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SENECA KENYON was born on the old Kenyon place in China Township, October 25th, 1857, and is the son of Myron and Catherine (Stewart, widow White) Kenyon, pioneers of the county. Seneca was educated in the schools of China township until age sixteen when he began to follow the early occupation of this father, that of a sailor until age twenty-one. He married Elizabeth Recor in 1876 and they had four children: Grace V., Almond Bruce, Leona Agnes, Cecelia Blanche. He took up farming in 1878 but returned to sailing in 1886 which he continued for eleven years.
His 2nd wife, Grace Darling Hodgson is the daughter of Henry Edwin Hodgson and Martha Cooke, both of Liverpool, England. Her father was an engineer in St. Clair. Seneca and Grace married in December 13, 1897 and had 7 children: Catherine D., Harriet M. Infant, Alma M., Seneca Myron, Bernice L., Howard P., Ralph H.
SENECA was Treasurer of the King School District for 17 years until he moved into the City of St. Clair. A Republican and member of Parma Blue Lodge #9 F. & A. M. of St. Clair. Had an interest in the "Allegany Belle" in 1890, which was owned by the Kenyon and Chamberlain families.
Title: Biographical memoirs of St. Clair County, Michigan to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography; memoirs of eminent men and women in the United States. Publication Info: Logansport, Ind.: B. F. Bowen, 1903.
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SENECA KENYON
Cemetery Record: Block 96, 24 Feb 1900, KENYON DEED, Owner SENECA KENYON, Lots 1-4, Howard Kenyon 1910-1920, Harriet M. Kenyon 1900-1900, FATHER, Seneca Kenyon, 1857-1926, MOTHER, Grace Kenyon, 1869-1942
condensed:
SENECA KENYON was born on the old Kenyon place in China Township, October 25th, 1857, and is the son of Myron and Catherine (Stewart, widow White) Kenyon, pioneers of the county. Seneca was educated in the schools of China township until age sixteen when he began to follow the early occupation of this father, that of a sailor until age twenty-one. He married Elizabeth Recor in 1876 and they had four children: Grace V., Almond Bruce, Leona Agnes, Cecelia Blanche. He took up farming in 1878 but returned to sailing in 1886 which he continued for eleven years.
His 2nd wife, Grace Darling Hodgson is the daughter of Henry Edwin Hodgson and Martha Cooke, both of Liverpool, England. Her father was an engineer in St. Clair. Seneca and Grace married in December 13, 1897 and had 7 children: Catherine D., Harriet M. Infant, Alma M., Seneca Myron, Bernice L., Howard P., Ralph H.
SENECA was Treasurer of the King School District for 17 years until he moved into the City of St. Clair. A Republican and member of Parma Blue Lodge #9 F. & A. M. of St. Clair. Had an interest in the "Allegany Belle" in 1890, which was owned by the Kenyon and Chamberlain families.
Title: Biographical memoirs of St. Clair County, Michigan to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography; memoirs of eminent men and women in the United States. Publication Info: Logansport, Ind.: B. F. Bowen, 1903.
pg 684-686
SENECA KENYON
Cemetery Record: Block 96, 24 Feb 1900, KENYON DEED, Owner SENECA KENYON, Lots 1-4, Howard Kenyon 1910-1920, Harriet M. Kenyon 1900-1900, FATHER, Seneca Kenyon, 1857-1926, MOTHER, Grace Kenyon, 1869-1942
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FATHER
Seneca Kenyon
Oct. 25, 1857
Dec. 16, 1926
Family Members
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Grace Velma Kenyon Schlinkert
1877–1937
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Bruce Almond Kenyon
1879–1898
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Leona Agnes Kenyon Ennest
1880–1961
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Cecelia Blanch Kenyon Maw
1885–1915
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Catherine Delila Kenyon Goschnick
1898–1971
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Harriet Martha Kenyon
1900–1900
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Alma Mae Kenyon Haynes
1900–1986
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Seneca M "Myron" Kenyon
1902–1983
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Bernice Lucille Kenyon Bogue
1904–1988
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Howard Phineas Kenyon
1910–1920
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Ralph Hodgson Kenyon
1911–1984
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