History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 599.
[Scott County]  [Georgetown City and Precinct]

JOSEPH B. KENNEY.  At the close of the Revolutionary War James Kenney, who
held the office of Captain in the army, removed from Virginia, his native
State, and settled on a farm about three miles from what is now known as
Paris, Bourbon County, Ky.  He was a successful farmer, raising large
crops of hemp, then a comparatively new staple in the State; he was twice
married, the first wife was a Miss Frame, of Virginia, and the second wife
was Miss Margaret Johnson, of Nicholas County, Ky. He had sixteen children.
The twelfth child was Joseph B. Kenney, the subject of our sketch, who was
born Jan. 19, 1806.  On his father's farm he remained till [sic] he
reached his majority, when, on March 8, 1827, he married Miss Lavinia
Lander, and with her removed to the adjoining county of Scott; purchasing
about 360 acres in the Dry Run neighborhood, where the Burchs, Burbridges
and other influential families were living; to these acres he added others,
from time to time, till [six] he possessed 1400 acres, which were all
under his personal successful management; besides this land he owned a
number of slaves, about forty of whom were set free by Lincoln's famous
Proclamation.  Together with the special farming business, Mr. Kenney
engaged largely in buying and selling hogs, and for about twenty years he
packed hogs with the Messers. S. Davis & Co., of Cincinnati.  In 1858 Mr.
Kenney gave up his home in the country and the occupations, which for near
half a century had interested him, to moved into Georgetown, in order to
co-operate with the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church and other in the
establishment of a female Seminary in that city; but this undertaking, by
reason of circumstances beyond his control, was not permanently successful;
the Seminary, after doing some good work, ceased to be one of the
institutions of the place; still Mr. Kenney remained in town (where he now
resides) identified with other public interests; he has been a Director of
the Farmer's Bank, of Ky., President of the Lexington & Covington Turnpike
Company, Magistrate of the county, and Trustee of the town, usefully and
honorably discharging the duties belonging to these several positions. In
no department of activity has Mr. Kenney's life been more conspicuous than
in that connected with the Church; for fifty years he has been a
communicant in the Presbyterian Church; for over forty-five years he has
held office in this church, and for many years he has been an efficient
Ruling Elder; his liberality to the cause, his fidelity to his church, his
zeal for its welfare, none, who knew Mr. Kenny could for one moment
question; he is truly a pillar in the church; strong, even though the
weight of years is upon him.  Mr. Kenney has had ten children, six of whom
are now living; they have married into other good families of the State,
making the family connection a large one.  James H. Kenney, the oldest
son, married Miss Elenor W. Graves; Margaret married B. C. Glass, Esq.;
Sallie F. married Joseph Force, Esq.; Joseph F. married Miss Mollie
Thomas; Napoleon B. married Miss Lizzie Rankin; Charles V. married Miss
Mollie Grissim; Alice married Hon. S. M. Davis, and Victor M. married
Miss Agnes Warren.  Greatly blessed and a blessing, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
B. Kenney are enjoying a green old age.

Kenney Frame Johnson Lander Graves Glass Force Thomas Rankin
Grissim Davis Warren
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Bourbon-KY Nicholas-KY VA

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