Elias Ezekiel KENNEDY was a son of Stehphen CANADA/CANNADY/KENNEDY, from NC. Ezekiel m. (1) Eliza CARLTON 3/27/1840, place unknown; (2) Mary Jane (Widow) BRAY, - Jackson Co., date unknown (3) Martha HOWARD (daughter of John HOWARD and Catharine WEAVER) 12/21/1848 Madison Co., AL. Perlina Elizabeth KENNEDY, daughter of Ezekiel and Martha, m. Samuel Jackson PURDY on 9/17/1871 in Lincoln Co., TN. Samuel was a son of William James PURDY and Sarah DOBBS, who may have lived in Jackson Co. If anyone has information on any of the above, I would like to exchange info with them. John.