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HUGH W. KENNEDY, farmer, P. O. Sardinia, a representative citizen of Washington, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., November 15, 1811. His parents, James and Margaret (Wardlow) Kennedy, came from Virginia to Brown County in 1827, and settled near Sardinia, where Mr. Kennedy died June 14, 1851, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. Kennedy died September 22, 1849. Mr. Kennedy, our subject, was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. He followed the occupation, to which he was bought up to till 1862, when he engaged in the mercantile trade, to which he devoted his attention four years. In 1876, he resumed merchandising, and has since been interested in its pursuits. November 8, 1880, he married Miss Minerva E. Logan, a native of Nicholas County, Ky., where she was born September 6, 1813. Of their six children, five are living — William H., born December 16, 1831; Margaret J., born September 15, 1833, wife, of Isaac Mahon; James L., born September 14, 1835; Paulina A., born January 26, 1838, wife of J. K. Richards; Addison A., born July 10, 1840; and Lucy A., born July 10, 1840, and died November 9, 1862. Mrs. Kennedy died July 14, 1848; and July 17, 1849, he was again married, to Caroline L. Cutler, who was born in Ripley, this county. Two children were given to this union — George A., born June 9, 1851, and Thomas, born April 8, 1855. Mr. Kennedy and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he as a stanch Republican. He served his township in the capacity of Treasurer six years. He is a citizen of much enterprise, and has displayed a prominent interest in all public improvements. He aided liberally in securing the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway, and was Director of Columbus & Maysville R. R. He owns a valuable farm of 135 acres, besides fifty-seven acres in Franklin Township.