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KENNEDY, JAMES. Was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, July 12, 1796. Here he resided on a farm with his parents
until 1823, when he, in company with three other men, built a pail factory at New Boston. Just as this institution
was proving a success it took fire and burned to the ground. Mr. Kennedy then turned his attention to milling,
and was foreman in different grist mills for about twenty seven years. Then, on account of failing health, caused
from the dust, he changed his labors to saw mills, which be followed until 1849, when he sailed from Boston in
the bark "Chester," and rounded Cape Horn, arriving at San Francisco, after a rough passage of one hundred
and ninety days, in April, 1850. Mr. Kennedy engaged at once in mining, which he followed at different places until
June, 1859, when he came to Lake County and settled in Long Valley, where he has since resided. He married, in
June, 1823, Miss Phoebe Robie, who died in the spring of 1856 in New Hampshire, leaving six children: Clarinda,
Diantha, Roberta, Hiram, Almus and Esther.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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