Dewey Milton Kennedy (1898 - 1978)

Born 16 Sep 1898 in Mississippi

Ancestors

Died May 1978 at age 79 in Morehouse, Louisiana

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Biography

Dewey was born in 1898. He was the son of James Kennedy and Elizabeth Vance. He passed away in 1978.

Census Records

• 1900 United States Census^[1]
• 1910 United States Census^[2]
• 1920 United States Census^[3]
• 1930 United States Census^[4]

Name Dewy Kennedy

Event Type Census

Event Date 1930

Event Place Police Jury Ward 5, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States

Gender Male

Age 31

Marital Status Single

Race White

Relationship to Head of Household Head

Birth Year (Estimated) 1899

Birthplace Mississippi

Father's Birthplace Mississippi

Mother's Birthplace Mississippi

• 1940 United States Census^[5]

Name Dewey M Kennedy

Event Type Census

Event Date 1940

Event Place Bastrop, Police Jury Ward 4, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States

Sex Male

Age 42

Marital Status Single

Race White

Relationship to Head of Household Head

Birthplace Mississippi

Birth Year (Estimated) 1898

Last Place of Residence Rural, West Corral, Louisiana

Household

Dewey M Kennedy Head M 42 Mississippi

Jack D Kennedy Nephew M 10 Louisiana

Vituria A Gray Cousin F 48 Mississippi

Military Record

• 1938-1946 U.S. WWII Army Enlistment Records^[6]

Name KENNEDY DEWEY M

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 13 Oct 1942

Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Event Place Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Race White

Citizenship Status citizen

Birth Year 1898

Birthplace MISSISSIPPI

Education Level Grammar school

Civilian Occupation Unskilled nonprocess occupations in manufacturing, n.e.c.

Marital Status Single, without dependents

Military Rank Private

Army Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Army Component Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source Reference Civil Life

Serial Number 38328429

Affiliate ARC Identifier 1263923

Box Film Number 13216.87

Death Record

• United States Social Security Death Index^[7]

Age 80

Given Name Dewey

Surname Kennedy

Birth Date 16 Sep 1898

State Mississippi

Last Place of Residence Morehouse, Louisiana

Previous Residence Postal Code 71220

Event Date May 1978

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9X1-2LR : accessed 27 February 2018), Dewy M Kenedy in household of James B Kenedy, Beat 3 Fannin, Rankin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 4B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,826.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPD2-5DQ : accessed 27 February 2018), Milton D Kenedy in household of James B Kenedy Sr., Fannin, Rankin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 13A, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 758; FHL microfilm 1,374,771.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNR1-5LJ : accessed 27 February 2018), Dewey Kennedy in household of James Kennedy, Sharon, Madison, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 49, sheet 18B, line 64, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 886; FHL microfilm 1,820,886.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMTF-89V : accessed 27 February 2018), Dewy Kennedy, Police Jury Ward 5, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 2B, line 100, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 825; FHL microfilm 2,340,560.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VYPH-C91 : accessed 27 February 2018), Dewey M Kennedy, Bastrop, Police Jury Ward 4, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-7, sheet 26A, line 24, family 589, 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 1413.
6. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8P1-XVL : 5 December 2014), Dewey M Kennedy, enlisted 13 Oct 1942, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLD6-B68 : 20 May 2014), Dewey Kennedy, May 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).