MICHAEL M. KENNEDY

KENNEDY

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 18:37:32

MICHAEL M. KENNEDY, a trusted and valued employe of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Corning, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, in April, 1832, the son of Patrick and Jane (Ryan) Kennedy, natives of that country and farmers who spent their lives there. Of their four children, the two daughters remained in the old country, while the two sons came to America, one of whom is a resident of Farmer City. In 1856 Michael sailed from Liverpool on the ship Compromise, Captain Childs, and in due season landed at New York. After spending five years in Connecticut he came to Illinois, in May, 1862, and in May, 1870, he came to Omaha and shortly to Corning, where he took charge of a section of railroad four miles long, besides one a half miles of side-track. His long service here for such a company as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is sufficient evidence of his faithfulness. As a citizen he is esteemed as quiet and law-abiding, yet having the courage of his convictions. He has acquired a small piece of land and erected for himself a cosy residence. Politically he is a staunch Democrat, and he and his wife are faithful members of the Catholic Church.

He was married in April, 1862, in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Miss Susan Connors, a native of county Tipperary, Ireland, and they have five children, as follows: Mary, who died at the age of eighteen months; John, the eldest son, born in July, 1865; Ellen, in 1866; Michael, in 1867; and Katie, in November, 1871.