Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
John F. Kennedy, 7 South 45 West
John F. Kennedy timber-claimed a quarter in section 29, 7S 45W, in 1899.
He might be related to the Elizabeth E. Kennedy
who cash-claimed a quarter in section 22, 8S 46W in 1890, and timber-claimed another in 1900 - six miles south of John's claim.
In 1880 Redwood County, Minnesota,
James Kennedy is 54, Margaret 40,
both born in Canada.
Christie M. is 20, Cassie I. 18, Daniel 17,
Alexander 15, Nettie 13, Elizabeth 10, John D. 7, and Edwin J. 5.
In 1900 Lyon County, Minneosta, James is 75, Margert 61, Nettie 31 a school teacher, John D. 27, and Edwin J. 25.
Jeanette Kennedy, 46, married O. R. Ownes on June 11, 1913 in Lincoln County, Colorado.
They're in Sidney, Nebraska in 1920, Owen R. 56, Jennett 50 born in Canada, with his daughters Leona 21 and Zella 17, both born in Minnesota.
Jeanette is buried in Singey 1866-1926 "Jeanette "Nettie" Kennedy Owens and her siblings Christie, Cassie, Alexander "Sandy" and Daniel were the children of James and Margaret (McEwen) Kennedy and they grew up near Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Nettie Kennedy and her siblings were childhood friends of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her sister Mary. Many years later, they became the real life models of the characters by the same names in Wilder's book "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and she also wrote about them in her autobiography "Pioneer Girl." Nettie was born in Canada and moved with her family to Minnesota as a young child. She grew up in Redwood and Lyon Counties and became a teacher. She lived with her parents until after her father's death and then moved to Colorado and lived with her brother. She married a widower, Owen R. Owens on June 11, 1913 in Arriba, Lincoln County, Colorado.(Owen had also grown up in Lyon County, Minnesota, and they may have been old friends.) Nettie helped raised Owen's two daughters by his first marriage, Leona and Zella Owens. The couple settled in Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, where Nettie died in March 1926."
Elizabeth Kennedy, had married Cassius Hanks, and they're in Lincoln County, in 1940, with mother Margaret 80.
Zoa Ruth Hanks and ChArlie Talmage Spears married in Lyon County, Minnesota on July 22, 1916.
Margaruite Hanks, 24, married W.F. Self on March 2, 1921 in Lincoln County.
Margaret 1896-1983 is buried in Springfield, Missouri # 7686780.
So is W.Frank Self 1887-1955 # 78686616.
They're in Denver in 1940, Casius 78, Elizabeth 70, with Charles T. Spears 49 and Zoa R. 48./
John D. Kennedy is a real estate
agent in Lincoln County, Colorado in 1920, 47, with Emma 38, Gordon 10,and Donald 6, and John 3.
Alexander "Sandy" Kennedy 1865-1925 is buried in Lincoln County # 75554393.|
Edwin J. Kennedy and Ruth Miller 22,
married in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 16, 1907.
Edwin died in Denver in 1949.
Ruth F. Kennedy 1885-1968 is buried in Grand Rapids # 162408229, on the same stone as Emma A. Solomon 1877-1974.
Ruth's parents might be William H. Miller
1842-1929 # 49372076 and Alice 1853-1909
# 49372086.
In 1910 Lincoln County, Colorado,
Edwin Kennedy is a real estate dealer, 35, wtih Ruth 25 born in Michigan. His siter Nettie 40 is single, born in Canada.
Edwin J. Kennedy is a real estate agent in Lincoln COunty in 1920, 45, married to Ruth F. 34.
POSSIBLY
John F. Kennedy and Emma Palmer married
in Denver in on March 13, 1896, John L. Kennedy and Emma M. Plunkett married in Denver on Sept 2, 1897. and John F. Kennedy and Edith S Dunning married in Denver on June 12, 1901.
John F. Kennedy and Clara M. Bergman
married in Denver on June 4, 1902.
Stafford Plunkett, 26, born in Ireland, married Mary E. Fisher on December 8, 1874 in Butler County, Nebraska.
In 1880 Red Willow County, Nebraska,
Stafford Plunkett in 30, Mary 24, with Emma 4,
John 3, and Chrissie Belle eight months old.
Stafford 1853-1905 is buried in Wheat Ridge
# 150521176, with Mary E. 1858-1938 # 15i0521289.
In 1900 Denver, Emma Kennedy, born Nov 1873 in Nebraska, is married but no sspouse. John Kennedy is her son, born Dec 1898 in Colorado. They're living with her mother Mary Plunkin born May 1856 in Illinois. Mary has had three kids, two living. William is 22, single, Emma, and probably a daughter married Joseph McCondal 30, widowed, born in Illinois.
Emma Plunkett, born Nov 18, 1877 in Fremont Nebraska, was named Killius in 1937.
Emma L. Kennedy and Frederick G. "Killins" married on September 7, 1925 in Denver.
Emma L. Killius 1875-1942 is buried in
Wheat Ridge # 150515496, with Frederick G. Killius 1886-1960.
Her sister Belle Plunkett had married
Joseph K. McDonnal on October 11, 1898 in Denver.
She's buried as Isabell McDonnal in Wheat Ridge 1879-1900 # 150515422.
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