Re: Samuel and Nancy Kennison
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Re: Samuel and Nancy Kennison
Wendy Watson 8/09/02
Wendy,
I discovered your posting upon our return from visiting our son and his family in Denver. I'm not sure if our relatives match or not.However, there are a number of interesting facts in common.I have a copy of the 1880 census from Ft. Scott, and Samuel Kennison shows his age as 86 (b. 1794) and his birthplace as Canada.His wife Nancy shows her age as 79 (b. 1801) and her birthplace is also shown as Canada.Samuel and Nancy are my husband's gggrandparents.Samuel and Nancy's daughter Maria, b. 1846 in Vermont, married Andrew Waterhouse.We ordered Andrew's Civil War records from the National Archives, and we found an affadavit attesting to Andrew and Maria's wedding signed by Emery Kennison.He states they were married in 1864 at the home of the bride's father, 3 miles southeast of Ft. Scott, KS.We have an old album of my husband's grandmother.There is a photo in it with the caption "Rachel at home, Colorado Springs,Colo".On the same page is a photo of a woman captioned "May Patterson".Also, another photo says "At John and Mary's home."Do any of the names sound familiar to you?You can contact me directly at [email protected].