THOMAS KENNEDY was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1831, and is the eldest of the three children born to William and Maria (Montgomery) Kennedy, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The family came to this county in 1833, where they underwent all the privations of the settler's life, and cleared up the farm on which they ended their days. Thomas Kennedy remained on the home farm until his marriage, in l858, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Samuel Bushong. He had owed 99 acres of land before his marriage, which he sold, and in 1861 bought 114 acres of his present farm, which be ha& since increased to 280 acres, all finely improved. He raises over 2,000 bushels of corn per year, 200 to 400 bushels of wheat, 40 bead of cattle, 30 to 40 hogs, 10 to 12 horses, and 20 to 30 sheep. Mr. Kennedy is a Freemason, and his wife, until her death in October, 1881, was a member of the M. E. Church. Their six children were named as follows : John C., William S., Jacob B., Thomas J., Mary E. and Martha J.

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