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Matthew Stillman Kenyon, eldest in the family of Simon and Mary (Brightman) Kenyon, was named for Rev. Matthew Stillman. He is still active at the age of ninety-four years, has voted for seventeen Presidents, and walked from his home to the polls to vote for Theodore Roosevelt. From the age of twelve years he has been a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, in which for many years he has filled the office of deacon. Mr. Kenyon passed his boyhood in Hopkinton, and there married, for his first wife, Abby Austin, daughter of Champlin Austin. Five children were born to that union, namely : George Stillman, who is deceased; Aldrich Champlin, who married (first) Adelia Denison and (second) Kate Chapman; Ann Maria ; John Greene, who married Elizabeth Larkin ; and Mary Caroline, who married I. C. Chapman. Mr. Kenyon’s second marriage was to Lucy Ann Irish, daughter of George Irish, and they had two children; M. Herbert (born Nov. 13, 1853) and Abbie Emeline.
