This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/951.1 Message Board Post: from the 1878 History of jo Daviess Co., Illinois...p.802... "Kennedy, James, Faarmer; S12; P.O. Plum River; born in Ireland in 1810; was married to Alice Callahan in 1940; came to U.S. in 1854; lived in NY three years, moved from there to Stephenson Co., where they remained until 1865, then came to this Co.; owns 80 acres of land; they have three children living; John, James, and Mary; lost three: William, John, and Bridget; the oldest son, John was a member of the 65th I.V.I.; mustered out in 1865; fmaily all catholics. Kemmedy, J., Jr., Sec 12; P.O. Plum River."