Obituaries
INDIANA PIONEER IS DEAD
26 September 1910 - Indianapolis Star
Succumbs to Disease at Daughter's Home in Indianapolis
Submitted by Kathy Bargerhuff
James M Kennedy, one of the pioneers of Indiana, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. M. Rife, 1024 East Market street, Saturday morning of Bright's disease. The funeral and burial will be at Cloverdale today, the funeral party leaving Indianapolis at 7 o'clock this morning. Mr. Kennedy was born near Connersville Ind., July 11, 1835. He came to Indianapolis with his father and brothers when a lad and remained a few weeks, then moved to Putnam County, where he had lived since. He married Sarah Neese at Jordan Village, Ind., in 1860. Six children surviving are Mrs. Mary E. Rife, 1024 East Market street; John Kennedy, Cloverdale, Ind., Mrs. George Akers, Reelsville, Ind.; David Kennedy, Quincy, Ind.; Silas Kennedy, Cloverdale, Ind.; and Mrs. Eliza Harrison, 333 Kansas street.