Genealogy Report of Silas Hall a

Genealogy Report of Silas Hall and his descendants

Descendants of James Y. Kennady

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES Y.¹ KENNADY was born 13 Feb 1811 in Tennessee, and died 18 Oct 1872 in Agency City, Iowa. He married MARY HAMLET 17 Jul 1830 in Stewart Co., Tennessee. She was born 27 Nov 1814 in Tennessee, and died 24 Dec 1877 in Agency City, Iowa.

Notes for JAMES Y. KENNADY:

CP couldn't find a listing of this marriage in Stewart Co., Tennessee. Will keep looking. Suspect that Henry Clay is actually a grandson or adopted. He was born 26 years after parents marriage. Will pursue census records in Tennessee & Iowa for clues.

Documents in CP collection:

1. Tintype of James Y. & young boy, probably Henry Clay, circa 1861

2. 1950's era photos of house outside Agency, Iowa.

3. Notes on back of each of the photos noting location of cemetery

4. 1950's era photos of James Y. & Mary gravestones

5. 2002 photo of top part of Mary's gravestone....bottom part is underground, top part broken off and supported with rebar. James' stone not to be found.

Directions to old Temple cemetery: N or Highway 16 (about 2 mi. E of Agency on U.S. 34) to left turn in front of first house on right. 1/4 mi. W on county road past house on right. Stop at gate leading to pasture. Enter and guide right along fence running N for about 300 yards. Cemetery is in woods......well cared for. Has been renamed ______________________________.

Home the Kennadys lived in when Henry Clay born in 1856 is about 300 yards further down the county road on the left side.

Child of JAMES KENNADY and MARY HAMLET is:

2. i. HENRY CLAY² KENNADY, b. 23 May 1856, Agency City, Iowa; d. 25 Jan 1929, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Generation No. 2

2. HENRY CLAY² KENNADY (JAMES Y.¹) was born 23 May 1856 in Agency City, Iowa, and died 25 Jan 1929 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He married IRENE CLARA BELLE HALL 17 Dec 1887 in Knoxville, Iowa, daughter of JOHN HALL and MARY WALLACE. She was born 27 Aug 1869 in Marysville, Iowa, and died 31 Oct 1919 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Notes for HENRY CLAY KENNADY:

Henry Clay Kennady was a construction worker in Iowa and came to Oklahoma about 1910 and settled in Okmulgee as a building contractor. He built many of the commercial buildings that still stand today.

Documents in CP collection:

1. Marriage license of Henry & Irene

2. Tintype of Henry Clay, circa 1870

3. Photo of Henry Clay with John Patterson & James Hubbard, circa 1923

4. Halstead portrait of family circa 1905

5. Photo of Kennady children in 1901

6. Photo of Henry & Irene gravestones

7. 2002 Photo of Henry's birth house

Children of HENRY KENNADY and IRENE HALL are:

i. CHARLES³ KENNADY, b. 1888; d. 1888.

ii. EUGENE KENNADY, b. Aug 1889, Albia, Iowa; d. Bef. 1962; m. MAUDE COONROD, 1906.

iii. OCIE OLA KENNADY, b. 02 May 1892, Frederick, Iowa; d. 03 Mar 1972, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; m. JAMES WILLIAM MCCULLOCH, 08 Jan 1911.

3. iv. FANNY FAYE KENNADY, b. 30 Jan 1894, Creston, Iowa; d. 02 Oct 1985, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

v. EDNA ELOTIS KENNADY, b. 17 Aug 1896, Des Moines, Iowa; d. 1983, Napa Valley, California; m. (1) ELMER ATCHLEY; m. (2) BILL HUBBARD, 1918.

vi. DOROTHY MAY KENNADY, b. 08 Aug 1899, Port Arthur, Texas; d. Okmulgee, Oklahoma; m. RICHARD CLAYTON DAVIS, 30 Oct 1917, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

vii. ELNORA PEARL KENNADY, b. 02 May 1905, El Reno, Oklahoma; d. Los Angeles, California; m. ED STROUD.

Generation No. 3

3. FANNY FAYE³ KENNADY (HENRY CLAY², JAMES Y.¹) was born 30 Jan 1894 in Creston, Iowa, and died 02 Oct 1985 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She married OTTIS WILLIAM PATTERSON 29 Nov 1913 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, son of JOHN PATTERSON and MARY HINTON. He was born 01 Nov 1890 in Loogootee, Indiana, and died 05 Mar 1972 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Notes for OTTIS WILLIAM PATTERSON:

Ottis was born in Loogootee, Indiana and as a young man moved to Okmulgee, Oklahoma riding on the top of a freight train. He worked at a glass factory and played semi-pro baseball. An outstanding player, he was nicknamed 'Hoggie' because he played 2nd base and 'hogged' every ball he could get to. Even at his funeral at age 82, former teammates came to honor their old buddy, Hoggie.

Grandpa Ottis was a terrific grandfather......taught me to drive in his 1948 Jeepster when I was 14.......in exchange for not telling Grandma that he smoked a cigarette. We had a lot of fun in their visit each summer. He died in 1972 after several weeks of traction from breaking his neck in a car wreck.

Documents in CP collection:

1. Birth Certificate, Residence in Loogootee, indicates birth to be Nov. 2, 1890 instead of Nov. 1

2. Okmulgee Co., Okla. Marriage Records, 1907 - 1922

3. Numerous photos of Ottis, Fanny, Russell & John

4. Several letters from Grandma Fanny & grand aunt Nellie Brown

5. Marriage license for Ottis & Fanny, 1913

6. Photo of Ottis & Fanny gravestones

Children of FANNY KENNADY and OTTIS PATTERSON are:

i. EDWARD RUSSELL⁴ PATTERSON, b. 30 Sep 1914, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; d. 13 Sep 1988, Arkansas; m. ANN ELIZABETH FOGLE, 03 Aug 1946, Oakland, California.

ii. JOHN CLAY PATTERSON, b. 09 Sep 1918, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; m. DORA ELIZABETH LEBOW, 21 Jul 1941, Arcadia, Oklahoma; b. 08 Jun 1921, Caney, Kansas; d. 21 Sep 1991, Clifton, Texas.

Notes for JOHN CLAY PATTERSON:

LT. COL. JOHN C. PATTERSON

Raised in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Graduated from Okmulgee High School and achieved the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts. After two years college at Okla. Military Academy, Claremore, Okla., he attended the University of Wyoming where he attained his B.A. degree and completed his R.O.T.C. training, and lettered on the football and baseball teams. He received his commission in the U.S. Army in Feb. 1942 and was assigned to the Horse Cavalry at Ft. Riley, Ks. During this time, Patterson achieved Exper status in Rifle, Pistol, Carbine, 30 ca. Machine Gun, 50 cal. machine gun and Mounted Pistol.

Only a few months later, Patterson's troop was deshorsed and mechanized. Later, it was as 1st Lt. of Troop B, 23rd Mechanized Recon. Squadron, that put him at the head of the first U.S. troops into Pilzen, Czechslovakia in 1945 at war's end. This action earned him the rank of Captain and he still saves an American flag that his troops had made for him by a seamstress in Pilzen to fly over the occupation camp. During his tenure in Europe, he earned the Bronze Star as well as two ETO battle stars. He was assigned to Japan during the post-war occupation.

Patterson served in Korea and earned a star for the Korean Army of Occupation. An outstanding athlete, he served in Special Services after Korea and later, the Nike Missile program from which he retire with the rank of Lt. Colonel in 1962. He then was employed by General Electric in the Apollo Spacecraft program as NASA outside Houston, Texas for the next ten years.

He married Dora Elizabeth Lebow on July 21, 1941 and had three children, Faye Ellen, John Clay Jr., and Douglas Edward. He is retired and (as of Jan. 1998) lives in Laguna Park, Texas near Lake Whitney, and has seven grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren. He enjoys his fishing boat and travels a great deal with his 35' travel-trailer, having completed a 3-month trip through Alaska in 1994.

(info from United States Cavalry History Manuel, U.S.C.A.

"My basic Branch was Armor. I had been on detail duty with Special Services for 6 years. At the end of the 8th RIF of 8 I reverted to my permanent grade of MSgt. I was assigned as Athletic NCO of the Ist GM Brigade Fort Bliss Texas in 1954. In 1955, attended the Fire Control Maintenance School for Nike Ajax AA Missiles at Ft. Bliss. On completion, in 1956, I was promoted to Warrant Officer I status and assigned to 10 Msl Bn. Fairchild AFB, Washington. 1958, promoted to WO2. 1959 transferred to HMSL Btry. Ft. Wolters, Texas. Was later promoted to Lt. Col. In the AA Artillery Reserve and retired in that Grade in 1962." email from John C. Patterson, 7/1/2005