Benjamin Franklin Kennedy s/o Sidney g/s James Kennedy & Acsah Brooks
BIO - Benjamin Franklin Kennedy (1849-??), s/o Sidney Alford Kennedy (1819-1908) and Mary Lewis (1826-1884). Grandson of James Kennedy (1796-1865) and Acsah Brooks (1800-1863).
B. F. Kennedy, dealer in real estate and publisher of marriage certificates and family records, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Ashtabula County December 24, 1849.He is a son of Sidney and Mary J. (Lewis) Kennedy, both natives of Conneaut Township, this county.His father is a prominent and highly respected farmer of this county, and is a veteran of the late war, having lost an eye while in the service. His mother, daughter of John and Rhoda Lewis, died in 1884, aged about 49 years. They had a family of seven children, B. F. being the second born and one of five who are still living.Two are in this county.Mr. Kennedy was educated in the Conneaut schools and the Kingsville Academy, and before he was sixteen years old, he began teaching school, teaching six terms in Conneaut township. He then began selling family records, and was successful in the business, and subsequently bought several designs from Prof. Cooper, of Kingsville, and in this line is still doing a successful business. In 1888, without his consent and even without his knowledge, he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and served a term of three years.He began dealing in real estate several years ago, and since 1891 has been in partnership with Mr. Miles Dorman.
Mr. Kennedy was married November 25, 1872 to Clara J. Fenton, daughter of C. J. and Sarah Ann Fenton, old residents of Conneaut.They have five children: Sherman M., B. F. Jr., Belle, Lottie, and Lois. Politically, Mr. Kennedy is republican, though he takes little interest in politics.
[SOURCE: Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake : Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1893, pp 495-496]