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Benjamin Scott Kennedy

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After an illness of several months' duration, Benjamin Scott Kennedy passed away at his home, 122 Lafayette avenue, Geneva, N. Y., April 25, 1912. Short services were held at the home the following day at three p.m. Immediately after the services, his wife and little daughter, accompanied by Miss Sarah Wheat, sister of Mrs. Kennedy, left with the body for Crawfordsville, Ind., where the body was taken to the home of the Misses Wheat, on east Market street, where the funeral services were conducted April 29th by Rev. B. E. Antrobus, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mrs. O. H. Jones and Mrs. Haines sang the following songs: "Nearer, My God, to Thee,' "Some Day We'll Understand,' and "Silently Bury the Dead.' The pall bearers were: Captain H. H. Talbot, George Welty, H. D. VanCleave, Dumont Kennedy, Charles Cadwallader and Earl Johnson. Interment was at Oak Hill cemetery. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful, coming from friends in his home town, and this city. Mr. Kennedy was born Feb. 3, 1852, near Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. He was the son of George and Sarah Scott Kennedy, both natives of that state. At the age of six years he with his parents moved to Lexington, Missouri where he grew to manhood. In his early life he united with the Baptist church in Lexington and always lived an honest, upright Christian life.

Mr. Kennedy was also a Mason, belonging to lodge No. 364 of Higginsville, Mo. The greater part of his life was spent as a traveling salesman, and for the past eleven years was engaged with the International Stock Food Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., being their agent for the state of New York. On June 10, 1903, he was married to Alice L. Wheat, daughter of the late Milton K. Wheat, of this city. To this union one daughter, Cora Elizabeth, was born. Besides the widow and daughter, he is survived by the following named sisters: Mrs. E. K. Wallace of Lexington, Mo.; Miss Anna B. Kennedy of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. A. W. Dunnigan of Nowata, Okla.; two brothers, James T., of Dallas, Tex.,, and William W. Kennedy, of Higgins, Mo. His father, mother, one sister, Mrs. Lillian Van Hoy, and a brother, Thomas, having preceded him to the grave. He was a great lover of home and although his business was such that compelled him to spend the greater part of his time away, his one desire was that he might become independent so that he could be at home with his loved ones and was never happier than when entertaining his friends and looking after the comforts of others. He was a man who was well informed upon the current events of the day. He was a lover of fiction and poetry. "There is No Death' was one of his favorite poems, and was read at the service held at his home.[Crawfordsville Daily Journal, page 6, column 2]

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