History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr, American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol III p. 197 Jessamine Co. ANDREW KENNEY for more than fifty years has lived on one farm, which was almost his birthplace, and has found both pleasure and profit in its management and cultivation and the handling of high class livestock. This farm is nine miles south of Lexington, in Jessamine County, and is a place of much historic interest in the famous Blue Grass region of Kentucky. The Kenney family occupied this farm in 1867. Andrew Kenney was born not far away September 22, 1863, son of Edmond and Bridget (Quinlan) Kenney. His parents came from County Clare, Ireland, in 1847, and at once settled in Jessamine County, Kentucky, where his father was one of the early contractors for the building of turnpike roads. On moving to the farm in 1867 he assumed successfully the role of an agriculturist and later again took up contracting at Middlesboro. In the early days of the gold discoveries in the Black Hills District of South Dakota he made a visit to that portion of the frontier. His death in 1896, when past seventy, was the result of an accident when a portion of a falling wall injured him. His wife died in 1898. Andrew Kenney was reared and educated at the old home and has never married. The house in which he lives is the old Martin place, one of the oldest landmarks in this section. The farm contains many interesting evidences of enterprise and the distinguished people who lived there. There are the remains of an old distillery on the farm, and the foundation of the first Baptist Church can also be seen. One of its former members, was Isaac Shelby. Andrew Kenney during his personal management has increased the area of the farm to 260 acres, and has done a great deal of raising and feeding stock cattle. His energies and interests are thoroughly concentrated on the farm, though he greatly enjoys such sports as racing and baseball. Andrew Kenney was s the only son of his parents. His sister, Ann is Mrs. H. W. Moore, of Jessamine County. Andrew Kenney is a democratic voter, and is a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church at Nicholasville, his parents having been among the earliest members of that church. Kenney Moore Shelby Quinlan = Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jessamine/kenney.a.txt