Interesting in corresponding with descendants of Clarence Kenyon. Poughkeepsie Eagle News Tues. July 31, 1934 C. KENYON DIES AT CLIFFDALE Retired Clothing Firm Head Was Resident of County For Twenty years. Clarence Kenyon, 86, retired clothing manufacturer, died at his estate, Cliffdale, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning after an illness of more than a month. The last time he was able to leave his home was on June 17, Father's day, when a party was given for him at Kenyon hall, Vassar College. Twenty-one members of his family were present, including two great grandchildren, Kenyon and John Gillespie. The group took part in games and swimming, and a buffet supper super was served. Mr. Kenyon was a native of Brooklyn, a son of Pardon Waterman Kenyon and Janette Preston. He had lived at Cliffdale the last 20 years, settling here after extensive traveling which he began on his retirement from business in 1904. In 1874 Mr. Kenyon entered the firm of S. L. Pettit and company, retail clothiers, as junior partner. He enlarged the business by adding a wholesale department, and in 1884 bought out the interest of his partner and six years later incorporated as C. Kenyon company. Entering the manufacturing field, Mr. Kenyon established a plant for the complete manufacture of clothes, while competitors still had the cutting of garments done by workers in their homes. The Kenyon factory became a model for the entire trade. When he established the factory Mr. Kenyon took two sons into the firm and a third joined the business in 1904 upon the father's retirement. Mr. Kenyon was for 16 years a trustee of the First Congregational church here and had been a deacon of the Clinton Avenue Congregational church in Brooklyn. In 1869 he married Emma J. Kelsey, who died four years ago. He is survived by a sister, Amy C. Kenyon; a daughter, Helen Kenyon; his sons, Harry L., Clarence Jr., and George Kenyon; four grandchildren, Trevor Kenyon, Mrs. Kingsley Gillespie, Mrs. Davies Tainter, and Marjorie Kenyon; and three great grandchildren, Kenyon and John Gillespie, and Davies Tainter, Jr. The funeral will be held from the residence at 10:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, under the direction of A. A. Schoonmaker. ------------------------------------------- Along with James E. Sague, his brother-in-law, Clarence Kenyon purchased the Cliffdale property in 1909 from Andrew Boardman's estate. Andrew Boardman and his first wife, as well as, James E. Sague and his first wife (Clarence Kenyon's sister) are buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. James E. Sague (Prominent City Leader and Noted City of Poughkeepsie Engineer, was a brother to John Sague, who at the time of the 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration was the Mayor of the City of Poughkeepsie. Ginny in Poughkeepsie Striving to document our local storied past with family recollections and along the way telling the stories of those who found their final rest in the perpetual beauty of Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Once again Poughkeepsie Connects to Brooklyn. Have a Happy and Thankful Thanksgiving!