Emma Munson Kennedy

b. 15 May 1888, d. 28 October 1969
Emma Munson Kennedy|b. 15 May 1888\nd. 28 Oct 1969|p7.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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Emma Kennedy
     Emma Munson Kennedy was born on 15 May 1888 at Waverly Plantation, near Chenango, Brazoria County, Texas.1 She was the daughter of Walter Kennedy and Sarah Kimbrough Munson. She married Henry Hayward Sanders.2 She died on 28 October 1969 in Brazoria County at age 81.3 She was buried in Angleton Cemetery, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas.4 Click to view image
     
     Emma graduated from Angleton High School and worked for most of her life at the Brazoria County Courthouse in Angleton as the office manager for the Texas A&M Extension Service. She didn't marry until she was in her late sixties. She had known Hy Sanders for quite some time, but he was married to a woman who had for years been confined to a mental hospital. When she died, he and Emma married. The marriage took place in a hospital where Hy was recovering from a car accident. He died in 1957, just a few years after they married.

Additional Data

Emma Kennedy appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Walter and Sarah Kennedy.5 Click to view image

Emma Kennedy appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Walter and Sarah M. Kennedy.6 Click to view image

Emma Kennedy appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her father Walter Kennedy.7 Click to view image

Emma and Addie Kennedy appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, enumerated 8 April 1930, living in a boarding house.8 Click to view image

Citations

  1. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 265.
  2. [S427] Henry Hayward Sanders tombstone, Angleton Cemetery, Angleton, Texas; photographed by the writer on 5 July 2003.
  3. [S31] Texas Department of Health Death Records, 1964-1998, online <http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi>.
  4. [S427] Emma K. Sanders tombstone, Angleton Cemetery, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas.
  5. [S51] Walter Kennedy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 14B, dwelling 299, family 299; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 1614.
  6. [S50] Walter Kennedy household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 10B, dwelling 205, family 215; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1534.
  7. [S38] Walter Kennedy household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton city, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 35A/107; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1774.
  8. [S433] James M. Plyler household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Texas, population schedule, Port Arthur City, enumeration district (ED) 123-54, sheet 7B, dwelling 133, family 165; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 2362.