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Urban Ewing Kennedy (Todd County, KY, farmer and postmaster)

b. 1799-04-01 d. 1879-04-21

Todd County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Levina Bryan Kennedy in Todd County on March 17, 1823. Father of Urban Kennedy, David Kennedy, Henry Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, and Michael R. Kennedy. Married to Achsah H. Knight Kennedy in Todd County on May 3, 1845. Father of Theodore C. Kennedy, William A. Kennedy, Lavinia C. Kennedy, J.D. Kennedy, and Ben B. Kennedy. Resident in Todd County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Todd County in 1830. Farmer in Todd County in 1850. Owned 14 enslaved persons in 1850. Postmaster of Fairview from January 15, 1853, to June 27,1854. Farmer in Todd County in 1860. Owned 16 enslaved persons in 1860. Grand jury foreman in 1861.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 376.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 241A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 15.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 764.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 56.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Fairview precinct, p. 370.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Todd County, 1820-1886, Film no. 000367186.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Todd County, 1820-1886, Film no. 000367186.
Find A Grave, "Urban Ewing Kennedy (1799-1879," Memorial #168730154, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168730154 (accessed September 20, 2018).
KYR-0001-020-1448.

Citation

Kennedy, Urban Ewing. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208969 (November 12, 2026).

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