Display Patriot - P-228572 - Francis KENNEDY

Francis KENNEDY

SAR Patriot #: P-228572

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A064693

Birth: 1752 / Bedford / PA
Death: 1796 / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Additional References:

PA Archives, 3rd Series, Vol 23, pg 239

Spouse: Rebecca Williams
Children: Margaret; David; Francis Jr; Elizabeth; Rebecca;

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Burial:

Wesleyan (aka Cummingsville) Cemetery_(C-0371706)

Location:

Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

44017

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

39.159342 / -84.546505

Find A Grave Memorial #:

260642567

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

18 Oct 2015

Comments:

Memorial Plaque - photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Colerain Avenue and Hoffner Street with an entrance at 4003 Colerain Avenue

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Michael J. Blum
Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1752, was a Private in Bedford Co., PA Rangers on Frontier, 1778-1783. See: Pa Archives, Series 3, Vol 23, p 239; Vol 4, p 242 of 5 Series. Received depreciation pay for services. Parents came to Pa ; Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mar Rebecca Williams, dau. of Welch Quaker family about 1775 or 1776. Children : Margaret (1777), David, Francis Jr, Elizabeth, and Rebecca (1788) (mar Reuben Reeder). D 1796, drowned in Ohio river, while ferrying supplies for army, at this post. Body recovered by firing of cannon and buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Fort Washington first burial ground, 12th Street. Never removed when church enlarged. Wife buried at Pleasant Ridge. His remains moved to Wesleyan Cemetery, no records there.
He came in a flatboat, and landed Feb 8, 1789, 41 days after landing of first pioneers. Commissioned Lt of 1st Regt Hamilton Co Mil by Gen St Clair, 1790, on day of naming Hamilton Co. He and brother Thomas ran first ferry from Covington to Cincinnati.

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