Life History

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Notes

• Junius C is living next door to his brother Edwin's son Jerome Frank.  In Junius' household we find their mother Sarah J (Sally) and their brother James Byron.  Junius is still single.  We now also learn about a sister of Sarah, also a member of this household.  Enumerated as Junius' aunt, Clarissa A Peters is the widowed sister of Sarah.  Unfortunately, this is her married name, so we still have not learned Sarah's maiden name.
  
  Two nephews and a niece in the household likely indicate that one of Sarah's married daughters and her husband have died, leaving these three children, named Cummings.  Athel (listed as Athiel in 1900) was already living in his grandmother's household in 1900.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 2 May, Bayou Meto Township, District 2, page 13A, Hse/Fam #3
  Kennedy, Junious  Head M W 39 Single AR KY KY Farmer
  Kennedy, Sarah J Mother F W 70 Widow KY VA VA [no report on # of children]
  Kennedy, James B Brother M W 36 AR KY KY Farmer
  Peters, Clarissa A Aunt F W 72 Widow  0 children  AR AR AR
  Cummings, Athel  Nephew M W 15 AR AR AR
  Cummings, Vennis Nephew M W 12 AR AR AR
  Cummings, Arvilla  Niece F W 6 AR AR AR
  
  In 1920, Junius has finally married.  From the age of their oldest child, it looks like he and Elizabeth married about 1911.  His mother and brother James B are still in his household.  Clarissa A Peters seems to be a sister of Sarah, but she is widowed without bearing any children.  We cannot tell the maiden name from this information.  I have no clue to indicate who the parents of the Cummings children are.
  
  They would presumably be the children of one of Junius' sisters who married a Cummings.  The oldest, Athel, was in the household of his grandmother Sarah J in 1900.  Vennis is not with them, though he was about 2 years old at the time, and Arvilla was born since the last census.  So even though her mother does not show up in any of our family groups up to now, she was still having children.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 28 January, Garland Township, District 9, page 1A, Neighborhood Rd, Hse/Fam #7
  Kennedy, J C  Head Owns farm M W 48 AR KY KY Farmer
  Kennedy, Elizabeth  Wife F W 27 AR AR AR
  Kennedy, Ruth  Dau F W 8 AR AR AR
  Kennedy, Kelly  Son M W 7 AR AR AR
  Kennedy, Sally Mother F W 80 Widow KY VA VA
  Kennedy, Byron Brother M W 44 AR KY KY Farmer
  
  In 1930, Junius (called June C) is hosting his mother and James Byron but now his brother Oscar has also moved in.  Oscar is now widowed.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 25 April, Garland Township, District 7, page 1A, Hagler Rd, Hse/Fam #7
  Kennedy, June C  Head Owns farm M W 57  First married at 38  AR KY KY Farmer
  Kennedy, Lizzie Wife F W 38 First married at 18  AR AR AR
  Kennedy, Kelly R  Son M W 18 AR AR AR
  Kennedy, Junius C Son M W 10 AR KY KY
  Kennedy, Sallie J Mother F W 89 Widow KY VA VA
  Kennedy, Osker L Brother M W 65 Widowed  AR KY KY Laborer
  Kennedy, J Byron Brother M W 54 Single  AR KY KY Laborer
  Wilson, Alvin W Hired Man 57 Widowed AL AL AL Laborer
  
  The ages at marriage indicate that June and Lizzie married in either late 1910 or early 1911, matching the earlier estimate from 1920, based on the age of Ruth.  The enumerator has now demoted James Byron from Farmer to Laborer.

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 6 June, Bayou Meto Township, District 2, page 3B, Hse/Fam #60
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 2 May, Bayou Meto Township, District 2, page 13A, Hse/Fam #3
• 3. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 25 April, Garland Township, District 7, page 1A, Hagler Rd, Hse/Fam #7
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 24 June, Bayou Meto Township, District 5, page 38, Hse #403, Fam #418
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 28 January, Garland Township, District 9, page 1A, Neighborhood Rd, Hse/Fam #7