Dana Huff's Family Tree
William Wesley Kennedy
Birth:1 MAY 1816 in Moore County, North Carolina
Death:MAR 1878 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Sex:M
Father:Hiram Kennedy b. 22 OCT 1792 in Moore County, North Carolina
Mother:Mary Spinks b. 20 JAN 1793 in Randolph County, North Carolina
  
Burial: 6 MAR 1878
Occupation: Gunsmith

Spouses & Children
Cynthia Walker Palmer (Wife) b. ABT 1819 in Georgia
Marriage: 10 MAR 1840 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Children: 
  1. Oliver Sylvester Kennedy b. 24 JAN 1840 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  2. Panthea Narcissa Kennedy b. ABT 1843 in Mississippi
  3. Adelia Parthenia Kennedy b. 28 JUL 1844 in Mississippi
  4. DescendantsMary Elizabeth Kennedy b. 9 JUL 1847 in Tippah County, Mississippi
  5. Luletia Kennedy b. ABT 1851 in Mississippi
  6. Mittalene Cynthia Kennedy b. ABT 1852 in Mississippi
  7. William Oscar Kennedy b. ABT 1853 in Mississippi
  8. Hiram Randolph Kennedy b. ABT 1855 in Mississippi
  9. Ophelia Adrian Kennedy b. ABT 1859
 

Notes
Title: Notes
Text:
From GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1798-1851, Taken from Historical Sketches of North Carolina by Col. John H. Wheeler, published 1851 and re-printed 1925: William W. Kennedy listed as an 1830 graduate. I cannot be certain that this is the same person as William Wesley Kennedy; however, considering his family's wealth and prominence at that time, as well as his age (which would have been about right for a college graduate in that part of the nineteenth century), I think it is a strong possibility that this is William Wesley Kennedy. (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/school/unc1851.txt) Listed in 1850 Census of Tippah County Mississippi, p. 477b, line 14: Kennedy, W.W., Age 34, Male, Gun Smith, North Carolina (birthplace). Kennedy, Cynthia W., 30, Female, Georgia (birthplace). Kennedy, Oliver S., 9, Male, Alabama (birthplace). Kennedy, Narcissa, 7, Female, Mississippi (birthplace). Kennedy, Adalia P., 5, Female, Mississippi (birthplace). Kennedy, Mary E., 3, Female, Mississippi (birthplace). Kennedy, Lutitia, 1, Female, Mississippi (birthplace). We can, therefore, pinpoint W.W. Kennedy's move from Lauderdale County, Alabama to Tippah County Mississippi as taking place between 1840 and 1843. It is interesting that W.W. Kennedy continued the "family business" of gun- smithing. There is some confusion regarding exact spellings and constructions of the unusual names of his children.

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