The eldest (or perhaps the 2nd) son of Jesse Kennedy (sometimes phonetically spelled Kenady or Canady) and Susan (or Susannah) Ellender Harvick, Alfred A Kennedy was a Texas pioneer, who … after spending his youth in Illinois … arrived in the Republic of Texas in about 1840, with his parents, at least one sister, and four grown brothers. In an area of Eastern Texas ... later to be Cherokee County ... they acquired land and settled near the community of Ponta, Texas. In U S Census of 1850 ... the first census after annexation as the 28th state ... Alfred is shown to be a "horse raiser", owning valuable property, but still living in the household of his recently widowed mother along with his brothers, all farmers.
In 1852, Alfred married Elizabeth L Stell of Kentucky in Cherokee County, Texas; and over the next ten years that union produced four sons ... William Jesse (1854), John H (1857 … who died as a child of 3 in 1860), McClain Sam (1859) and James Price (1861); however, Elizabeth apparently took seriously ill, after the birth of James, and subsequently passed away in November, 1862, leaving Alfred with three young children including the infant not yet even a year old.
In the February, 1862, the 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's), CSA, was formed from men in Cherokee, Fairfield, and Shelby Counties; and records reflect that Alfred Kennedy, a 3rd Sargent, was assigned to Company B of the 28th under the command of Capt (later Major) Patrick Henry; however, no evidence of the precise dates on which he entered service nor on which he was mustered out have yet been found. The 28th Regiment was engaged with union forces in Banks Red River campaign at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield) and Pleasant Hill (Louisiana) ... then at Jenkins Ferry; and it was subsequently disbanded in June, 1865.
Alfred became acquainted with Mrs. Mary C Roddy, a widow with six young children ... A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Telitha Jane (1856), Hannah Carolyn or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861) ... perhaps he even hired her as a nanny for his own children. Nevertheless, Alfred and Mary were subsequently married in August, 1865, in Cherokee County, Texas. The union between Alfred and Mary Kennedy produced four more children ... Young Leroy (1866), Mary Ellen (1868), Amanda (1870) and Mirtie (1873).
Shortly after the marriage, the melded family moved away from the property in Cherokee Co, Texas; and the U S Census of (September) 1870 shows the Alfred Kennedy household resettled (at a Caddo Grove Post Office address ... near present day Joshua, Texas) in Johnson County, Texas. Alfred is farming.
In June, 1871, Alfred bought a 100 acres farm in the Jose Salas 1280 Acre Survey being located about six miles southeast of Burleson, Texas; and, in 1878, Alfred bought an additional 50 acres which was located on the head water of Walnut Creek and combined the parcels into the Kennedy family farm... where he apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887.
In 1852, Alfred married Elizabeth L Stell of Kentucky in Cherokee County, Texas; and over the next ten years that union produced four sons ... William Jesse (1854), John H (1857 … who died as a child of 3 in 1860), McClain Sam (1859) and James Price (1861); however, Elizabeth apparently took seriously ill, after the birth of James, and subsequently passed away in November, 1862, leaving Alfred with three young children including the infant not yet even a year old.
In the February, 1862, the 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's), CSA, was formed from men in Cherokee, Fairfield, and Shelby Counties; and records reflect that Alfred Kennedy, a 3rd Sargent, was assigned to Company B of the 28th under the command of Capt (later Major) Patrick Henry; however, no evidence of the precise dates on which he entered service nor on which he was mustered out have yet been found. The 28th Regiment was engaged with union forces in Banks Red River campaign at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield) and Pleasant Hill (Louisiana) ... then at Jenkins Ferry; and it was subsequently disbanded in June, 1865.
Alfred became acquainted with Mrs. Mary C Roddy, a widow with six young children ... A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Telitha Jane (1856), Hannah Carolyn or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861) ... perhaps he even hired her as a nanny for his own children. Nevertheless, Alfred and Mary were subsequently married in August, 1865, in Cherokee County, Texas. The union between Alfred and Mary Kennedy produced four more children ... Young Leroy (1866), Mary Ellen (1868), Amanda (1870) and Mirtie (1873).
Shortly after the marriage, the melded family moved away from the property in Cherokee Co, Texas; and the U S Census of (September) 1870 shows the Alfred Kennedy household resettled (at a Caddo Grove Post Office address ... near present day Joshua, Texas) in Johnson County, Texas. Alfred is farming.
In June, 1871, Alfred bought a 100 acres farm in the Jose Salas 1280 Acre Survey being located about six miles southeast of Burleson, Texas; and, in 1878, Alfred bought an additional 50 acres which was located on the head water of Walnut Creek and combined the parcels into the Kennedy family farm... where he apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887.
The eldest (or perhaps the 2nd) son of Jesse Kennedy (sometimes phonetically spelled Kenady or Canady) and Susan (or Susannah) Ellender Harvick, Alfred A Kennedy was a Texas pioneer, who … after spending his youth in Illinois … arrived in the Republic of Texas in about 1840, with his parents, at least one sister, and four grown brothers. In an area of Eastern Texas ... later to be Cherokee County ... they acquired land and settled near the community of Ponta, Texas. In U S Census of 1850 ... the first census after annexation as the 28th state ... Alfred is shown to be a "horse raiser", owning valuable property, but still living in the household of his recently widowed mother along with his brothers, all farmers.
In 1852, Alfred married Elizabeth L Stell of Kentucky in Cherokee County, Texas; and over the next ten years that union produced four sons ... William Jesse (1854), John H (1857 … who died as a child of 3 in 1860), McClain Sam (1859) and James Price (1861); however, Elizabeth apparently took seriously ill, after the birth of James, and subsequently passed away in November, 1862, leaving Alfred with three young children including the infant not yet even a year old.
In the February, 1862, the 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's), CSA, was formed from men in Cherokee, Fairfield, and Shelby Counties; and records reflect that Alfred Kennedy, a 3rd Sargent, was assigned to Company B of the 28th under the command of Capt (later Major) Patrick Henry; however, no evidence of the precise dates on which he entered service nor on which he was mustered out have yet been found. The 28th Regiment was engaged with union forces in Banks Red River campaign at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield) and Pleasant Hill (Louisiana) ... then at Jenkins Ferry; and it was subsequently disbanded in June, 1865.
Alfred became acquainted with Mrs. Mary C Roddy, a widow with six young children ... A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Telitha Jane (1856), Hannah Carolyn or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861) ... perhaps he even hired her as a nanny for his own children. Nevertheless, Alfred and Mary were subsequently married in August, 1865, in Cherokee County, Texas. The union between Alfred and Mary Kennedy produced four more children ... Young Leroy (1866), Mary Ellen (1868), Amanda (1870) and Mirtie (1873).
Shortly after the marriage, the melded family moved away from the property in Cherokee Co, Texas; and the U S Census of (September) 1870 shows the Alfred Kennedy household resettled (at a Caddo Grove Post Office address ... near present day Joshua, Texas) in Johnson County, Texas. Alfred is farming.
In June, 1871, Alfred bought a 100 acres farm in the Jose Salas 1280 Acre Survey being located about six miles southeast of Burleson, Texas; and, in 1878, Alfred bought an additional 50 acres which was located on the head water of Walnut Creek and combined the parcels into the Kennedy family farm... where he apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887.
In 1852, Alfred married Elizabeth L Stell of Kentucky in Cherokee County, Texas; and over the next ten years that union produced four sons ... William Jesse (1854), John H (1857 … who died as a child of 3 in 1860), McClain Sam (1859) and James Price (1861); however, Elizabeth apparently took seriously ill, after the birth of James, and subsequently passed away in November, 1862, leaving Alfred with three young children including the infant not yet even a year old.
In the February, 1862, the 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's), CSA, was formed from men in Cherokee, Fairfield, and Shelby Counties; and records reflect that Alfred Kennedy, a 3rd Sargent, was assigned to Company B of the 28th under the command of Capt (later Major) Patrick Henry; however, no evidence of the precise dates on which he entered service nor on which he was mustered out have yet been found. The 28th Regiment was engaged with union forces in Banks Red River campaign at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield) and Pleasant Hill (Louisiana) ... then at Jenkins Ferry; and it was subsequently disbanded in June, 1865.
Alfred became acquainted with Mrs. Mary C Roddy, a widow with six young children ... A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Telitha Jane (1856), Hannah Carolyn or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861) ... perhaps he even hired her as a nanny for his own children. Nevertheless, Alfred and Mary were subsequently married in August, 1865, in Cherokee County, Texas. The union between Alfred and Mary Kennedy produced four more children ... Young Leroy (1866), Mary Ellen (1868), Amanda (1870) and Mirtie (1873).
Shortly after the marriage, the melded family moved away from the property in Cherokee Co, Texas; and the U S Census of (September) 1870 shows the Alfred Kennedy household resettled (at a Caddo Grove Post Office address ... near present day Joshua, Texas) in Johnson County, Texas. Alfred is farming.
In June, 1871, Alfred bought a 100 acres farm in the Jose Salas 1280 Acre Survey being located about six miles southeast of Burleson, Texas; and, in 1878, Alfred bought an additional 50 acres which was located on the head water of Walnut Creek and combined the parcels into the Kennedy family farm... where he apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887.
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