Lydia Bickett
James Kendall was born 1800 in Greene Co., OH, and died December 29, 1835, in Hale Twp., Warren Co, IL, at age 35. Buried in Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery, Warren Co., IL. He is the son of William Kendall of Bedford Co., PA, and Unknown.
Lydia Bickett was born July 31, 1789, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died February 27, 1874, in Hale Twp., Warren Co, IL, at age 84 years, 6 months and 27 days. Buried in Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery, Warren Co., IL. She is the daughter of Adam Bickett of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and Elizabeth Reed of Ulster, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
James Kendall (about age 22) and Lydia Bickett (age 34) were married March 25, 1824, in Greene Co., OH.
James Kendall and Lydia (Bickett) Kendall had four children:
William S. Kendall: Born August 31, 1827, in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died June 9, 1908, in Tingley, Ringgold Co., IA (age 80). Married April 12, 1870, in Little York, Warren Co., IL, to Virginia (Parks) Holmes: Born May 3, 1840, in Macomb, McDonough Co., IL; Died April 25, 1905, in Tingley, Ringgold Co., IA (age 64).
Jane Linn Kendall: Born about 1827 in in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died January 7, 1851, in Unknown (about age 24). Married February 24, 1848, in Warren Co., IL, to Hugh Martin Jr.: Born about 1821 in Ohio; Died Unknown.
Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Kendall: Born 1828 in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died March, 1848, in Unknown (age 20). Married April 20, 1847, in Warren Co., IL, to James Adams McCallon: Born March 1823 in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died August, 1860, in Texas (age 37).
Adam Bickett Kendall: Born December 14, 1829, in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died January 20, 1911, in Prairie Twp., Jackson Co., MO (age 81). Buried in Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO. Married (1) April 23, 1857, in Warren Co., IL, to Nancy Turnbull: Born May 26, 1837, in Illinois; Died March 24, 1868, in Sumner Twp., Warren Co., IL (age 30). Buried in Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery, Warren Co., IL. Married (2) April 1, 1869, in Warren Co., IL, to Elmira L. Ferguson: Born May, 1847 in Pennsylvania; Died 1923, in Jackson Co., MO (about age 75). Buried in Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO.
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Lydia Bickett was born July 31, 1789, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
James Kendall was born about 1802 in Greene Co., OH.
James Kendall opened the first store in Sumner Twp., Warren Co., IL, in 1833. It was located in Little York, and he had for his store house a little log cabin. He died soon after, and William, his brother, took the store, and subsequently sold it to Arthur McFarland.
James Kendall died December 29, 1835, in Hale Twp., Warren Co, IL, at about age 35.
The 1840 U. S. Census taken on October 24, 1850, shows Lydia Kendall is the Head of Household and is living in the 5th Ward, Warren Co., IL. There are the following in the household: 1 Male 5 - 9; 1 Male 10 - 14; 1 Female 10 - 14; and 1 Female 40 - 49.
The 1850 U. S. Census taken on October 24, 1850, shows William Kendall (age 23) born in Ohio with real estate of $250 is a Farmer and is living in Warren Co., IL. Living with him are: Lydia Kendall (age 54) born in Ireland; and Adam B. Kendall (age 20) born in Ohio, a Farmer.
The 1860 U. S. Census taken on July 19, 1860, shows Adam B. Kendall (age 28) born in Ohio with real estate of $1,350 and personal estate of $500 is a Farmer and is living in Sumner Twp., Warren Co., IL. Living with him are: Nancy Kendall (age 23) born in Illinois; William H. Kendall (age 2) born in Illinois; Lydia Kendall (age 66) born in Ireland; Eliza J. McCallon (age 12) born in Illinois; and Wm. S. Kendall (age 30) born in Ohio with real estate of $1,350 and personal estate of $450 , a Farmer.
The 1870 U. S. Census taken on August 20, 1870, shows William Kendall (age 40) born in Ohio with real estate of $4,600 and personal estate of $457 is a Farmer and is living in Sumner Twp., Warren Co., IL. Living with him are: Elizabeth Kendall (age 12) born in Illinois; Adam B. Kendall (age 37) born in Ohio with real estate of $4,600 and personal estate of $457, a Farmer; Elmira Kendall (age 21) born in Pennsylvania; William Kendall (age 12) born in Illinois; Mary Kendall (age 7) born in Illinois; John Kendall (age 5) born in Illinois; Virginia Kendall (age 32) born in Illinois; and Lydia Kendall (age 78) born in Ireland.
Lydia (Bickett) Kendall died February 27, 1874, in Hale Twp., Warren Co, IL, at age 84. Buried in Sugar Tree Grove cemetery, Hale Twp., Warren Co., IL.
Monmouth Review, March 20, 1874
Early Resident Dead.
The death of Mrs. Lydia Kendall, relict of James Kendall, which had taken place on 27 February 1874 near her home in Denny, after a brief illness. Mrs. Kendall was in her 84th year. She was born in County Antrim, Ireland but came to this county from Greene county, Ohio with her husband in 1831, so was one of the earliest residents of the county. She and her husband first settled at Center Grove, near what is now Kirkwood and during the following winter, her husband froze his feet badly while lost in a terrible snow storm in coming home from Jack's Milles near Oquawka. He lost one of his feet and never fully recovered from the sufferings sustained which caused his death some years later. Mrs. Kendall was the mother of four children, A. B. and William, both of whom were living in Sumner township at the time of her death. She was a member of the Sugar Tree Grove Church and was buried in the Sugar Tree Grove cemetery.
Past and Present of Warren county, Illinois, Publication: H. F.Kett & Company 1877
The Monmouth Review of 5 March 1904 has a long story written by Martha Kendall Jones of Monmouth about the early years in Warren county. Of all stories, none are more interesting than those which tell of the trials, the privations and the sufferings of the men and women who early in the last century left the civilization and comfort of eastern states and in prairie schooners invaded the west to make new homes and a new civilization. Especially interesting to the people of this section of the country are the stories of the early settlers of western Illinois, who made out of a dreary wilderness one of the garden spots of the country. In the great majority of cases, these tales will never again be told by those who had a part in their making. With very few exceptions those pioneers have passed away and their life work is told by other lips. In this city, however, there lives one who had a part in the struggles of those days. Mrs. Martha Kendall Jones is the sole survivor of that gallant band which in 1830 came to this part of the state from Greene county, Ohio and laid the foundation on which has been built the development and growth of the city and surrounding territory. This woman, whose life story is a remarkable one, has written a letter for the Review, which, in its quaint way, tells something of the history of the early days. It will be read with interest by Monmouth and Warren county people. Mrs. Jones writes as follows.
In the years gone by, many things have occurred which make many pages in memory to be read by those of us who have lived through those years, especially those first settling in the new countries. In 1831, many families came to this part of Illinois from Greene county, Ohio, some traveling in covered wagons with their families, some in two horse carriages. Eleven such came in October of that year to this part of the state, stopping for the time with their friends who came in October, 1830. There were four families of the Kendalls, Robert, Francis, Wilson and John and three of Gibsons, John, James and Samuel with William Gibson, single. The Kendalls were brothers of Dr. Thomas Kendall. Then in May 1830 from near Xenia came James Junkins and John Caldwell. Then living here at the time were a number of families in the Sugar Tree Grove neighborhood named Richie and Temple and some at the grove, west of Sugar Tree Grove, named Campbell. Then up in the grove west of Monmouth lived one man and family named Hodgens and one named Rust with his family. They were from Kentucky. Where Rockwell's mills is a man named Hiram Buffum lived. He built the first mill of any kind here. The nearest to us then was a mill down in what is now Henderson county, owned by a man named Smith. There the people here went with wagons loaded with sacks of wheat and corn to get it ground. We had to get enough ground at one time in the fall to last us until the ice was gone out of the streams in the spring. Buffum could only grind when the water was not frozen or too high, for the mill was not completed. he was a man well liked by all, an eastern man. This was a cold, long hard winter. It began to snow on December 6, 1930 and changed from a mild dry autumn to a cold so intense that for six weeks in succession the eaves of the cabin never dropped water. The snow kept falling at intervals until sixteen snows lay one upon the other. We could see the sun-dogs or circles for days and frost and fine snow filled the air. The snow was so deep that people did not pretend to travel, as they could not cross the low places of hollows, filled level. Near neighbors would hitch teams of horses or oxen to logs and haul them back and forth to make roadways to each other's homes and to get wood. The cold lasted until March 1831, then it turned warm and the snow melted, and floods of water ran in every little stream and ditch, filling up the springs (we had no wells) and larger creeks until they spread out like rivers. But it soon passed away and the ground was once more dry. This was our first experience of winter in Illinois. Then spring opened and the prairies, so long covered with the great deep snow, were covered with green grass and many new sweet flowers appeared and the prairie larks sang out their cheery songs and the strange cooing of the prairie chickens were heard. Early in the morning the children would run out to see them and listen, but these birds were not afraid of us and we would get so near to them that we could see their bright eyes. Then the loved friends we had traveled with from Ohio, could come and se us. One family, that of Samuel Gibson, lived in the grove just west of Monmouth, his brother William living with them. For three long months during this winter, Mrs. Gibson never saw the face of any but her own family. Soon, however, we were all together again. James Gibson's and the Kendalls had wintered down at the Rapids, (Warsaw now) so as to be where they could lay in their winter's supply of provisions from the ...... The first thing to do was to build log cabins and stables for the horses that had brought us all safely here.
The Monmouth Review of 28 December 1905 has further reminiscences by Martha Kendall Jones, she talks about the first winter in Illinois in 1830/31, at Joseph Kendall's house that winter were his brother James and his wife Lydia and their children, Elizabeth, Anna, Jane, William and Adam, also Bicket Kendall, John Quinn and his wife Rachel and their three children, Mary, Harvey and Anna, the babe. Another wedding occurring 17 March 1836 was that of Francis G. Kendall and Miss Jane B. Merrifield, that one in Monmouth, at the home of Rodliff Allen, where the First United Presbyterian church was later build. The couple were married by Reverend James C. Bruce. The attendants were W. B. Stapp and Miss Salome Patterson, sister of Mrs. Rodliff Allen. The dinner and reception were held the next day at John Kendall's, brother of the groom. They had a fine rich dinner prepared for them. Among the guests were Thomas Andrews and sisters, Nancy and Elizabeth, Mr. Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs. James McCallen and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hogue. Miss Patterson and the bride were dressed in elegant black silk and Mrs. McCallen and the Misses Andrews also wore silk. Those people were all gone in 1905, Miss Salome Patterson married Sumner Phelps of Oquawka. Mr. Phelps was an Indian trader.
Lydia Bickett Kendall was a little girl when her family sailed to America from Ireland in the 1790s. She grew up, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and Illinois, got married, had kids, was widowed early, died at age 84. But I want to know what she was like. Martha Ann Kendall Jones, the 1889 family historian, describes her as "a cheerful, happy-hearted Godly woman, kind to all, and tender-hearted to her dear children..." which is lovely, but dear Martha has only nice things to say about everybody in the family, so I'd like a little more evidence. Lydia was 45 when her husband died, leaving her with four children under the age of 10. When her sons were old enough they bought farms next to each other and she lived with them the rest of her life. Her oldest son William was 43 when he married. Was marrying late a family tradition? Or was Lydia one of those controlling matriarchs who never let her kids grow up and ruled the family with an iron hand? I visited Monmouth, Illinois, where Lydia is buried, and found her tombstone. (If you have ancestors from Warren County, Illinois, lucky you! They have the friendliest, most helpful genealogy folks there.) The stones are worn in the old section of the Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery, but Lydia's is larger than the rest of the family stones, and is the only one in the old section with a plant on it (sedum -- no idea who put it there or how long it's been there.) So why did she get the biggest stone? Did she order it ahead of time and her browbeaten children carried out her grandiose orders to the last? Or was it a real tribute to someone they valued and loved? The stone reads "Lydia Kendall, Died Feb. 27, 1874, Aged 84 Yrs, 6 Mo & 27 Ds." Predictable. But at the bottom is a long, mostly unreadable poem. Can't make out the complete contents but it's definitely a sentimental tribute to Mother. We'll never know for sure, but I'm betting she really was a pretty nice person with a family who really loved her.
Cindy, I just sent out e-mail about Turnbull to the list and hit the send by mistake and didn't even sign it. I also was going to e-mail about Black and Turnbull. I do know that the Black Family was part of the Turnbull line but I haven't put that part together yet. the Black's that I have at this time was from Green Co Ohio James Kendall Married Lydia Bickett and had 5 children William S. Kendall married Virginia (parks) Homes and Jane Kendall married Hugh Martin and Elizabeth Ann Kendall married James Adams Mc Callen( that had a daughter that married a Black and I don't have his first name). and daughter Adam Brickett Kendall married Nancy Turnbull she is the Daughter of Alexander Turnbull the son of William who moved to Warren co and also a member of the Sugar Tree Grove United presbyterian Church but I thought that it was in Warren Co . I have a John Turnbull that Married Margaret Kyle and they had a son Joseph s. Turnbull Born 1835 married Mary ann Spencer and had son Joseph S. Turnbull JR. born 1873 and I don't have a wife for him. I also have a Gilbert Turnbull the Brother of John Turnbull , they all moved to Warren co 1840. Gilbert had a son Joseph Turnbull born about 1828 and I don't have a wife for him but I know that they belong to Sugar Tree Grove also. I also have some other Joseph Turnbull That I will look into to see if they married Rebecca Black. I haven't done the work that I should on this in ILL. the Wright family tie in strong with my Turnbull, Nash, Brickett, Kendall Line but I do not have a Washington Wright I will have to do some work and get back to you ! sorry that I didn't help more Jan Wimer Cindy Foster wrote: > I received information regarding John BLACK (1790-1878) from the Sugar > Tree Grove United Presbyterian Church in Henderson, IL (book copied from > original register by Warren Co. IL Genealogical Society) and am hoping for > a clarification. > > Eliza J. , John and Rebecca BLACK appear on lines 438-440 in entries dated > Oct 18, 1851 as receiving membership. Under the column 'FAMILY' it says > that Eliza and John are the 'parents of Mrs. Turnbull ? (can't make out > next word) & Washington Wright' . Rebecca's notation is 'wife of Joseph > Turnbull' > > John's wife Hannah C. died in 1850, did John remarry a Eliza J.? > > Does anyone know if Rebecca BLACK (perhaps Mrs. Joseph TURNBULL) is > John's daughter? > > John is shown living with Washington and Agnes WRIGHT family in the 1870 > census- Hale Twp, pg 363. Is Agnes his daughter? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Cindy Foster > Cary, NC
William is listed in the Past and Present of Warren county. He was a farmer on section 36 of Sumner township, post office Denny. He was born in Greene county, Ohio 31 August 1827 and came to Warren county in 1831. He was a republican and a member of the United Presbyterian church. He owned 160 acres valued at $5,200. He married Mrs. Virginia Home on 12 April 1870. She was born 3 May 1840 in Illinois and had one daughter Nancy E. Home, they had James F. David H. and Lydia I. all living.
Burial: Hale township, Warren county, Illinois, Sugar Tree Grove cemetery
The elderly man holding the fishing pole is Adam Bickett Kendall, 1829-1911. The young man in the middle of the back row is his nephew David Herman Kendall, and the rest are likely family members too. Everybody except Adam Bickett Kendall is ready for haying - probably on his farm near Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
Adam B. is found in the 1850 Illinois census, Warren county, Hale township. He is age 20, a farmer and living with his mother and brother, William S. age 23 and also a farmer born in Ohio. Adam is found in the 1860 Illinois census, Warren county, Sumner township. He is age 28 and born in Ohio, a farmer worth $1350 in real estate and $500 in personal property. His mother Lydia is living with him and his family, along with Eliza J. McCallon, age 12 and in school and his brother William S. age 30, a farmer worth $1330 in real estate and $450 in personal property. He removed from the Sugar Tree Grove church by certificate 7 November 1863. He lived in Sumner township when his mother died in 1874. He married Almira Furguson 1 April 1869 in Warren county, Illinois. Adam is found in the 1870 Illinois census, Warren county, Sumner township. He is a farmer worth $4600 in real estate and $457 in personal property. Hi is living with his brother William, his mother Lydia, his second wife Almira age 21 and born in Pennsylvania. His son William age 12, daughter Mary age 7 and John age 5 are with him. A.B. Kendall lived in Sumner township in 1877, he was a farmer, on section 36, post office Denny. He was born in Greene county, Ohio and came to Warren county in 1831. He was a republican, a member of the United Presbyterian church with 160 acres worth $5200. His father James was one of the earliest settlers coming from Ohio in 1831. He married first Nancy Turnbull and they had three children, William H. Mary E., and John A. He married second on 1 April 1869 in Warren county, Almira Furguson born in Pennsylvania and they had Nancy J., David I. and Fanny Belle, all living. Adam B. Kendall is found in the 1880 Illinois census, Warren county, Sumner township. He is a farmer born in Ohio with a father born in Pennsylvania and a mother born in Ireland. He is with his second wife Almira age 34, born in Pennsylvania. At home are Mary E. age 14, William age 13, Nancy age 9, David age 7, Fannie age 5 and Charles C. age 1, all born in Illinois. The Monmouth paper of 4 March 1887 reports that on 25 February 1887 in Sumner township, a daughter was born to A. Bickett and Almira Kendall. The Monmouth Review of 18 April 1895 reports that Charles P. Avenell made an extended business and pleasure trip to Ottumwa and Tingley, Iowa the week before. While at Tingley, he visited with the family of William Kendall and attended the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Kendall, all former good citizens of Eleanor who wished to be kindly remembered to friends in Eleanor. The Monmouth Review of 7 March 1896 reports that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McClellan had moved on the A.B. Kendall farm where they would make their home near Eleanor. The Monmouth Review of 15 March 1897 reported that A.B. Kendall, formerly of Tingley, Iowa had sold his farm there and moved to Butler county, Missouri, where he had purchased some property near Amsterdam.
OBI: Death certificate, Missouri State Board of Health, #1884 Adam Bickett Kendall died in Prairie township, Jackson county, Missouri on 20 January 1911 of mitral incompetency contributed to by bronchitis. He was male, white, married, a farmer who died at 81 years, 1 month and 6 days. He was born 14 December 1929 in Xenia, Ohio to James Kendall born in Ohio and Lydia Bickett born in Ireland. Informant was John A. Kendall of Tarkio, Missouri. He was buried on 22 January 1911 in Lee?s Summit cemetery by W.R. Schick of Lee?s Summett. The Monmouth Review of 30 January 1911 has an obituary. We have been notified of the death at Lee?s Summit, Missouri, of A.B. Kendall, a former resident of this countyr. The Lee?s Summit Journal gives the following particulars: He was born in Xenia, Ohio 14 December 1830, removing to Illinois as a young boy. He was among the first settlers in Warren county. At an early age he was united with the church and he lived a faithful Christian life. He was married in 1857 to Miss Nancy Turnbull and to this union three children were born, two sons and one daughter; W.H. Kendall, John A. Kendall and Mrs. Mary E. Stevenson. His wife died in 1868. His second marriage was to Miss Almera L. Ferguson and to this union were born two boys and three girls, Mrs. Nancy McKinley, Mrs. Fannie Tudor, Mrs. Minnie ?, David J. Kendell, Charles Kendall. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon by his pastor, Reverend McCain, of the Presbyterian church and the remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery.