The early life of Mary C Smith Roddy Kennedy is clouded by the passage of time; and clarity concerning the names of her parents has been lost. Nevertheless, public documents confirm that she was born in South Carolina. There is also documentary evidence that Mary's maiden name was 'Smith'; but it is only a guess that her middle name was Caroline (or perhaps Carolyn)inasmuch as she did name a daughter Hannah Caroline (or Carolyn) Roddy.
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census where Mary C Roddy is recorded, newly married to a farmer, Alexander Roddy, and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia; and, over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
Something apparently happened to cause the death Alexander Roddy after 1861 but before 1865 … being coincident with the conduct of the Civil War; and there was an A. Roddy, listed as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County but also some other young men known to been in Cherokee County ... Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield, LA), April 8, 1864; and the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces of Gen. Banks' Red River Campaign; however, no conclusive evidence to support that premise has been found to date. Seven members of the A Roddy family ... presumably the widow and six children ... are listed as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief under the Act of December 15, 1863, as of February 15, 1864, which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy may have died sometime before that particular event in the War.
Mary C Roddy, widowed with small children, and Alfred A Kennedy, a widower also with small children, were all living in proximity to each other near the community of Ponta, Texas, when the inevitable meeting occured; and, according to the Marriage Records of Cherokee County, Texas, Mary C Roddy and Alfred A Kennedy were subsequently married on August 31, 1865. 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 which would be near 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 added an adjoining 50 acres which is situated on the head water of Walnut Creek; and the two parcels were all combined into the Kennedy family farm ... where Alfred apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887 … followed in death by Mary in 1893.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census where Mary C Roddy is recorded, newly married to a farmer, Alexander Roddy, and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia; and, over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
Something apparently happened to cause the death Alexander Roddy after 1861 but before 1865 … being coincident with the conduct of the Civil War; and there was an A. Roddy, listed as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County but also some other young men known to been in Cherokee County ... Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield, LA), April 8, 1864; and the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces of Gen. Banks' Red River Campaign; however, no conclusive evidence to support that premise has been found to date. Seven members of the A Roddy family ... presumably the widow and six children ... are listed as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief under the Act of December 15, 1863, as of February 15, 1864, which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy may have died sometime before that particular event in the War.
Mary C Roddy, widowed with small children, and Alfred A Kennedy, a widower also with small children, were all living in proximity to each other near the community of Ponta, Texas, when the inevitable meeting occured; and, according to the Marriage Records of Cherokee County, Texas, Mary C Roddy and Alfred A Kennedy were subsequently married on August 31, 1865. 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 which would be near 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 added an adjoining 50 acres which is situated on the head water of Walnut Creek; and the two parcels were all combined into the Kennedy family farm ... where Alfred apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887 … followed in death by Mary in 1893.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
The early life of Mary C Smith Roddy Kennedy is clouded by the passage of time; and clarity concerning the names of her parents has been lost. Nevertheless, public documents confirm that she was born in South Carolina. There is also documentary evidence that Mary's maiden name was 'Smith'; but it is only a guess that her middle name was Caroline (or perhaps Carolyn)inasmuch as she did name a daughter Hannah Caroline (or Carolyn) Roddy.
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census where Mary C Roddy is recorded, newly married to a farmer, Alexander Roddy, and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia; and, over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
Something apparently happened to cause the death Alexander Roddy after 1861 but before 1865 … being coincident with the conduct of the Civil War; and there was an A. Roddy, listed as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County but also some other young men known to been in Cherokee County ... Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield, LA), April 8, 1864; and the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces of Gen. Banks' Red River Campaign; however, no conclusive evidence to support that premise has been found to date. Seven members of the A Roddy family ... presumably the widow and six children ... are listed as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief under the Act of December 15, 1863, as of February 15, 1864, which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy may have died sometime before that particular event in the War.
Mary C Roddy, widowed with small children, and Alfred A Kennedy, a widower also with small children, were all living in proximity to each other near the community of Ponta, Texas, when the inevitable meeting occured; and, according to the Marriage Records of Cherokee County, Texas, Mary C Roddy and Alfred A Kennedy were subsequently married on August 31, 1865. 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 which would be near 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 added an adjoining 50 acres which is situated on the head water of Walnut Creek; and the two parcels were all combined into the Kennedy family farm ... where Alfred apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887 … followed in death by Mary in 1893.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census where Mary C Roddy is recorded, newly married to a farmer, Alexander Roddy, and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia; and, over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
Something apparently happened to cause the death Alexander Roddy after 1861 but before 1865 … being coincident with the conduct of the Civil War; and there was an A. Roddy, listed as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County but also some other young men known to been in Cherokee County ... Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield, LA), April 8, 1864; and the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces of Gen. Banks' Red River Campaign; however, no conclusive evidence to support that premise has been found to date. Seven members of the A Roddy family ... presumably the widow and six children ... are listed as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief under the Act of December 15, 1863, as of February 15, 1864, which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy may have died sometime before that particular event in the War.
Mary C Roddy, widowed with small children, and Alfred A Kennedy, a widower also with small children, were all living in proximity to each other near the community of Ponta, Texas, when the inevitable meeting occured; and, according to the Marriage Records of Cherokee County, Texas, Mary C Roddy and Alfred A Kennedy were subsequently married on August 31, 1865. 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 which would be near 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 added an adjoining 50 acres which is situated on the head water of Walnut Creek; and the two parcels were all combined into the Kennedy family farm ... where Alfred apparently lived and farmed until his death in 1887 … followed in death by Mary in 1893.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
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