Age at Admission: 77
State: Wisconsin
County: Milwaukee [Washington]
City: Milwaukee [Wood]
Branch: Northwestern Branch
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Birth: Feb. 22, 1839
Death: Jul. 20, 1917
From the Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, Illinois Chicago Biographical Publishing Co. 1885 - Page 663: Samson [sic] Kennedy, one of the leading newspaper men of Western, Illinois, residing at Moline, was born of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parents, on the banks of the Tombigbee River, in Green County, Ala., Feb. 22, 1839. Though located in the heart of the South, his parents were strongly opposed to slavery, and soon after determined to remove to the North, where they might raise their children away from the corrupting influences of the "peculiar institution." In 1847, therefore, the family moved to Chicago, then a city of 12,000 to 14,000 people. In 1853 Mr. Kennedy entered the office of the Democratic Press, published by John L. Scripps and William Bross, as an apprentice. In 1857 he went to Red Wing, Minn., with young L.F. Hubbard (now Gov. Hubbard), and assisted him in getting his newspaper started. In the following year he went South, and spent two years in Memphis, where he cast his first vote in 1860, for Stephen A. Douglas. A week after the election he went to West Point and Searcy, Ark., where the outbreak of the Rebellion found him. For six weeks he remained in that hot-bed, utterly unable to devise any way of getting home without, perhaps, getting into worse trouble. Finally a vigilance committee solved the difficulty, and sent him to Memphis, where another vigilance committee advised him to leave for home, which he was glad to do. He says, though, that from first to last he was treated courteously and kindly. On reaching Cairo he was surprised to learn that he had been hung by a mob ten days before, and a day or so later had the rare privilege of reading his own obituary in the Times and Tribune of Chicago. Six weeks later he enlisted in Bat. A, 1st Ill. Art., and served three years, participating in 11 engagements, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Arkansas Post, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, siege of Jackson, and Mission Ridge (Chattanooga). For three years after his discharge he traveled for a Chicago grocery house, and then got married and drifted back into the printing business. His marriage occurred in Monmouth, Ill., Nov. 6, 1866, to Miss Addie Whitney [sic]. In September, 1871, he located in Moline, since which time he has been connected successively with the Review (weekly), the Dispatch (daily), the Review-Dispatch (weekly), and the Republican (daily and weekly), besides managing an extensive job printing business until the fall of 1882. In May 1883, the firm Kennedy & Co. was incorporated, and began the publication of the Republican, of which Mr. Kennedy is the active manager. He is both an able business and newspaper man, and the publications in which he has been interested bear the impress of the stirring, enterprising and efficient Samson [sic] Kennedy. Family links: Children: Robert Blaney Kennedy (1869 - 1938) * Spouse: Adeline Whiting Kennedy (1847 - 1900) * Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial. ] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]"Point here for explanation
Burial: Riverside Cemetery Moline Rock Island County Illinois, USA
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1839 - 1917 (78 years)