Kendall, Ezra Otis – Kennedy, William Riddell
Kendall, Ezra Otis
educator, author, was born May 17, 1818, in Wilmington, Mass. In 1855 he was elected to the chair of mathematics in the university of Pennsylvania; and in 1883 was chosen to fill the office of vice-provost. He is the author of a work entitled Uranography.
Kendall, Frederick Augustus
soldier, was born Aug. 28, 1838, in Concord, N. H. He received his education in the public schools of Concord; Meriden college, New Hampshire; attended Dartmouth college in 1856-57; and Bowdoin college in 1858-60. In 1861 he enlisted in company B, eleventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, and during several transfers was rapidly advanced until he became captain. In 1866 he entered the regular service, was on frontier service in Texas until 1874, when he was in recruiting service at Cleveland. He was professor of military science and tactics at the Brooks' Military academy until 1879, when he returned to Texas for duty, until retired from active service in 1884. In 1889 he was elected president of the Cleveland Life Underwriters' association, and was re-elected in 1890 and in 1893. In 1896 he was elected junior vice-commander of the Ohio commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; and his wife is also regent of the Cleveland chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Kendall, George Wilkins
journalist, author, was born in 1810 in Vermont. He is a journalist of New Orleans; and the author of The War between the United States and Mexico; and The Texan Santa Fé Expedition.
Kendall, Jonas
legislator, congressman, was born in 1757 in Worcester, Mass. He served thirteen years in the legislature of Massachusetts; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1821. He died Oct. 22, 1844, in Leominster, Mass.
Kendall, Joseph G
congressman, was born in 1788. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1829 to 1833. He died Oct. 2, 1847, in Worcester, Mass. a
Kendall, Joseph M
lawyer, congressman, was born May 12, 1863, in West Liberty, Ky. He was elected to the fiftysecond congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. He declined a re-election; but was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat. He is a successful lawyer of Prestonburg, Ky., and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. His father was the Hon. John W. Kendall, a noted confederate cavalry officer, jurist and statesman.
Kendall, Joseph Wilkins
journalist, was born Aug. 22, 1809, in Mount Vernon, N. H. He attained high rank as a journalist, and was prominent in the public affairs of his native state.
Kendall, Milton T
poet. He is a successful writer of Washington, Pa.
Kendrick, Asahel Clark
educator, author, was born Dec. 7, 1809, in Poultney, Vt. He was a noted Greek scholar who was professor of Greek at Rochester university since 1850; and the author of Echoes: metrical translations from the Greek and German; The Moral Conflict of Humanity and Other Papers; Life of Mrs. Emily Judson; A Child's Book of Greek; and Introduction to the Greek Language. He was one of the reviser's of the New Testament, published independent commentaries and translations, and edited Our Poetical Favorites.
Kendrick, C
physician, surgeon, legislator, was born May 24, 1852, in Hardin county, Tenn. He served two terms in the Mississippi house of representatives; and is now serving his third term in the state senate.
Kendrick, Nathaniel
educator, clergyman, was born April 22, 1777, in Hanover, N. H. He was a successful clergyman; and professor of theology and moral philosophy in the Madison university of Hamilton from 1822 until his death. He died Sept. 11, 1848.
Kenly, John Reese
soldier, author, was born in 1822 in Baltimore, Md. He was a captain and major of volunteers in the Mexican war, and brigadier-general in the federal army in the civil war. He was the author of Memoirs of a Maryland Volunteer in the Mexican War.
Kenna, John Edward
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born April 10, 1848, in Valcoulon, W. Va. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion. He was prosecuting attorney from 1872 to 1877; and was elected a representative from West Virginia to the forty-fifth, fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses. He re- *signed in 1883 to take his seat as a senator of the United States from West Virginia for the term of six years from 1883; and was re-elected for the term ending in 1895. He died Jan. 11, 1893.
Kennan, George
traveler, author, was born Feb. 16, 1845, in Norwalk, Ohio.
He is a noted traveler who made a careful investigation of the Russian exile system for The Century Magazine, and drew world-wide attention to the subject. He is the author of Tent Life in Siberia; and Siberia and the Exile System.
Kennedy, Andrew
state senator, congressman, was born in 1810 in Ohio.
He was a member of the state senate of Indiana; and represented that state in congress, 1841 to 1847. He died Dec. 31, 1847, in Muncie, Ind.
Kennedy, Anthony
manufacturer, United States senator, was born in 1811 in Baltimore, Md. He was a member of the legislature of Virginia from 1839 to 1843.
He moved to Baltimore in 1850; and was elected to the Maryland legislature in 1856. He was elected to the United States senate for six years from 1857. He died July 31, 1892, in Annapolis, Md.
Kennedy, Crammond
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 20, 1842, in Scotland. He is a lawyer of Washington; and the author of James Stanly, a Sunday-School tale; The Liberty of the Press; Corn in the Blade, a book of verse; and Close Communion or Open Communion.
Kennedy, James K
lawyer, jurist.
He was an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington.
Kennedy, John Pendleton
lawyer, statesman, author, was born in October, 1795, in Baltimore, Md. He was a member of the house of delegates of Maryland in 1820, 1822, and 1846; and was speaker in the latter year. In 1838 he was elected to the house of representatives in the federal legislature, and served in that body through the twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth congresses. In 1849 he was chosen by the regents of the university of Maryland to preside over that institution as provost. His principal works are: Annals of Quodlibet; At Home and Abroad; Swallow Barn; Horse- Shoe Robinson; Rob of the Bowl; and Life of William Wirt. He died Aug. 18, 1870, in Newport, R. I.
Kennedy, Joseph Camp Grif- Fith
statistician, was born April 1, 1813, in Meadville, Pa. He was corresponding secretary of the National institute, and of the United States Agricultural society, and editor of the journal of the latter.
He was a member of the statistical board of Belgium; of the Geographical society of Prussia; of the statistical societies of France, England, and Ireland, and of other European and American associations. He died July 13, 1887, in Washington, D. C.
Kennedy, Josiah Forrest
physician, educator, surgeon, was born Jan. 31, 1834, in Landisburg, Pa. He was professor of obstetrics in the Iowa State university and the Iowa College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was a delegate to the International Congress of Hygiene held in London in 1891; and is at present secretary to the Iowa state board of health.
Kennedy, Nathan B
physician, poet, was born Dec. 24, 1837, in Sumpter county, Ala. In 1860 he graduated from the medical department of Tulane university, and the following year entered the confederate army as assistant surgeon, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. For thirty-four years he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession, but has now retired and lives in Hillsboro, Texas. He has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and his poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works.
Kennedy, Robert Patterson
soldier, lawyer, lieutenant-governor, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1840, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of brevet brigadiergeneral. He was appointed collector of internal revenue in Ohio in 1878, and continued in that office till the consolidation of the Ohio districts in 1883. He was elected lieutenant-governor in 1885; was elected to the fiftieth congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Kennedy, William
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1803 to 1805, from 1809 to 1811, and from 1813 to 1815.
Kennedy, William Riddell
lawyer, jurist, was born March 27, 1844, in Springfield, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education at the common schools; attended the Normal academy of West Chester, Pa.; and one term in the law department of the Douglass university of Chicago. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Colorado; has been county attorney of Hinsdale county; city attorney of Leadville; judge of probate of Gilpin county, Colo.; and secretary of the state senate of the ninth general assembly of Colorado. He is one of the leading lawyers of the west, and has a large practice in Leadville, where he takes a prominent part in the public affairs of Colorado.