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H. M. KENNEDY, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Danvers; was born in Philadelphia, Penn., A. D. 1837; his early life was spent in attendance upon the Military Academy, at Brandywine Springs, Del., and Jefferson College, Penn.; at the age of 20 years, he engaged in farming in Maryland, and upon his farm the first regular skirmish of the late civil war occurred; in 1870, he came West to Illinois and settled about one mile south of the village of Danvers, where he at present resides; this land had been entered in 1837, and was yet unimproved; the whole track of 480 acres is at present in a high state of cultivation, and, with his fine and substantial improvements, has been rendered second to none in this whole section; in addition to his extensive farming, he rears and deals largely in cattle and hogs, handling annually some $6,000 worth of stock. He was married in 1863, to Arabella Buck, a native of Wisconsin; has three children — Maxwell K., Sallie B., Sabilla M. Has held the office of School Director two terms. Mr. Kennedy is one of the financially solid men of the community; his personal and real estate aggregating not less than $40,000.