Distinguished:
Charles B. Kennedy
Charles B. Kennedy was born in Moscow Maine on March 28, 1850. He was the son of Bartholomew C. and Olivia (Smith) Kennedy who were farmers. Bartholomew and Olivia had five children.
Charles attended school in the common schools of Maine. He then went on to attend Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield and then Maine State College at Orono. He worked on farms during the summer months and taught country schools during the winter terms.
In 1864, Charles moved to a farm in Penobscot County, Maine near the city of Bangor. When he was twenty-one years of age he was elected superintendent of schools in Penobscot County.
Charles Kennedy was married to Miss Ella Williamson on the 21st of May in 1873.
Miss Williamson was born in Maine and was the daughter of Honorable Henry
Williamson of Starks, Maine.
In 1873, Kennedy moved to LeRoy, Minnesota where he taught school, was
selected as the principal of the village schools and was appointed deputy
superintendent of schools for the county.
In 1874, he became editor and publisher of the LeRoy Independent, the weekly newspaper of LeRoy,
Minnesota . He sold the property and
business after four years and started a real estate business.
Charles and Ella had three children C. LeRoy born on Jan. 10, 1878, (Earl
H. 1881-1882) and Dean M. born on January 3, 1887.
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