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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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G. L. KENNEDY, Police Judge and boot and shoe maker, was born in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1829. He began shoe making in Pennsylvania, at the age of sixteen, and continued in that occupation six years. He then went to Virginia and remained until 1861, when he entered the army and served three years. He was then employed as mail agent twelve years, in Virginia, coming to Kansas in 1880, and locating at Baxter Springs, where he was engaged in stock business one year, and then opened his present business, being elected Police Judge of Baxter Springs in 1881. He was married to Miss Mary A. Hasleton, of Virginia, in 1856, and has four children— Clara B., Margaret Ophelia, Sarah Catherine and Georgiana. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.
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