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KENDALLS
CUNNINGHAMS
SNODGRASSES
Commissioned
By Norman Festus Kendall
Grafton, West Virginia
(Edited by Donald O. Kendall)
EARLY HABITATION AND NAME OF THE KENDALL FAMILY
Some writers interpret the name from Anglo-Saxon words "cyn" meaning "kindred" and "dael" meaning a dale or valley. Its meaning therefore would be "valley kindred" or "relatives of the dale". Others erroneously say the name was taken from the town of Kendal in England. This town was incorporated in 1576, more than 500 years after the name was well known. Some writers say the town of Kendal was laid out by and named for John Kendall, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Westmorland.
By Parks, Stokes and Kendall of London and Oxford, England
Genealogists
Mr. Norman Festus Kendall, Grafton, W.Va.
Find herewith our unfinished notes. The German bombs have wrecked our every plan. If anything is left, and we are living, we may be able to finish them after the war for you. We have only given you the male members of the families. Keep the notes. We hope some day to hear from you again. You have our very best wishes.
Parks, Stokes and Kendall
UNFINISHED KENDALL GENEALOGY MEMORANDUM - NOTES
JOHN KENDALL BIBLE AND PRAYER BOOK RECORD
WILLIAM KENDALL, Norfolk, England, born 1575, died 1655. Married first Mary Leigh on August 5, 1595, and second Elizabeth Arlington on December 24, 1615. Children of first wife: John born 1597, William born 1599, Thomas born 1602. Child of second wife: John Kendall (kinsman) born 1617.
JOHN KENDALL (kinsman) married Susanna Savage, age 18 years, June 4, 1667. Children: John born July 10, 1668; Susanna born August 12, 1670; Thomas born June 27, 1672; William born January 7, 1674. John Kendall (kinsman) died July 9, 1679.
THOMAS KENDALL, son of John (kinsman), married Elizabeth Ann (Mary) Washington on May 18, 1692. Children: Thomas born 20, 1693; William (Sr.) born Jan. 6, 1695, John born May 19, 1696; James born June 11, 1697; Henry born Jan. 5, 1699; and Mary born Oct. 26, 1700. Thomas Kendall, son of John (kinsman), died Feb. 1, 1720, in Somerset County, Maryland. Buried in Accomac County, Virginia, in the family cemetery. Mrs. Kendall went to Westmorland County, Va., to live for a time with Washington relatives. (Tradition says she married again.)
In dealing with the early Kendall families, it is well to reckon Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky as one territory. At one time there was a large colony of Kendalls living in and around Covington, Va., where there were large lumber operations. This business spread down throughout the "Western Neck of Virginia" into Tazewell, Russell, Dickenson, Scott and surrounding counties and here crossed over the mountains on the Cumberland, Kentucky and Big Sandy rivers into Morgan, Greenup, Elliott, Floyd and surrounding counties, Kentucky.
One investigator gives as "fact and tradition" that William Kendall, Sr., born 1695, had a son James, born 1719, married Julia Travis 1741, and they had a son Jesse, born 1742, married Jane Allen 1764, and they had six children, 5 sons and one daughter, born in Richmond, Va. (This may mean Richmond county.)
(Editor's note: We must infer that one of these children was Allen Kendall, Sr.)
ALLEN KENDALL, SR., born 1772, died 1843, married Nancy Harrison 1793. Vernon V. Kendall, Greenup, Ky., keeper of the great seals, coat of arms, records and finger prints of the Kendalls, says Allen Kendall1s children are: 1. James P., 2. Jesse, 3. Rev. Allen, 4. Lewis, 5. William Harrison, 6. Travis, 7. Mrs. John Kendrick, 8. Susanna (Mrs. John Horton), 9. Mary (Brown).
REV. ALLEN KENDALL, Jr., son of Allen, Sr., born 1804, died 1873, married Elizabeth Brown, born 1809, died 1890. Both buried at Pilot Point, Texas. They first lived in Tazewell County, Va. Moved to West Liberty, Morgan County, Ky., in 1832, then to Dallas, Texas, 1848. Their children: William Addison (1834-1892), John Wilkerson (1834-1892), James (killed in the Civil War in 1864), Daniel J. (1838-1921), TRAVIS COLLARD (1840-1864), Robert Allen (1842-1924), Kelly (1844-1904), Jane (1847), Angeline (1850-1903).
TRAVIS COLLARD KENDALL, son of Rev. Allen, born 1840, killed in the Civil War in 1864 in Elliott County, Ky., and buried at Sandy Hook in said County. He was in the 7th Ky. Cav. Enlisted June 25, 1862, for three years. Captured in January 1863. Killed by Home Guards March 21, 1864. He married Mary Virginia Anglin at Hopewell, Greenup County, Ky. Had one child, Travis Texan, born 1862, died 1928, married Daisy Womack. He was only two years old when his father was killed. Mary Virginia Anglin Kendall later married Dr. A.B. Carnahan, Oldtown, Greenup County, Ky.
TRAVIS TEXAN KENDALL, son of Travis Collard Kendall, was born Feb. 15, 1862, at Hopewell, Ky. He married Daisy Womack, daughter of Allen and Lucy Osenton Womack, who was born June 20, 1866, at Oldtown, Ky. He was a tobacco farmer and merchant for 50 years. She died Oct. 25, 1924, at Oldtown, and he died Dec. 13, 1928, also at Oldtown, and they are both buried in the Anglin Cemetery at Hopewell.
Children of Travis Texan Kendall:
1. Lonnie Penn Kendall
2. Travis Womack Kendall
3. Owen Clancy Kendall
4. Vernon Valentine Kendall
5. Lucy Virginia Kendall
6. Daisy Marie Kendall
7. Allen Wickliffe (Wick) Kendall
According to Daisy Marie Kendall Irwin, there was another child, a son, who died within days of birth without a name.
TRAVIS WOMACK (TRAV) KENDALL, son of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born Dec. 15, 1888. He married Dorothy B. Dempsey, who was born Feb. 2, 1899, at Concord, Ky. He died May 11, 1958, at Greenup, Ky.
Children of Travis Womack Kendall:
1. Dorothy Marie Kendall
2. Travis Joe Kendall
OWEN CLANCY KENDALL, son of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born Nov. 10, 1891, at Oldtown and married Bessie Van Bibber, who was born at Hood, Ky., and they had a son, Robert Kendall. They lived at 228 Poplar Highlands, Raceland, Ky., 41169.
VERNON VALENTINE KENDALL, son of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born Feb. 14, 1896, at Oldtown and married Mary Dean Norris of Hopewell in 1919 in Boyd County. They lived at 715 E. Main St., Greenup, Ky., 41144.
Children of Vernon Valentine Kendall:
1. Mary Lucile Kendall
2. Charles Brooks Kendall
LUCY VIRGINIA KENDALL, daughter of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born March 1, 1899, at Oldtown. She was first married in 1925 in Boyd County to Jackson G. (Jack) McDonald of Dallas, Texas, and then to J.M. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson lived at Fredericksburg, Va. She died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on April 29, 1979. They had no children.
DAISY MARIE KENDALL, daughter of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born Sept. 12, 1903, at Oldtown and married Barr Brady Irwin, who was born at Hunnewell. He worked for the C&O Railroad. They lived at 2305 Hilton Avenue, Ashland.
Children of Daisy Marie Kendall Irwin:
1. Gene Frederick Irwin
2. Virginia Ann Irwin
3. Barbara Marie Irwin
(Editor's note: Most of the following information came from my recollections and things told to me by relatives.)
ALLEN WICKLIFFE (WICK) KENDALL, son of Travis Texan and Daisy Womack Kendall, was born either June 14 and June 20, 1907, at Oldtown. He married Agnes Fern Womack of Huntington either June 14 or June 20, 1932. They lived at 409 Adams Ave., Huntington, and he was a salesman for Del Monte. He died July 9, 1962, in Huntington. They had no children.
MORRIS LEICESTER KENDALL, son of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born Nov. 15, 1906, at either Hunnewell or Greenup, Ky., and died Aug. 3, 1962, in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years, he resided with his mother, brother Walter and sister Mibby at Peach Creek. At the time of his death, he and his wife Billie were living in Covington, Ky. He was working as a desk clerk at a Cincinnati hotel and suffered a heart attack during a robbery of the hotel.
ROY ROLAND KENDALL, son of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born Nov. 20, 1910, in Russell, Ky., and died Jan. 19, 1911, of acute meningitis in Greenup County. He is buried in the Freeman Cemetery at Hunnewell. (Editor1s note: A death certificate refers to him as Roy Rollins Kendall, son of Lonzo Kendall, buried at Honeywell. The information is correct, but the spellings are not.)
MILDRED (MIBBY) KENDALL, daughter of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born June 20, 1914, in Greenup County and died April 20, 1959, in Huntington. She was mentally retarded and lived with her mother until the latter1s death. She is buried in the Freeman Cemetery at Hunnewell.
JAMES HUBERT KENDALL, son of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born May 10, 1921, in Ashland, Ky. He married Ruth Ellen Anderson, daughter of Iver Ove and Julia Saloma Smith Anderson, on Sept. 24, 1944, in Rockville, Md., while both were serving in the U.S. Navy stationed in Washington, D.C. He was employed by the C&O Railroad and they lived at Peach Creek, W.Va., and in Huntington, W.Va. He died of a heart attack on Sept. 9, 1986, in Huntington.
Children of James Hubert Kendall:
1. Richard Wayne Kendall
2. Donald Owen Kendall
3. Diana Mae Kendall
4. Judith Ellen Kendall
MADELINE (MADGE) KENDALL, daughter of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born Aug. 12, 1923, at West Logan and married Orville Richard Estep, who was born June 23, 1927, at West Hamlin, W.Va. They live at 4835 Beechwood Dr., Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
Children of Madge Kendall Estep:
1. Keith Franklin Lansing
2. Stephen Richard Estep
3. Lonnie Edward Estep
4. Duncan Eric Estep
WALTER WAYNE KENDALL, son of Lonnie Penn and Ida Mae Freeman Kendall, was born Sept. 12, 1925, at Peach Creek. He worked as a clerk for the Logan Hardware Co. in Logan and was a scoutmaster. He married May Fowler, a widow. He died March 12, 1963, at Peach Creek following a heart attack suffered while helping friends evacuate from a flood.
DOROTHY MARIE KENDALL, daughter of Travis Womack and Dorothy Dempsey Kendall, was born March 19, 1926, married Raymond Griffith, and they had David, Gary and Cheryl.
TRAVIS JOE KENDALL, son of Travis Womack and Dorothy Dempsey Kendall, was born Feb. 24, 1928. He first married Laura Ellen, and they adopted a son, Mike. After his first wife1s death, Joe Kendall married Marylou Griffith, sister of Raymond Griffith, and they had a daughter, Mary Jo. They live at 1102 Riverside Dr., Greenup, Ky., 41144, where he is chief of the volunteer fire department.
ROBERT KENDALL, son of Owen Clancy and Bessie Van Bibber Kendall, married Lorraine, and they had four children: James Owen Kendall, Rev. Robert Preston Kendall,Gary Hackler Kendall and Terry Michael Kendall. (Editor's note: I believe Robert Kendall1s middle name is Owen. Lorraine Kendall lives on Route 23. She may be the person listed in the Ashland telephone book as L.H. Kendall, 220 Highland St., Raceland, Ky., 41169)
MARY LUCILE KENDALL, daughter of Vernon Valentine and Mary Dean Norris Kendall, was born Feb. 5, 1920, at Hopewell, Ky., and married Hugh Miranda, and they live on Terrace Blvd., Ashland.
CHARLES BROOKS KENDALL, son of Vernon Valentine and Mary Dean Norris Kendall, was born March 4, 1924, at Greenup and died Sept. 12 during World War II.
GENE FREDERICK IRWIN, son of Barr Brady and Daisy Marie Kendall Irwin, married Betty Cooksey, and they adopted a son, Christopher Gene Kendall.
VIRGINIA ANN IRWIN ROBERTS, daughter of Barr Brady and Daisy Marie Kendall Irwin, lives at Bridgeton, Mo. She and her husband have three children: Mark, Kyle and Julie.
BARBARA MARIE IRWIN HART, daughter of Barr Brady and Daisy Marie Kendall Irwin, and her husband adopted two children: Heather and Eddie, and had two of their own: Matthew and Tim.
RICHARD WAYNE KENDALL, son of James Hubert and Ruth Ellen Anderson Kendall, was born Aug. 9, 1945, in Alameda, Calif. He married first Nonie Lynn Sulik, and they had April Lynn May 8, 1967, in Portsmouth, Va., and Heather Wynn April 8, 1969, in Huntington. They were divorced in 1972, and he then married Sheridan Tracy 3Mindy2 Milnachek March 17, 1973, in Buffalo, Wyo. She was born July 5, 1954, in Buffalo. They had a baby, Jennifer Lynne born July 14, 1973 in Buffalo, and died in infancy.. Richard Kendall is a school teacher. April was married around July 2., and she had Ryan Nov. 12, 1991. Heather was married Sept. 15.
DONALD OWEN KENDALL, son of James Hubert and Ruth Ellen Anderson Kendall, was born Jan. 15, 1947, in Logan, W.Va., and married Carla Jane Pigman, daughter of Carl Arthur and Norah Jane Bowen Pigman, on June 2, 1967, in Huntington, W.Va., and they had Holly Ann on Jan. 8, 1968, in Huntington and Carl Alexander on Feb. 13, 1971, in Huntington. Donald Kendall earned a B.A. degree in 1970 and an M.A. degree in 1980 from Marshall University in Huntington. Don and Carla Kendall lived in Huntington from 1967-1970, in Oak Hill, W.Va., from 1970-1978, in Huntington again from 1978-1994 and then in St. Augustine, Fla. Donald Kendall taught French and German at Collins High School in Oak Hill from 1970-1975, was a newspaperman in Oak Hill, Rainelle and Beckley, W.Va., from 1975-1978 and in Grayson and Olive Hill, Ky., from 1978-1979, taught mathematics at Cammack Junior High School and Huntington High School in Huntington from 1979-1994, taught computers in St. Augustine from 1994-2001, and then taught mathematics at Bartram Trail High School, St. Johns County, Florida. The Kendalls were members of Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Huntington and First Baptist Church and later Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Hill. After returning to Huntington in 1978, they again joined Beverly Hills Baptist and then moved their membership to Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington. When they moved to St. Augustine, they belonged to Moultrie Baptist Church.
DIANA MAE KENDALL, daughter of James Hubert and Ruth Ellen Anderson Kendall, was born July 21, 1949, in Logan, W.Va. She married Bernard Clar McCarty July 3, 1971 in Huntington, W.Va. He was born Feb. 4, 1948 in Huntington, WV, and they had Lee Anne and Julia Beth. They lived in Huntington and Morgantown, W.Va., Winston-Salem, N.C., Hartsville, S.C., Statesville, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn. Diana received a BS in Medical Technology from Marshall University in 1971. Bernard earned a BS in physics and math from Marshall University in 1970, MS in physiology and biophysics from West Virginia University in 1975, MS in business administration from WVU in 1976, and an MS in nursing from Vanderbilt University in 1996.
JUDITH ELLEN KENDALL, daughter of James Hubert and Ruth Ellen Anderson Kendall, was born March 31, 1953, in Huntington, W.Va. She married Stephen Randall Hatcher June 21, 1974 in Huntington, and they had Rachel Christine, James Morris and Katrina Ellen.
KEITH FRANKLIN LANSING, son of Madge Kendall Estep, was born May 26, 1949, at Logan and married Laura.
STEPHEN RICHARD ESTEP, son of Orville Richard and Madge Kendall Estep, was born March 30, 1953, in Cleveland, and married first Joan Borelli and then Diana Hixton.
LONNIE EDWARD ESTEP, son of Orville Richard and Madge Kendall Estep, was born July 29, 1954, at Logan. He married Deborah Bennett and they had Derek Edward on Dec. 23, 1973, in Cleveland and Matthew on July 4, 1981.
DUNCAN ERIC ESTEP, son of Orville Richard and Madge Kendall Estep, was born July 26, 1957, in Bayview, Ohio. He married Laurie Beth Hanson on Sept. 1, 1979, in Sheffield Village, Ohio, and they had Aaron Robert on Sept. 7, 1980, and Kristen Ann on Nov. 8, 1984.
APRIL LYNN KENDALL, daughter of Richard Wayne and Nonie Lynn Sulik Kendall, was born May 9, 1967, in Portsmouth, Va.
HEATHER WYNN KENDALL, daughter of Richard Wayne and Nonie Lynn Sulik Kendall, was born in April of 1969.
HOLLY ANN KENDALL, daughter of Donald Owen and Carla Jane Pigman Kendall, was born Jan. 8, 1968, in Huntington, W.Va., and she had Andrew Marshall Kendall on Nov. 30, 1994, in St. Augustine, Fla. Holly Kendall earned a B.A. degree in 1990 and M.S. degree in 1994 from Marshall University in Huntington. She lived in Huntington and St. Augustine and was employed at Marshall University and at Resolutions in Ashland, Ky. In Florida, she worked first at Q The Sports Club in Orange Park, then at Anastasia Athletic Club, the Body Club and World Gym while teaching classes at Flagler College in St. Augustine. She married Robert Vincent Moullin of St. Augustine, formerly of Manchester, England, on July 28, 2001. He had been soccer coach at Flagler College and worked for the U.S. Soccer Association. In 2001, he accepted the position as men's soccer coach at Jacksonville University. They reside in St. Augustine.
CARL ALEXANDER KENDALL, son of Donald Owen and Carla Jane Pigman Kendall, was born Feb. 13, 1971, in Huntington, W.Va., and married Jana Perry, daughter of Noah and Louise Perry, on Aug. 19, 1995, in Putnam County, W.Va. Alex Kendall earned a B.A. degree from Marshall University in Huntington in 1994 and taught school in Ironton, Ohio, and Huntington, where he and Jana lived. They had Jillian Alexis on Feb. 12, 1996 in Huntington.
LEE ANNE MCCARTY, daughter of Bernard Clare and Diana Mae Kendall McCarty, was born June 28, 1980 in Winston Salem, NC. She attended Ohio State University.
JULIA BETH MCCARTY, daughter of Bernard Clar and Diana Mae Kendall McCarty, was born May 19, 1983, in Nashville, TN.
RACHEL CHRISTINE HATCHER, daughter of Stephen Randall and Ellen Kendall Hatcher, was born May 7, 1976, in Huntington, WV. Married Robert Vinson Luther III, son of Bob and Susan Luther, on September 27, 1996, in Huntington. Received B.A. from Marshall University in 1998 in Mathematics Education. They are temporarily living in Seaside, Calif., while Bobby goes to German school.
JAMES MORRIS HATCHER, son of Stephen Randall and Ellen Kendall Hatcher, was born July 18, 1978 in Huntington. He lived for a while in Daytona Beach, Fla., before returning to Huntington.
KATRINA ELLEN HATCHER, daughter of Stephen Randall and Ellen Kendall Hatcher, was born June 19, 1981 in Huntington. She lives in Huntington.
ANDREW MARSHALL KENDALL, son of Holly Ann Kendall, was born Nov. 30, 1994, in St. Augustine, Fla.
JILLIAN ALEXIS KENDALL, daughter of Carl Alexander and Jana Perry Kendall, was born Feb. 12, 1996, in Huntington.
CARLA JANE PIGMAN, daughter of Carl Arthur and Norah Jane Bowen Pigman, was born on Aug. 9, 1949, in Huntington, W.Va., and married Donald Owen Kendall, son of James Hubert and Ruth Ellen Anderson Kendall, on June 2, 1967, in Huntington. Carla Kendall earned a B.A. degree from Marshall University in Huntington in 1994 and taught school in Huntington and in St. Augustine, Fla.