Seth Harmon Kenney
Seth Harmon Kenney
b: 22 FEB 1836
d: 24 MAY 1917
b: 22 FEB 1836
d: 24 MAY 1917
Honorable Seth Kenney was a noted horticulturist and had worldwide fameas Amber Cane Wizard. Served in Legislature,and was a greatphilanthropist. [See copies of his obituary published in the WatervilleSentinel, May 25, 1917 and other articles published about him.]
He moved from Massachusetts to Minnesota in 1857 and lived at Horse ShoeLake, Minnesota - Kenneyville.
He moved from Massachusetts to Minnesota in 1857 and lived at Horse ShoeLake, Minnesota - Kenneyville.
- 22 FEB 1836 - Birth - ; Williamstown, Mass.
- 24 MAY 1917 - Death - ; Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville]
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| PARENT (M) Stephen Williams Kenney | |||
| Birth | 13 NOV 1814 | Gill, Mass. - Barnstable, Mass. | |
| Death | 22 SEP 1897 | Horseshoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 1 MAR 1835 | to Sophronia Cushman Alexander at Bernardston, Mass. | |
| Father | Reuben Keeney II | ||
| Mother | Mary [Polly] Nightingale | ||
| PARENT (F) Sophronia Cushman Alexander | |||
| Birth | 9 JAN 1816 | Bernardston, Mass./Franklin County | |
| Death | 6 JUN 1907 | Horseshoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 1 MAR 1835 | to Stephen Williams Kenney at Bernardston, Mass. | |
| Father | ? | ||
| Mother | ? | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| M | Seth Harmon Kenney | ||
| Birth | 22 FEB 1836 | Williamstown, Mass. | |
| Death | 24 MAY 1917 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 29 JUL 1859 | to Olive Purrington at Richville, New York | |
| M | George Alexander Kenney | ||
| Birth | 29 AUG 1838 | Bernardston, Mass./Franklin County | |
| Death | 2 JAN 1931 | Salmon, Idaho | |
| Marriage | 28 FEB 1865 | to Loretta Olive Salisbury at Warsaw, Morristown Twp. Rice County, Minnesota Book 1865 Page 212 | |
| M | Charles Henry Kenney | ||
| Birth | 21 NOV 1840 | Colerain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 18 JAN 1918 | Minnesota | |
| Marriage | 21 FEB 1865 | to Euretta Jane Horton at Morristown, Minn. | |
| M | Ralph Williams Kenney | ||
| Birth | 7 MAY 1843 | Colerain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 28 SEP 1899 | Salmon, Idaho | |
| Marriage | 28 FEB 1865 | to Emma Melissa Coates at Fairbault, Morristown, Rice County, Minnesota Bk 1865 page 213 | |
| M | Frank Eldridge Kenney | ||
| Birth | 7 MAR 1845 | Colrain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 20 NOV 1915 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Marriage | to Lois Purinton | ||
| M | John Armstrong Kenney | ||
| Birth | 25 JAN 1847 | Colrain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 9 OCT 1882 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 22 APR 1871 | to Ida O. Fullerton at Rice County, Minnesota | |
| M | Dwight Judson Kenney I | ||
| Birth | 25 JAN 1848 | Colrain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 20 AUG 1849 | Massachusetts | |
| M | Dwight Judson Kenney II | ||
| Birth | 25 NOV 1850 | Bernardston, Mass./Franklin County | |
| Death | 12 APR 1944 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Marriage | 18 SEP 1872 | to Josephine Elizabeth Haney at Minnesota | |
| F | Mary Alexander Kenney | ||
| Birth | 4 AUG 1862 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Death | 3 JUN 1946 | Faribault, Minnesota | |
| Marriage | 16 SEP 1878 | to Frank N. Horton at Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota | |
| PARENT (M) Seth Harmon Kenney | |||
| Birth | 22 FEB 1836 | Williamstown, Mass. | |
| Death | 24 MAY 1917 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 29 JUL 1859 | to Olive Purrington at Richville, New York | |
| Father | Stephen Williams Kenney | ||
| Mother | Sophronia Cushman Alexander | ||
| PARENT (F) Olive Purrington | |||
| Birth | 26 MAR 1836 | Colerain,Massachusetts | |
| Death | 29 JAN 1917 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Marriage | 29 JUL 1859 | to Seth Harmon Kenney at Richville, New York | |
| Father | ? | ||
| Mother | ? | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Mary Allie Kenney | ||
| Birth | 1862 | ||
| Death | 11 NOV 1885 | Brooklyn, New York | |
| Marriage | to Edwin Mc Adams | ||
| M | Elias A. Kenney | ||
| Birth | 15 AUG 1860 | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | |
| Death | 10 JUN 1927 | Morristown Twp. Rice Co. Minn. D-23-244 | |
| Marriage | to Pauline E. Hanks | ||
| M | Fred Kenney | ||
| Birth | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | ||
| Death | Moved to Portland, Oregon | ||
| Marriage | to Clara | ||
| M | Myron Kenney | ||
| Birth | Horse Shoe Lake, Minnesota [Kenneyville] | ||
| Death | Lived in Camano, Washington | ||
| Marriage | to Nora | ||
1 Seth Harmon Kenney b: 22 FEB 1836 d: 24 MAY 1917
+ Olive Purrington b: 26 MAR 1836 d: 29 JAN 1917
2 Mary Allie Kenney b: 1862 d: 11 NOV 1885
3 Olive Mc Adams d: 21 FEB 1916
2 Elias A. Kenney b: 15 AUG 1860 d: 10 JUN 1927
+ Pauline E. Hanks b: 1863 d: 1934
3 Walter W. Kenney b: 22 NOV 1882 d: 26 JUL 1899
3 Seth Howard Kenney b: 7 AUG 1893
+ Beatrice Leeser b: 1893
+ Clara
3 Jesse S. Kenney b: 21 JUN 1884
3 Fred Kenney b: 21 APR 1893
3 Sophronia Kenney b: 22 FEB 1894
+ Nora
3 Clarence Kenney b: 7 SEP 1884
+ ?
+ Mr Richard Ray Durham b: 26 OCT 1906
Mabel Kenney and Mr Richard Ray Durham were my Grandparents. They had 3 children: Caroline. Harry Richard and Ray. My father was Harry Richard. His father, Richard was killed in a logging accident in Washington State. Caroline had two sons. Her eldest, Michael shot himself in the head. Her second, son of Roscoe Wheeler, is still living. Harry Richard had three daughters. I am the youngest. He resided in Clinton Twnp., MI. He lived in Canfield, Ohio at the age of 82 of Lung Cancer. His younger brother, Ray, had 3 daughters and a son.
Thank you for the information Vicky.