Person:Nathan Kennedy (8)

MD- University of Mississippi(Lauderdale Springs), Virginia living at Windsor Hotel, Hillsboro, TX at death buried section 21, Ridge Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, TX Dr. N.B. Kennedy, Surgeon of the 27th Alabama Infantry, moved to Hillsboro, Texas in 1871. He was born in Sumter County, Alabama in 1837 and died in Hillsboro on August 10, 1897 of heart failure. (JimTaylor's Home Page, 27th Alabama Infantry, http://www.datasync.com/~jtaylor/27misc.htm)

Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database Found 17 reference(s) for N.B. Kennedy Reference: "Carbolic acid in carbuncle: letter," Daniel's Tex. Med. J. 1:266-267, Dec. 1885 Reference: "Carbolic acid in treatment of carbuncle: letter," Tex. Courier-Record of Med. 5:22-23, Sept. 1887; comment p.29, Sept. 1887 Reference: "Conjugal onanism," Tex. Health J. 4:83-85, Oct. 1891 Reference: "Erysipelas," Tex. Sanitarian 3:231-234, April 1894 Reference: "The hypodermic administration ofcarbolic acid[...]", Tex. Med. Surg. Rec. 1:465-468, 1881 Reference: Med. Surg. Reporter 46:232, 1882 Reference: "The hypodermic administration of carbolic acid for the cure and removal of foul and ill-conditioned ulcers, etc[...]." Med. Surg. Reporter 46:232-233, March 4, 1882 Reference: "An inebriate asylum for Texas," Trans. Tex. St. Med. Assoc. 24:217-227, 1892 Reference: "Ligation of the brachial artery," Daniel's Tex. Med. J. 2:63-66, Aug. 1886 Reference: "Non-inflammatory softening of the brain," Tex. Courier-Record of Med. 1:24-26 no. 10, June 1884 Reference: "Removal of a fibro-cellular tumor from the left carotid triangle," Med. Surg. Reporter 41:68-69, July 26, 1879 Reference: "Report of a case of trismus nascentium," Med. Surg. Reporter 50:232-233, Feb. 23, 1884 Reference: "Report of a case of tetanus nascentium," Tex. Courier-Record of Med. 1:12-14 no.7, March 1884 Reference: "Report of three obstetric cases," Med. Surg Reporter 39:186-187, Aug. 31, 1878 Reference: "Sanitation," Tex. Med. News 5:530, Oct. 1896 Reference: "Should Texas have an inebriate asylum?" Tex. Courier-Record of Med. 9:83-85, Dec. 1891 Reference: Tex. Med. News 6:470-471, Sept. 1897

http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/alcwmb/archive_index.cgi?noframes;read=15776 The Alabama in the Civil War Message Board - Archive Dr. N.B. Kennedy, 27th Alabama Reg. Posted By: Nancie Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2004, at 12:59 p.m. article from the Confederate Veteran mag., dated June, 1894. DR. N.B. Kennedy, who was surgeon of the 27th Alabama Regiment, writes from Hillsboro, Texas, May 16: The Hill County, Texas, Camp No. 166, elects the following officers; B. KNOX, Captain. J.W. Morrison; First Lieut. J.T. Harris, Quartermaster. annual reunion will occur at Hubbard City, Texas.

Messages In This Thread Dr. N.B. Kennedy, 27th Alabama Reg. (views: 19) Nancie -- Tuesday, 12 October 2004, at 12:59 p.m. Re: Dr. N.B. Kennedy, 27th Alabama Reg. (views: 19) Alan Pitts -- Tuesday, 12 October 2004, at 1:43 p.m. The Alabama in the Civil War Message Board - Archive Re: Dr. N.B. Kennedy, 27th Alabama Reg. Posted By: Alan Pitts Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2004, at 1:43 p.m. In Response To: Dr. N.B. Kennedy, 27th Alabama Reg. (Nancie) My notes on this regiment include the following: Nathan B. Kennedy. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Aug. 31, 1863, to rank Feb. 10, 1863; assigned to this regiment [March] 1863. Transferred to Macon MS, June [14,] 1863.

Although I was not able to find any articles about Dr Kennedy, I did find some old financial reports sent in by Hillsboro Lodge #48. In the old original reports from the late 1800's(which are remarkably well preserved) I did find evidence of him being an officer at the lodge in June 1889.He was the Vice Chancellor, the second highest office in the subordinate lodge.Later in 1889 he became the Chancellor Commander, the top officer of the lodge. The records sent in by Hillsboro Lodge #48 did reflect he was a Past Chancellor Commander in 1891. He stayed in the lodge until his death that they show as being August 9,1897. There were no secretarial notes in our possession, but the financial records do give some information on who was  a member of a lodge.Dr Kennedy was a Pythian from 1889 until his death in 1897. I hope this does provide you some information you were searching for about him.I'm only sorry I have no other records to tell you more. RespectfullyBob Mehalick, Grand Secretary

From: Ruth Stephens Subject: Re: Information reply on Dr Nathan Kennedy and Knights of Pythias To: "Bob Mehalick" Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 4:06 AM

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Encyclopedia of American Biography [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago, IL, USA: American Publishers Association, 1902.

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 549

KENNEDY, NATHAN B., physician, poet, was born Dec. 24, 1837, in Sumpter county, Ala. In 1860 he graduated from the medical department of Tulane university, and the following year entered the confederate army as assistant surgeon, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. For thirty-four years he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession, but has now retired and lives in Hillsboro, Texas. He has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and his poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works.

developed TB while serving in PACS in Mississippi May 1863

Date: 20 JAN 1891

Place: London, England

1. ↑ Society of Science Letters Art of London, Journal of the Society of Science, Letters Art of London, January 20.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} None given, A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas (Chicago: The Lewis Publis
   pg 364-366.
3. ↑ Unknown author, Funeral Notice for Dr N B Kennedy (unknown).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database (www4.utsouthwestern.edu/lib.

   Name: N.B. Kennedy
   Year of Birth: 1837
   Year of Death: 1897

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Unknown author, "Dr N B Kennedy Dead!" (Hillsboro Mirror, Vol XVII, No 8, P 1, Wed Aug 11, 1897).
6. ↑ GenealogyBank.com
   "A Victim of Heart Trouble," Dallas Morning News Archives, 11 Aug 1897, page 2.

   Name: Page
   VALUE: "A Victim of Heart Trouble," Dallas Morning News Archives, 11 Aug 1897, page 2.

7. ↑ "," (I)Dallas (Texas) Morning News, ; online archives (www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ : accessed ).
   N B Kennedy obituary; 11 August 1897; page 2.

   N B Kennedy obituary

8. ↑ , Ridge Park Cemetery, Hillsboro (Hill), Texas.
   Nathan B Kennedy headstone; Section 21; original digital photo taken by RAS.

   Nathan B Kennedy headstone
   FIELD:
   Name: Section
   VALUE: Section 21
   FIELD:
   Name: Remarks
   VALUE: original digital photo taken by RAS

9. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Sumterville, Sumter, Alabama; Roll: M432_15; Page: 279A; Image: 48.
10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 (I)Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States: List of all the Physicians in the United States (Detro
    887; Kennedy, Nathan B (R) 162, '60; "162, '60" indicates Tulane University (School of Medicine), graduated 1860.
11. ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
    Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Northern Division, Sumter, Alabama; Roll: M653_24; Page: 594; Image: 133; Family History Library Film: 803024.
12. ↑ U. S. National Archives Records Administration, U. S. National Archives Records Administration- Military Servi.
13. ↑ Fold3, "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
    Kennedy, N B A.S. (Assistant Surgeon); M3111.
14. ↑ National Archives (NARA) microfilm series: M603, M754-M771, M773-M777, M779-M780, M782, M784, M787-M789, M791-
    Name: N B Kennedy State: Alabama Tax Year: 1865 Roll Title: District 2 Annual Lists; 1865-1866 & Monthly & Special Lists; Sept.-Dec. 1865 NARA Series: M754 NARA Roll: 3.
15.   National Archives (NARA) microfilm series: M603, M754-M771, M773-M777, M779-M780, M782, M784, M787-M789, M791-
    Name: N B Kennedy State: Alabama Tax Year: 1866 Roll Title: District 2 Annual, Monthly & Special Lists; 1866 NARA Series: M754 NARA Roll: 4.
16. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Ward 3, Tangipahoa, Louisiana; Roll: M593_532; Page: 143A; Image: 289; Family History Library Film: 552031.
17. ↑ , Hill County, , Texas County Tax Records, 1837-1910, database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/); from Texas S
    Kennedy, N B (1877).
18. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Hills Boro, Hill, Texas; Roll: 1311; Family History Film: 1255311; Page: 260D; Enumeration District: 70; .
19. ↑ , Hill County, , Texas County Tax Records, 1837-1910, database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/); from Texas S
    Kennedy, N B (1893).
20. ↑ All documents with specific dates (newspapers, medical databases) state born in 1837. Headstone only states 1836. All census enumerations indicate 1837-1838.
21. ↑ Name: N B Kennedy
    Rank at enlistment: Asst Surgeon (Sergeant)
    State Served: Confederate States
    Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company S, Confederate States Medical Staff Infantry Regiment.
    
    Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
    
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    http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28cc003114%29%29
    
    A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875
    Journal of the Confederate Congress, Volume 3
    
    Confederate States of America, War Department,
    Richmond, December 8, 1863.
    Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
    Surgeons
    
    (p 543) N. B. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 10, 1863.
    (p 534) John F. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 1, 1863.
    
    
    460 Confederate Veteran September 1897.
    Mr. Ed Rodgers, of Hillsboro, Tex., writes: "Dr. N. B. Kennedy, Adjutant of Hill County
    Camp, died very suddenly of heart disease on August 10. He was very enthusiastic in
    arranging the details of reunion for the 13th, but was promoted three days before, and we
    had to move on without him. Dr. Kennedy was born in Sumter Sumter
    County, Ala., in 1837. He joined the TwentySeventh Alabama Regiment, but was soon
    detailed as assistant surgeon of it, and later was sent to the hospital service at Lauderdale
    Springs, Miss., and then to the same service at Uniontown, Ala. Dr. Kennedy came to
    Hillsboro in 1871. He was intelligent and zealous in all his work."
22. ↑ James Martin is enumerated in this census as age "11", possibly this should be "61", also born in Louisiana, not Georgia. Is this the father of SWL Martin Kennedy or a young cousin? I believe it to be James Martin (Sr) at this time, pending further study of the Martin family.