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Jenkins Kennard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Highland County, OH, United States
Death: May 30, 1913 (86)
Wayne Twp, Henry, Indiana, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Kennard and Elizabeth J Kennard
Husband of Ruth Kennard
Father of Francis Marion Kennard; Emma Evoline Kennard; Franklin Kennard and Charles Kennard
Brother of Rachel Jane James

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About Jenkins Kennard

GEDCOM Note

Jenkins owned woolen mills on the Blue River in Kennard, Indiana (Wayne Township). The town grew around his mills and was named after him. During the Civil War the mills produced blue wool which was sold to the Union Army. For more information on Jenkins see :Biographical Memories of Henry County, Indiana" by B. F. Bowen.

Jenkins and Ruth were married in a civil ceremony and not a Quaker ceremony and were disciplined for this.

Buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, IN

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Jenkins Kennard's Timeline

1826
December 4, 1826
Highland County, OH, United States
1849
1849
Ohio
1853
August 4, 1853
Knightstown, Henry County, IN, United States
1855
June 2, 1855
1856
September 24, 1856
Knightstown, Henry, Indiana, USA
1913
May 30, 1913
Age 86
Wayne Twp, Henry, Indiana, USA