VERY interesting story to this fella; thought you could add a bio for him. He was listed as a famous resident of Pleasant Hill.
In the first half of the 20th century, Pleasant Hill was the home of Allen "Bill" Kennedy, the highly skilled gambler depicted in the book, The Magician and the Cardsharp, by Karl Johnson (Henry Holt, 2005) Kennedy lived and worked in Pleasant Hill. Kennedy had been raised in Pleasant Hill Mo, and made the bulk of his money from a crooked gambling game he and his partner Midnight Underwood ran in the upstairs back room of a doctor's office.
Kennedy lived in Pleasant Hill until the mid-1930s, after his partner Midnight Underwood died and he moved to Harrisonville, where he fleeced card players at games off the town square. In the late 1950s, however, liquor got the best of Kennedy and he became the town drunk. He died in March, 1961. His body was brought back to Pleasant Hill, where he was buried without a headstone next to his parents.
In the first half of the 20th century, Pleasant Hill was the home of Allen "Bill" Kennedy, the highly skilled gambler depicted in the book, The Magician and the Cardsharp, by Karl Johnson (Henry Holt, 2005) Kennedy lived and worked in Pleasant Hill. Kennedy had been raised in Pleasant Hill Mo, and made the bulk of his money from a crooked gambling game he and his partner Midnight Underwood ran in the upstairs back room of a doctor's office.
Kennedy lived in Pleasant Hill until the mid-1930s, after his partner Midnight Underwood died and he moved to Harrisonville, where he fleeced card players at games off the town square. In the late 1950s, however, liquor got the best of Kennedy and he became the town drunk. He died in March, 1961. His body was brought back to Pleasant Hill, where he was buried without a headstone next to his parents.
VERY interesting story to this fella; thought you could add a bio for him. He was listed as a famous resident of Pleasant Hill.
In the first half of the 20th century, Pleasant Hill was the home of Allen "Bill" Kennedy, the highly skilled gambler depicted in the book, The Magician and the Cardsharp, by Karl Johnson (Henry Holt, 2005) Kennedy lived and worked in Pleasant Hill. Kennedy had been raised in Pleasant Hill Mo, and made the bulk of his money from a crooked gambling game he and his partner Midnight Underwood ran in the upstairs back room of a doctor's office.
Kennedy lived in Pleasant Hill until the mid-1930s, after his partner Midnight Underwood died and he moved to Harrisonville, where he fleeced card players at games off the town square. In the late 1950s, however, liquor got the best of Kennedy and he became the town drunk. He died in March, 1961. His body was brought back to Pleasant Hill, where he was buried without a headstone next to his parents.
In the first half of the 20th century, Pleasant Hill was the home of Allen "Bill" Kennedy, the highly skilled gambler depicted in the book, The Magician and the Cardsharp, by Karl Johnson (Henry Holt, 2005) Kennedy lived and worked in Pleasant Hill. Kennedy had been raised in Pleasant Hill Mo, and made the bulk of his money from a crooked gambling game he and his partner Midnight Underwood ran in the upstairs back room of a doctor's office.
Kennedy lived in Pleasant Hill until the mid-1930s, after his partner Midnight Underwood died and he moved to Harrisonville, where he fleeced card players at games off the town square. In the late 1950s, however, liquor got the best of Kennedy and he became the town drunk. He died in March, 1961. His body was brought back to Pleasant Hill, where he was buried without a headstone next to his parents.
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