Sarah Kennedy

b. 10 November 1881, d. 30 July 1896
Sarah Kennedy|b. 10 Nov 1881\nd. 30 Jul 1896|p2896.htm|Walter Kennedy|b. 22 Nov 1842\nd. 28 Nov 1926|p1281.htm|Sarah Kimbrough Munson|b. 9 Jun 1857\nd. 13 Aug 1913|p116.htm|William Kennedy II|b. 1800\nd. 1869|p2903.htm|Mary Haile|b. 1812\nd. 1894|p2904.htm|Mordello S. Munson|b. 25 Apr 1825\nd. 13 Oct 1903|p113.htm|Sarah K. Armour|b. 3 Sep 1831\nd. 31 Jan 1887|p114.htm|

1st cousin 1 time removed of George Poindexter Munson Sr.
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Munson and Allied Families
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Sarah Kennedy
     Sarah Kennedy was born on 10 November 1881 at Waverly Plantation, near Chenango, Brazoria County, Texas.1 She was the daughter of Walter Kennedy and Sarah Kimbrough Munson. She died on 30 July 1896 at Bryan Beach, Brazoria County, Texas, at age 14.2 She was buried in Bryan Beach, Brazoria County, Texas.3
     
     Family tradition relates that Sarah was a very beautiful girl. She died the day before the birth of her brother George Caldwell Kennedy. Sarah (Munson) Kennedy wrote in her diary on 10 November 1896, "Sarah's 15th birthday, and she is in Heaven. O my God, why this great sorrow; Sarah, Sarah, Mama's precious darling."

Citations

  1. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 262.
  2. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, Munsons of Texas, 264.
  3. [S17] Sarah Kennedy tombstone, Munson Family Cemetery, Bailey's Prairie, Texas; photographed by the writer on 31 July 1997.