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Kenrick, Peter Richard – Kenyon, William S

Kenrick, Peter Richard

archbishop, author, was born Aug. 17, 1806, in Ireland. He was the first Roman catholic archbishop of St. Louis. In the Ecumenical council of 1870 he actively opposed the dogma of papal infallibility; and the author of The Holy House of Lorretto; Anglican Ordinations; and Concia in Concilio Vaticana. He died in 1896.

Kent, Aratus

clergyman, was born Jan. 15, 1794, in Suffield, Conn. He organized the first presbyterian church in Galena, Ill., in 1831, and was its pastor till 1848, when he became agent for the Home Missionary society in northern Illinois, serving till 1868. He was one of the founders of Beloit college and of Rockford Female seminary. He died Nov. 8, 1869, in Galena, III.

Kent, Henry Brainard

author, was born Oct. 21, 1855, in Hopkinton, N. Y.

He was the author of A Graphic Sketch of the West. He died June 25, 1890, at Canon City, Colo., while traveling in the west.

Kent, James V

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born May 29, 1847, in Clinton county, Ind. In early days he taught school; then studied law; and in 1870- 73 was elected prosecuting attorney. During 1876-80 he was a member of the state senate of the Indiana legislature. Since 1896 he has been judge of the forty-fifth judicial circuit for the term ending in 1902.

Kent, Joseph

congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Jan. 14, 1779, in Calvert county, Md. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1811 to 1815, and from 1821 to 1826; governor of Maryland from 1826 to 1829; and United States senator from 1833 to 1837. He died Nov. 24, 1837, near Bladensburg, Md.

Kent, Moss

congressman, was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1807 and 1810 from Jefferson county; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1817.

Kent, William

educator, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1802. He was for many years a successful lawyer in New York city, and a judge of the circuit court.

For a short time he was a professor in Harvard university. He died Jan. 4, 1861, in Fishkill, N. Y.

Kenton, Simon

pioneer, soldier, was born April 13, 1755, in Fauquier county, Va. He commanded a battalion of Kentucky volunteers as major in 1793-94, became brigadier-general of Ohio militia in 1805, and fought at the battle of the Thames in 1813. He died April 29, 1836, in Logan county, Ohio.

Kenyon, James Benjamin

clergyman, author, poet, was born April 26, 1858, in Frankfort, N. Y. He is a methodist clergyman of Syracuse who has written much verse of a pleasing if not very striking kind. He is the author of Out of the Shadows; The Fallen, and Other Poems; Songs in All Seasons; In Realms of Gold; At the Gate of Dreams; and An Oaten Pipe.

Kenyon, William Asbury

poet, was born Aug. 22, 1817, in Hingham, Mass.

His poems were suggested by prairie scenes, and satirize backwoods customs with more truth than poetry. These were included in Miscellaneous Poems, to which are added Writings in Prose on Various Subjects. He died Jan. 25, 1862, in Hingham, Mass.

Kenyon, William Colgrove

college president, was born Oct. 23, 1812, in Richmond, R. I. He was the founder and first president of Alfred university, which office he held for ten years. He died June 7, 1867, in England.

HERRINGSHAW'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHI.

Kenyon, William S

congressman.

He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth congress.