Thomas Jenkins Kenny (1803 - 1894)

Born 8 Nov 1803 in Westchester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1894 at age 90 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Thomas Jenkins Kenny, son of Charles and Mary (Jenkins) Kenny, was born in Westchester, Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, died July 26, 1894. He and his brother Charles, proceeded westward on foot in advance of the remainder of their family, and upon arriving in Allegheny county the two made the preliminary preparations toward placing the farm in order.

He was, with his wife, a member of the Roman Catholic Church, both being buried in the cemetery at Braddock, Pennsylvania. Many of the years of his life were passed in Braddock, Pennsylvania, but a few years prior to his death he moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, where he died. He married Ann McGinn, born in Ireland, died in 1886, daughter of Irish parents, who brought her at an early age to Pittsburgh, where she grew to maturity. Her parents had children: 1. Ellen, took the Sister's vows and died in a convent. 2. John, died in the west. 3. Sarah, took the Sister's vows and died in a convent. 4. Ann, of previous mention, married Thomas Jenkins Kenny. 5. Matthew, died in Pittsburgh. Children of Thomas Jenkins and Ann (McGinn) Kenny: 1. Charles, died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, aged eighty years. 2. Mary, a Sister in a Cincinnati convent, died young. 3. Anthony Herron, of whom further. 4. Thomas, a coal operator, died in Homestead, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1912. 5. Annie, a Sister in a convent, in Cincinnati, Ohio. 6. Agnes G., married John G. Kelly, and resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 7. William P., married Mary Layton and they live in Indianapolis, Indiana ; two children : Mary and Margaret.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Thomas J. Kenny, retired. Homestead, was born Nov. 8, 1803, in Chester county. Pa. His father, Charles Henry, was born Nov. 1, 1760, in County Donegal, Ireland;

Mr. Kenny married twice, his first wife, Hannah Curran, dying young. His second wife, Ann Maginn, died Aug. 11, 1885, aged seventy-eight years; they had ten children, of whom six are yet living: Charles, Antony H., Thomas J., Ann E. (now Mother Bernard, of Cincinnati, where she is superioress), Agness G. (wife of J. G. Kelly, cashier at Braddock), and William P. Mr. Kenny is a member of the Catholic Church, for which he has done much, and has built a brick church on his farm himself.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, Vol. 2, p. 754-756)
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 294-295)