Born in York County, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Meek McGill
and Martha Emeline Whitesides
Sister of
Robert Baxter McGill, James Mason McGill, Claude Ross McGill, Walter Frank McGill, Caroline Jane (McGill) Ellen, Grady Davis McGill, Fred Tennyson McGill and Julia Belle (McGill) Wilkerson
Wife of
Porter Blair Kennedy
— married
22 Apr 1908 in , , South Carolina
Mother of
Martha Helen Kennedy
Died
at age 75
in South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2011
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Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M63S-RMT : 15 July 2017), Rachel B Mc Gill in household of William M Mc Gill, Cherokee, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 167, sheet 478B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,243.
"United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TB-6RZ : Tue Mar 05 16:26:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Emma Mcgill and Bessie Mcgill, 1900.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56N-16D : accessed 26 January 2022), Rachael Kennedy in household of Poltee B Kennedy, Broad River, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 3A, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1468; FHL microfilm 1,375,481.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68H-1QY : 3 February 2021), Bessie Kennedy in entry for Peter Kennedy, 1920.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZL-D8W : accessed 6 October 2019), Bessie M Kennedy in household of Porter B Kennedy, Broad River, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2A, line 34, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2216; FHL microfilm 2,341,950.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9ND-TNY : Mon Mar 11 02:27:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Porter Blair Kennedy and Jas. R. Kennedy, 1931.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1N-P46D : Thu Mar 14 17:28:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Mr Porter B Kennedy and Rev E B Hunter, 19 Feb 1931.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K46L-VVG : 11 January 2021), Bessie Kennedy, Broad River Township, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-10, sheet 5A, line 13, family 91, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3845.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPM4-7LG : 18 July 2017), Bessie Mcgill Kennedy, 20 Mar 1954; citing , Mcgill Kennedy, Bessie, 1954, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,403,889.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2S-9K5C : 11 July 2016), Bessie McGill Kennedy, 1954; Burial, Sharon, York, South Carolina, United States of America, Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churchyard; citing record ID 56828415, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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