Asst. Surgeon Steven Bartlett Kenney U.S.N. [137]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Aug 1838 - Bethel, Oxford, Maine, USA 174,745,2357
Baptism:
Death: 25 Dec 1907 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA 2346,2357
Burial: 26 Dec 1907 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA 2358
Cause of Death:
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Events
1. Miltary Service 2359, stationed aboard the "Galena"
Page 49--On October 19, Harper's Weekly published a picture of the still-unnamed Galena, then building in Mystic, Connecticut.2. Alt. Birth, 10 Aug 1837
Ericsson incorporated many novel features in his new creation wile the other two Union ironclads, Galena and New Ironsides, were conventional wooden ships with armor attached. Galena had an iron-roofed gun deck, but her sides were protected by iron bars and plates--a system that proved to be inadequate in battle.
Page 90--the Union Navy Tries to Take Richmond
As soon as the Virginia was out of the way, the long-restrained Monitor was ordered to accompany a small fleet that was to run up the James River to Richmond and "shell the place into a surrender." Union intelligence knew that obstructions had been placed in the river to prevent such an attempt, but it was hopefully believed that a passageway could be cleared. The naval opertion was to be coordinated with MCClellan's drive up the Peninsula.
The fleet set out, preceded by the armored Galena, and in command of John Rodgers, who had organized the first Union attempts to create a navy on Western waters. The ships met with no serious opposition until they were about eight miles below Richmond, where further progress was barred by the obstructions which were more elaborate than the Union commander had been led to believe. The Confederates had sunk ships, barges, huge crates of stones, and scrap iron between rows of pilings driven into the riverbed. Nor could the Federal Navy leisurely go to work to open a way through this barrier, for the heights along the shore were strongly fortified.
The Confederate battery at Drewry's Bluff--called Fort Darling in Union dispatches--had heavy guns from Jamestown. To these, several naval guns had recently been added. The fort was a formidable one, 200 feet above the water--so high that it was hard to elevate a ship's gun to reach it, although the cannon in the fort were mounted so they could fire down at the river. Some of the men manning the battery had come there from the Virginia or her escorting ships. Now they were facing their old enemy, the Monitor again, but this time they were in a much better position than they have been before.
At 7:30 a.m. on May 15, the Monitor, the Galena, the Naugatuck (also called the "Stevens Battery"), an armored vessel carrying one powerful long-distance gun, and two wooden ships came in sight of the fort. The Galena boldly ran up to inspect the obstructions, anchored, and began firing up at the battery. The men on the Monitor quickly discovered that at such close range they could not elevate their guns through the turret's small ports to reach the fort on the bluff. They had to drop farther down the river, where the flatter angle of fire enabled them to aim their shots higher.
The hill battery wasted only three shots on the Monitor's thick armor and concentrated on the more thinly plated Galena. The heavy shells, plunging down, broke through the iron covering and exploded inside the ship, splintering iron and wood into lethal fragments that killed 14 men and wounded ten others. It was the first test by battle of the ironclad that had been ordered by the Union Navy at the same time as the Monitor. As the Galena's commander, John Rodgers, said in quiet understatement: "We demonstrated that she is not shot proof."
The Naugatuck fared no better. She was not only exposed to shellfire; her single gun, one of the 100-pounder rifled Parrotts that were to give trouble, blew up, hurling part of its massive breech into the river.
Only the seemingly invulnerable Monitor escaped punishment. The two wooden gunboats, even though farther away, were hit several times by accurately aimed shots. After nearly four hours, the thoroughly riddled Galena (hit 28 times and perforated 18 times) was running out of ammunition. The five ships started down the river, plagued along the way be Minie balls fired from concealed rifle pits on the shores. When the Galena was examined later, she was found to be so badly shot up that her cracked armor had to be removed, and she became an ordinary wooden gunboat.
Thus ended the attempt to take Richmond by naval power. No Union ship was to get through to that stubbornly defended city untiol the very last days of the war.
Per gravestone.3. Marriage Banns 2360, 4 Oct 1862 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
4. Military Service 2361, Hospital Steward, Co. F, 23 Reg't Maine Infantry, 10 Sep 1862 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
5. Military Service 744,2362,2363, as a Hospital Steward, 1863
23rd Regiment, Maine Infantry (9 months, 1862-63)6. Military Service 999, as Acting Assistant Surgeon, U.S.N., 4 Nov 1863 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Organized at Portland and mustered in for nine months service, September 29, 1862
Left state for Washington, D.C., October 18.
Attached to Grover's Brigade, Defences of Washington, to February 1863.
Jewitt's Bridage, 22nd corps to June 1863.
Slough's Bridage, Defences of Alexandria, 22nd Corps. to July 1863.
Service: Campt at East Capital Hill till October 25, 1862. Moved to Seneca, Md., October 25, and guard duty along the Potomac River til April 19, 1863. Stationed at Edwards Ferry, December 1862 to April 1863. Moved to Poolesville, April 19, thence to Washington, May 5, and to Alexandria, May 24. Moved to Poolesville, Md., June 17, thence to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Mustered out July 15, 1863, expiration of term. Regiment lost during service 56 enlisted men by disease.
Stephen B. Kenney7. Divorce Filing 2364, 16 Feb 1866 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Acting Assistant Surgeon, 4 November 1863
Honorably discharged: 15 March 1866
8. Marriage Banns 2365, 26 Feb 1866 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
9. Military Discharge 2366, (Honorably) U.S.N., 15 Mar 1866
Stephen B. Kenney10. Alt. Marriage 2367, He was a widower when he married Rose White, 1866
Acting Assistant Surgeon, 4 November 1863
Honorably Discharged: 15 March 1866
11. Mentioned 2368, treated patients who ate deadly toadstools, 5 Aug 1867 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
McCance family, mother, two grown daughters and two children narrowly missed death from eating toadstools with their mushrooms. Drs. C. R. McAlpine & S. B. Kenney applied "the usual emetics" Crawford St. near Navy Yard gate.12. Occupation 2369, druggist, 18 Oct 1867 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Journal--October 18, 186713. Occupation 2370, chief clerk, Bureau of Engineering in Norfolk Naval Shipyard., 14 Jan 1868 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Store at 4th and Henry, occupied by Kenney and Mercer, druggists, purchased by Wm. Taylor for $1,460.00
The JOURNAL of 14 January 1868 mentions the name of his wife, Rosa E., and the death of their son. The same paper, 29 Sept 1869 states he had been appointed chief clerk, Bureau of Engineering in the Navy Yard. Only "radical politicians" received such coveted appointments at this time and it is believed he was probably in this catagory and not a permanent resident of Portsmouth.14. Occupation 1 2371, Appointed chief clerk, Bureau of Engineering in Norfolk Naval Shipyard., 14 Jan 1868 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
15. Occupation 2 2372, Appointed an examining surgeon of the Pension Bureau., 10 Sep 1869 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Journal--September 10, 1869--Dr. S. B. Kenney of this city has been appointed an examing surgeon of the Pension Bureau16. Occupation 3 2372, Appointed chief clerk Bureau of Engineers at the navy yard at a salary of $1, 200., 29 Sep 1869 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Journal--September 29, 1869--Dr. S. B. Kenney appointed chief clerk Bureau of Engineers at the Navy Yard at a salary of $1,20017. Occupation 4 2373, Muster clerk of yards and docks, Navy Yard, 20 Nov 1869 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Journal. Nov. 20, 1869 . Appointments in the navy yard - many listed below had been serving for some time, their appointments just being confirmed by the military authorities: .... Muster clerk of yards and docks - Dr. S. B. Kenney.18. Census 745, U.S., 14 Jun 1870 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Margaret Manning, age 10, female, white, orphan, born in Va., cannot read or write, idotic19. Occupation 745, muster clerk at Navy Yard, 14 Jun 1870 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Alexander W. Cassell, age 46, male, white, occupation: sailmaker U.S.N., value of real estate: 2,000, value of personal property: 3,000, born in D.C., father foreign born, eligible to vote
Mary H. Cassell, age 34, female, white, boarding, born in Va.
Edwin W. Cassell, age 10, male, white, at school, born in Va.
Stephen B. Kenney, age 31, male, white, occupation: muster clerk Navy Yard, value of personal property: 1,500, born in Maine, eligible to vote
Rosa E. Kenney, age 33, female, white, born in Va.
James W. Kenney, age 2, male, white, born in Va., month of Jan.
Rosa N. Kenney, age 4 months, female, white, born in Va.
20. Residence 745, 14 Jun 1870 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
21. Election 2374, Vice president of The Grant Club, 7 Jun 1872 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Journal. June 7- THE GRANT CLUB REDIVIUS. - The Radical association known as the Grant Club, so hated by the Thomasites, was dissolved by the edict of Peanut Platt preceding the election, for the alle ged reason that it formented distraction in the Republican ranks, and threatened defeat to the party in the municipal contest, has been thoroughly revived ... Vice-pres. - Dr. S. B. Kenney; .... It i s a terrible thorn in the side of the Thomasites, and will give them more uneasiness than convention could probably do.22. Arrested 2375, charged with negligence, 1873 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
1873--S. B. Kenny Negligence23. Census 1614, U.S., 1 & 2 June 1880 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
nolle pros Box 2, file 210
*Nolle pros--a formal entry upon the record, by the plaintiff in a civil suit, or, more commonly, by the prosecuting attorney in a criminal action, by which he declares that he "will no further prosecute" the case, either as to some of the defendants, or altogether. The voluntary withdrawal by the prosecuting attorney of present proceedings on a criminal charge. (Henry Campbell Black, M.A., Black's Law Dictionary (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1990), p. 1048)
S. B. Kenney, white, male, age 44, married, occupation: clerk in store, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine24. Occupation 174, clerk in store, Jun 1880 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Rosa Kenney, white, famale, age 41, wife, married, occupation: house keeping, born in Va., father born in Va., mother born in Va.
Stephen Kenney, white, male, age 5, son, single, at school, born in Va., father born in Maine, mother born in Maine
James N. Kenney, white, male, age 12, son, single, at school, born in Va., father born in Maine, mother born in Va.
Rosa M. Kenney, white, female, age 10, daughter, single, at school, born in Va., father born in Maine, mother born in Va.
Stephen Kenney, white, male, age 76, son, married, occupation: ship master, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine
Sophia C. Kenney, white, female, age 69, wife, married, occupation: keeping house, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine
Job Manning, white, male, age 31, boarder, single, occupation: laborer, born in Va., father born in Va., mother born in Va.
Sophronia Manning, white, female, age 29, boarder, single, occupation: seamtress, born in Va., father born in Va., mother born in Va.
Martha McMahan, mulatto, female, age 16, married, occupation: servant, insane, born in Va., father born in Va., mother born in Va.
25. Residence 174, 56 Second Street, Jun 1880 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
26. Occupation 928, surgeon in the U.S. Navy Yard, 1882 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
27. Residence 929, 418 Second Street, between 1883 and 1884 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
28. Occupation, a physician, between 1883 and 1884 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
29. Residence 2 2346, Moved to, Sep 1886 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
30. Residence 2376, 1907 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Personals--Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Kenny of Windsor, N.C., formerly of this city, are visiting Mrs. Kenny's brother, M. J. Mathews of 1512 Prentis Avenue.31. Obituary, 2 Jan 1908 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Obituary of Stephen Bartlett Kenney,from The Windsor Ledger, Volume 20, Windsor, N. C., Thursday January 2, 1908, Page 1. Copy from Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina, Raleigh 27601-2807. Abstracted by Lynn Hopewell, February 23, 2001.
STEPHEN BARTLETT KENNEY DIES CHRISTMAS DAY. Stephen Bartlett Kenney was born in Bethel, Maine. August 10th, 1838. His father was Captain Stephen Kenney who for many years was master of several of the great trading vessels that plied between the great commercial ports of the world. His mother was Sophia Bartlett, a descendant of Josiah Bartlett who signed the Declaration of Independence.
He was a student of both Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating in medicine from the latter institution in 1861.
At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23rd Maine Regiment and was hospital steward. After a few months of service he was transferred to the Navy and was commissioned Assistant Surgeon. At various times he was on board the best American ships.
At the close of the war he located at Portsmouth, Va., where he married Feb. 26, 1866, Miss Rose E. White. Mrs. Kenney's relatives in North Carolina are the Penders, Bridger's and Mercers of Edgecombe County. Gen'l. W. D, Pender was her mother's cousin.
In 1867 Dr. Kenney was appointed an Examining Surgeon for the National Soldiers Home at Hampton. Va., and later he was appointed by President Grant to an important civil position in the Norfolk Navy Yard where he continued in office until 1886. In September 1886, he came to Bertie County in the employment of Reeves, Oatman & co., and continued with that concern a number of years.
He was a well known man in Bertie Co. His genial disposition, his gentlemanly manners; his keen intellect, his friendship made him very popular with all our people. He loved the people of Bertie co. He was warmly attached to the people of the South. He was just to them. He recognized the great burdens they bore and he sympathized with them. Dr. Kenney had traveled in most of the countries of the old world and was an interesting talker.
He leaves a wife and a daughter, Mrs. Francis D. Winston and a son Stephen W. Kenney, Editor of the Windsor Ledger, a son James N. Kenney died three years ago. He was a most devoted husband and father.
For a year past age an sickness have weakened him, and those near him felt that the end was drawing near. A week of pain brought no murmur. "It is best he repeated quite frequently. Concern for loved ones to be left was constantly uppermost in his mind. The day before he died, he turned to me and said: "Judge, there are no better people than those in Windsor. They have been kind to me and mine. I hope God will bless them all."
The end came on Christmas Day; some months ago Dr. Kenney was confirmed in the Episcopal church by R. Rev. Robert Strange, D. D. Bishop of East Carolina. On Thursday of last week he was buried in the Episcopal church yard. Rev. J.B. Gibble rector of St. Thomas Church reading the burial service.
He was buried as he wished to be. He loved the flag of his country; not as the emblem of a conqueror, but as the emblem of a great world power. He had spent the first years of his life in the service of his country. He wished to buried as a soldier. The casket containing his body was enveloped in a brigade flag and placed on an open vehicle. His military escort and pall-bearers were - Capt. W.M. Sutton, Lieut. R. W. Askew, and seamen P.R. Gillam, Paul Best; W. L. Turbynl, Arthur Morris, Eugene Sessoms, A. K. Davis. At his request, expressed in writing, the following gentlemen were named as honorary pall?bearers; W, L. Lyon, T. Gillam,
J. B, Stokes. T. C. Bond, Sol Cherry and Capt. E. R. Outlaw.
A large crown of our people attended the funeral, Beautiful flowers attested the love and respect of relatives and. Friends. The beautiful ritual was read, the flag was placed at his grave, and underneath a floral emblem -a star The benediction was said. The sun went down behind the hills. Henry W. Lyon, Bugler, sounded "Taps" and slowly the people turned away, Many sympathizing friends had called at the home and again came forward around the closed grave and gave the bereaved the strong support of their sympathy.
Many handsome flowers were sent by friends here and from a distance and telegrams brought loving messages from distant friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Matthews, Miss Mary S. Manning and Mrs. F. P. Errade of Portsmouth, relatives of Mrs. Kenney reached here Thursday night. Dr. Kenny's only near relative, a sister, Mrs. E. O. Drew, of Middleboro, Mass. He has a host of cousins and remote kin living in Maine.
I have known Dr. Kenney more than twenty one years. I have never known him to do an unworthy act. I never heard him disparage others. The people of this community were his friends and he had an abiding faith in their future development. We shall miss his hearty greeting, his comradeship, his genial narratives, his warm friendship, his strong love. F. D. W. [Francis Donell Winston, his son-in-law.]
Parents
Father: Steven Kenney [206] (1804-1880) 173,174 [MRIN:71]
Mother: Sophia Clark Bartlett [207] (1811-1894) 173,174
Spouses and Children
1. *E. Josephine Favor [208] ( - ) 1780 [MRIN:70]
Marriage: 4 Oct 1862 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA 1780
Status:
2. Rose Hannah Edwin White [136] (2 May 1837 - 4 Sep 1915) 2351,2352 [MRIN:69]
Marriage: 26 Feb 1866 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 128,2358,2367
Status:
Children:
1. Edwin Bartlett Kenney [138] (1866-1868) 2347
2. James Newell Kenney [139] (1868-1904) 745,1614
3. Rose Mary Kenney [140] (1870-1944) 745,1614
4. Susan Sophia Kenney [141] (1873-1873) 2377
5. Steven White Kenney [142] (1874-1930) 1614
Notes
General:
Interview with Mary Barkley Porter, Portsmouth, Virginia about 1976.Research:
S. B. Kenney went to Windsor because he was shunned by Mannings, etc. after war because he was Yankee soldier.
Mary Porter's father (Barkley) was same relationship to Rosa Kenney Winston as Mary Porter's mother. Related through Edwin White.
"Mannington" owned suddenly by Johnston
Mary Porter's mother had cousin Alice Smith in Atlanta who did all family genealogy. Wadsworth Bugg helped Mary's mother.
Norman Wilcox; mother was Cassell and lived across street from Mary Porter.
He was from Maine and served with the husband of his sister in law.
Stephen Bartlett Kenney found in:
Vital Records: Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
Died: Dec 30, 1907 in: Windsor, NC
Type of practice: Allopath
Journal of the American Medical Asociation citation: 51:937
MILITARY SERVICE: Stephen B. Kenney, Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maine; Micropublication M-543, Co. F, 23rd Reg't Maine Infantry, Record Group 94, National Archives, Washington:
Stephen B. Kenney, Rank: Hosp. Steward, 23 Reg't Maine Inf.
Age: 24 years
Appears on (non com-staff) Field and Staff Muster-In Roll of the organization named above. Roll dated Camp "A. Lincoln", Portland, Maine, Sept. 29, 1862
Joined for duty and enrolled
When: Sept. 10
Period: 9 mos
Remarks: Mustered Oct. 14/62
Name not borne in any rolls of F. & S. except M. J. & M. O. rolls
Stephen B. Kenney, Pvt., Co. F, 23 Reg't Maine Infantry appears on Company Muster Roll for Nov. & Dec. 1862
Remarks: Appointed Hospital steward but his name was not dropped from the roll of Co. F till Dec. 1st.
Only roll of B. F. in which name appears
S. B. Kenney, H. Steward, Co. F, 23 Reg't Maine Infantry appears on Returns as follows:
Nov. 1862. Oct. 31, Non-com. Staff *Error made by being reckoned with Co. Should have been dropped from Co. rolls
Stephen B. Kenney, Rank: Hosp. Steward, 23 Reg't Me Inf.
Appears on Field and Staff Muster-out Roll of the organization named above. Roll dated Portland, Me. July 15, 1863.
Muster-out to date: July 15, 1863
Last paid to: Apl. 30, 1863
Remarks: Amt for clothing in kind not drawn $5.35
MILITARY PENSION: Stephen B. Kenney pension file, General Index to Pension Files 1861-1934, Micropublication T-288, roll 258, Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington:
Declaration of Invalid Pension, State of No. Carolina, County of Bertie:
On this 30th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety two personally appeared before me Clerk of the Superior Court within and for the County and State aforesaid Stephen B. Kenney aged 54 years, a resident of the city of Windsor, county of Bertie, State of No. Carolina, who, being duly sworn, according to law declares that he is the idential Stephen B. Kenney, who was enrolled on the 18th day of April 1862 in 23 Maine Vols. apptd Hosp. Ste. same day, in the war of the Rebellion, and served at least ninety days, and was honorable discharged at Portland, Maine on July 1863. That he is partly unable to earn a support by reason of an injury to back, side, and chest the result of a railroad accident. That said disabilities are not due to his vicious habits, and are to the best of his knowledge and belief permanent. That he served subsequently as A. A. Surg. U. S. Navy Nov. 4/63 to Mch 15/66 from Feby 1868 to Jany 1869 as Ast. A. surg. U. S. Army and he has not performed any military or naval service other than set forth above. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the act of June 27, 1890. He hereby appoints J. C. DePutron, Washington, D.C., his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim, and he hereby promises and agrees to pay his said attorney the sum of ten ($10) dollars for his services herein, which sum he authorizes and requests the Commissioner of Pensions to pay out of the pension which may be granted him under this application. That his post office address is Windsor, County of Bertie, State of No. Carolina.
Stephen B. Kenney
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 1892
Sir: This Bureau will esteem it a favor if you will, at your earliest convenience, answer the questions enumerated below. This information is desired for statistical purposes and it may be of great value to your family in the future.
Very respectfully, Charles P. Lincoln, Acting Commissioner
1. Are you a married man, and if so, what is your wife's full name, and what was her maiden name? Rosa Edwin White
2. When and where were you married: Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia February 26, 1866
3. What record of marriage exists? Recorded in Portsmouth City Court House Clerks Office
4. If you had been previously married state the name of your former wife and the date of her death or divorce. (left blank)
5. If you have any children living state their names and dates of birth.
James Newell Kenney, Febry 12, 1868
Rosa Mary Kenney, January 26, 1870
Stephen White Kenney, Octo 7, 1874
Date of reply, November 14, 1892
Post office address: Windsor, Bertie Co., North Carolina
S. B. Kenney
Original Pension Claim No. 35685
Name: Stephen B. Kenney Rank: Actg. Asst. Surg.
Company______ Reg't: U. S. Navy Windsor, N.C.
Claimant's Address: Windsor, N.C. Febry 22, 1893
I hereby certify that in compliance with the requirements of the law I have carefully examined this applicant who states that he is suffering from the following disability, incurred in the service, viz: injury to back, side & chest
He makes the following statement upon which he bases his claim for orginal:
In April 1892 was injured by a wreck of logging train and am suffering from the effects of same now
Upon examination I find the following objective conditions: Pulse rate, 72; respiration, 17; temperature, normal; height, 5 feet, 6 1/2 inches; weight: 125 pounds; age, 55 years.
This claimant was injured in R. R. wreck in 1892. From injuries received he has chronic nephretis and suffers with dysuria according to his own opinion--but all the symptoms, in my mind, point to chronic cystitis. As I believe it to be a diseased condition of the bladder rather than the kidneys. The accident produced no external injury. I do not find any evidence that would indicate that there is a diseased condition of any organs of the chest.
Amendment: Specific gravity of urine 1.020 no albumen or sugar--passes about 3 pints in 24 hours. No enlargement of prostate gland. A constant and continuous desire to empty the bladder, attended with pain, passing a very small quantity at each effort. Cannot perform any manual labor. No indications of injury to side or chest. He is in my opinion entitled to 12/18 rating for the disability caused by chronic cystitis except as above, no disability of any kind exists. H. V. Dunstan
War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D. C.
Oct. 28, 1893
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Revenue
There is no record at this office of the service of Dr. Stephen B. Kenney as Acting Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army in 1868-9.
Dr. Stephen B. Kenney was on duty as a Medical Officer in Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, the records of which are not on file at this office.
Dr. W. M. Stewbery, Surgeon General, U.S. Army
Record and Pension Office, War Department, Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Stephen B. Kenney, Co. F, 23 Reg't Me. Inf. was enrolled Sept. 10, 1862 and MO with F. & S. July 15, 1863, to which transferred Oct. 14, 62
From Sept. 10, 1862 to July 15, 1863, he held the rank of Pvt. & Hosp. Steward and during that period the rolls show him present.
The medical records show that S. B. Kenney, Act. Asst. Surg., Bureau of Regugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, served under a contract made Feb. 14, 68 (date of contract also shown as Feb. 4, 68) and was discharged to date from Dec. 31, 68 on account of discontinance of Bureau. No record of disability or treatment found.
Navy Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington
April 18, 1894
Sir:
In reply to your communication of February 2, 1894, relative to the disability of Stephen B. Kenney. Rate: A.A. Surgeon, U.S. N., you are informed that the reports of this Bureau show that the Journals of the "Seneca" not on file after June 28, 1864. Journals others ships named afford no information in this case.
Very respectfully, J. R. Tryon, Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
No. 703-A.M.E. Endorsement, Navy Department; February 7, 1894
Subject: Pension Office: Service of S. B. Kenney, late Acting Asst. Surgeon
Respectfully referred to the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The records of this office show that S. B. Kenney was appointed an Acting Assistant Surgeon November 4, 1863, to take effect from October 30, 1863, and ordered to proceed to New York and report to Rear Admiral Paulding for duty on board the Receiving Ship "North Carolina". Detached from the "North Carolina" 10 November 1863, and ordered to Philadelphia, Pa. for duty on board the U.S.S. "Galena"; served thereon to Jan'y 23, 1864 when he was detached and ordered to report to Commo. Stribling, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, for a passage to the South Atlantic Block'd g. Squadron, and report to Rear Admiral Dahlgren for duty on the "Marblehead". Feb'y 4, 64 detached from the "Marblehead" and ordered to report at the Navy Yard, New York, for a passage to Charleston, S.C., and on arrival there report to Rear Admiral Dehlgren. He served on the U.S.S. "Fernandina" to April 18, 1865, then detached and placed on waiting orders. May 18, 1865 ordered to report to Capt. J. M. Berrien, Norfolk, Va. for duty on board the U.S. SL "Seneca"; served thereon to June 19, 1865. September 11, 1865 ordered to report to Capt. J. M. Barrien for temporary duty on the Receiving Ship "Constellation". Detached Jan'y 10, 1866 and granted a leave of absence until honorably discharged 15 March 1866.
By direction of the Secretary of the Navy:
Benj. Mison, Chief Clerk
Washington, D. C., Feb. 2, 1894
Respectfully returned to the Hon. Secretary of the Navy requesting names of all vessels and dates of service on each with a view to obtain claimants medical history. Please return through the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
No. 55685 Stephen B. Kenney
General Affidavit, State of North Carolina, County of Bertie
In the matter of the claim of Stephen B. Kenney, Orig. # 35685 O.W. and ? Div. On this 26 day of September A.D. 1895, personally appeared before me, a Clerk Superior Court in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths, Stephen B. Kenney, aged 57 years, a resident of Windsor in the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declares in relation to foresaid case as follows: that he enlisted in the 23rd maine Reg't Vols. Sept. 10, 1862, was mustered out July 15th, 1863 with the Field and Staff as Hosp. Steward. That he entered the Naval Service at Portsmouth, N.H. Nov. 4th, 1863 as A. A. Surgeon. After a short time of service at the Phila Navy Yard was ordered to report to Rear Adml Dalhgren S.A. B. squadron serving on the U.S.S. Huron and U.S.S. Fernandina until Apr (abt 20th) 1865. Was ordered early in May 1865 to the U.S.S. Seneca Norfolk. She went out of commission and was ordered to the U.S.S. Constellation where he remained until honorably discharged March 15, 1866.
Febry 14th, 1868 was appointed an Act'g Asst. Surgeon U.S.A. and assigned to duty at Richmond, Va. Bureau R. F. & A. Lands was honorably discharged at Yorktown, Virginia Jan. 1st 1869.
His Post Office address is Windsor, Bertie Co., N.C.
S. B. Kenney
General Affidavit, State of North Carolina, County of Bertie
In the matter of the claim of Stephen B. Kenney, Orig. Inv. # 35685 U.S. Navy--on this 26th day of September A.D. 1895, personally appeared before me a Clerk Superior Court in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths, Stephen B. Kenney, aged 57 years, a resident of Windsor, in the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declares in relation to aforesaid case as follows: That on the 26th day April 1892 while employed by the Cashie and Roanoke R.R. and Lumber Company as a sealer of lumber and in charge of a loaded train, and riding in the cab of the engine. The engine left the track at an open switch and turned over an embankment into a ditch that he jumped and was thrown violently across the track. That his injuries confined him to his bed and home for a long time. And that they were in no ways caused by vicious habits on his past.
S. B. Kenney
**Pension file also includes affidavits of John Bunch, Hardy Ward & Thomas Miller, all of Windsor, Bertie Co., N.C. who declared that they were on the train when the accident occurred and was the injuries of Stephen B. Kenney.
Invalid Pension
Claimant: Stephen B. Kenney
P.O. Windsor, County: Bertie, State: N.C.
Rank: Acting Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy
Submitted for admission, Dec. 23, 1895
Approved for rejection in accordance with no medical action or record of notable disability under Act. June 27, 1890, on acc't of injury of back, side and chest. Hickox, Legal Reviewer, Jan. 6, 1896
Approved for rejection, no notable disability from alleged causes under Act of June 27, 1890. Shively, M. , Medical Referee, Jan. 3, 1896
Service Shown by Record
Enlisted: Sept. 10, 1862 honorably discharged July 15, 1863.
Appointed from Oct. 30, 1863 honorably discharged March 15, 1866.
Declaration filed June 2, 1894 alleges permanent disability, not due to vicious habits from injury to back, side and chest.
Invalid Pension: Claimant: Stephen B. Kenney
P.O.: Windsor, County: Bertie, State: N.C.
Rank: Act. Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy
Rate: $12 per month, commencing June 2, 1892
Disabled by disease of urinary organs
Submitted for admission, Feb. 3, 1896
Approved for injury of back, side, and chest, organ and sufficiency of above allegation to cover disease of urinary organs accepted by Hom. Comm'r see attached slip
Hickox, Legal Reviewer, Feby 4, 1896
Approved for disease of urinary organs. $12---
Reilly D. Genback, Medical Referee, Feb. 4, 1896
Washington, D. C., Jan. 10, 1908
Stephen B. Kenney, certificate # 23720, Invalid, Service: Navy
U. S. Pension Agent, Washington
Sir: You are hereby directed to drop from the roll the name of the above-described pensioner who died Dec. 25, 1907.
L. M. Kelley, Commissioner
Report: Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir: The name of the above-described pensioner, who was last paid at $12 per month to 4 Dec. 1907, has this day been dropped from the roll of this agency.
Jno. R. King, U. S. Pension Agent
Jan. 11, 1908
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
January 15, 1898
Certificate No. 23720 Name: Stephen B. Kenney
Sir: In forwarding to the pension agent the executed voucher for your next quarterly payment please favor me by returning this circular to him with replies to the questions enumerated below.
Very respectfully, M. Say Evans, Commissioner
First: Are you married? If so, please state your wife's full name and her maiden name: Rose E. Kenney---Rose E. White
Second: When, where, and by whom were you married?: By Rev. J. R. Wheeler, Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 26, 1866
Third: What record of marriage exists?: Certificate, record in City Court Witness by Director J. A. Smith
Fourth: Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce: no
Fifth: Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth: J. W. Kenney, Feb. 12, 1868, Rose Mary, Jan. 25, 1870, Stephen W., Nov. 7, 1875
Date of reply: 4 June 1898 Stephen B. Kenney
Declaration for Widow's Pension
State of North Carolina, County of Bertie
On this 18 day of January A.D. one thousand nine hundred and eight personally appeared before me, a Clerk Superior Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, Rose E. W. Kenney, aged 70 years, a resident of Windsor, County of Bertie, State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain pension under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 27, 1890, as amended by the act of May 9, 1900.
That she is the widow of Stephen B. Kenney, who was an acting assistant surgeon under the name of Stephen B. Kenney in the United States Navy having enlisted on 4th day of Nov. 1863 and who was honorably discharged Mar. 15, 1866, having served ninety days or more during the late war of the rebellion. That the soldier was in the military or naval service of the United States as stated above. Also, Nov. 21, 1862 was appointed Hospital Steward of the 23rd Reg't of Maine Inf. & to later such rank from Sept. 8, 1862.
That she was married under the name of Rose E. White to said soldier at Portsmouth, Va. on the 26 day of February 1866, by Rev. Jas. R. Wheeler, ME. Church, that there was no legal barrier to the marriage; that she had not been previously married; that the soldier had not been previously married.
That the said soldier died Dec. 25, 1907 at Windsor, N.C. that she was not divorced from him; that she has not remarried since his death; and that she is without other means of support than her daily labor and an actual net income not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars per year.
That the said soldier left the following named chidren who are now living and under sixteen years of age, to wit: none under 16 years of age
That she has not heretofore applied for pension.
That her post-office address is Windsor, County of Bertie, State of North Carolina. Rose E. W. Kenney
Attest: Mary L. S. Jones Francis D. Winston
Also personally appeared Mary L. S. Jones residing at Portsmouth, Va. and Francis D. Winston residing at Windsor, N.C., persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say they were present and saw Rose E. W. Kenney, the claimant, sign her name to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her of 33 years and 21 years respectively, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Mary L. S. Jones Francis D. Winston
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of January A.D. 1908
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Army and Navy Division, No. 26,583
In the matter of Rose E. W. Kenney, widow of Stephen B. Kenney, Ast. Surgeon U.S. Navy, Act June 27th, 1890
Rose E. W. Kenney maketh oath:--
First: That she first became acquainted with the late Stephen Bartlett Kenney in the City of Portsmouth, Va., in the year 1865; that at that time she was a single woman and had never been married; that she and the deceased were married by Rev. Joseph R. Wheeler a duly ordained Minister of the Northern Methodist Church in the City of Portsmouth on the 26th day of February 1866, and that she has never been married to any other man; that from the moment of her married to deceased until his death on December 25th, 1907, she and deceased lived together; that Stephen Bartlett Kenney her husband at the time of his death did not own any real estate and owned but a small personal estate consisting of house hold and kitchen furniture of less than two hundred dollars in value; that she has not disposed of any real estate or other property since Jan. 22nd, 1908; that she has not owned any real estate within twenty years, and has not owned any personal estate except her clothing and other wearing apparel, all worth less than one hundred dollars for many years; and that she never owned and does not own any stocks, bonds or investments of any kind, and she does not have any interest insuch and that she has no source of income at all and has had none since Jan. 22nd, 1908, and that no person is legally bound for her support; that she is now living with her son-in-law Francis D. Winston who since the death of her husband has given her a home; that he is under no legal obligation to do so; that the life of her husband Stephen Bartlett Kenney was not insured for any amount.
Rose E. W. Kenney
**Affidavit of Solomon Cherry, Register of Deeds of Bertie Co., N.C. stating he knew Stephen Bartlett Kenney 15 years and he owned no real estate.
**Affidavit of J. B. Stokes, Sheriff of Bertie Co., N.C. stating he knew Stephen Bartlett Kenney and his wife for 15 years and they owned no real estate. That prior to his death on December 25, 1907, the couple lived with their son. That since S. B. Kenney's death, his widow has lived with her son-in-law, Francis D. Winston.
**Affidavit of Charles J. Sawyer, licensed physician at Windsor, Bertie Co., N.C. states he has known Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney and his wife for a number of years and they lived together as husband and wife. That Stephen Bartlett Kenney died at his home in Windsor, N.C. on 25th December 1907 and buried in St. Thomas Episcopal Church yard on December 26, 1907. That there is no public record of the death in North Carolina and no report required by the authorities of Windsor, and no public record exists.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Army & Navy Division, No. 26, 583
In the matter of Rose E. W. Kenney, widow of Stephen B. Kenney Ast. Surgeon U.S. Navy
Act June 27th 1890
Mary L. S. Jones maketh oath:--That she is of the age of fifty years and resides in Portsmouth, Va.; that about the year 1877, she moved to said City to live with her father then emploed in the Norfolk Navy Yard; that she then became acquainted with Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney and his wife Rose E. W. Kenney; that they were then living together as man and wife in the City of Portsmouth where they continued to live for many years and until about the year 1887, when they moved to Windsor, North Carolina where they have since resided until the death of Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney on December 25th, 1907; that since their removal to North Carolina and up to the date of his death Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney and his wife Rose E. W. Kenney lived together as man and wife and that from her first acquaintance with them in 1877, to the date of his death December 25th 1907, Rose E. W. Kenney lived with Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney; that she was not present at the marriage of said persons but she has often heard it discussed in the family and that since the removal of said parties to North Carolina affiant has frequently visited them at their home in Bertie County, N.C., and that affiant has no interest in this application for pension by claimant and she makes this affidavit in North Carolina for the reason that she is now on a visit to the daughter of Rose E. W. Kenney with whom she now lives since her husbands death.
Mary L. S. Jones, affiant
Marriage License, Virginia, City of Portsmouth to wit: To any person licensed to celebrate marriages: You are hereby authorized to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church, or religious denomination, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Dr. S. Bartlett Kenney and Miss Rosa E. White. Given under my hand, as Clerk of the City Court of the said City this 26 day of February 1866.
Dempsey Nash, Clerk
Time of Marriage: February 26th, 1866
Place of Marriage: Portsmouth, Va.
Names of Parties Married: S. Bartlett Kenney & Rosa E. White
Age of Husband: 27 years Age of Wife: 27 years
Condition of Husband: widowed Condition of Wife: single
Place of Husband's Birth: Bethel, Maine
Place of Wife's Birth: Portsmouth, Va.
Place of Husband's Residence: U.S. Navy
Place of Wife's Residence: Portsmouth, Va.
Names of Husband's Parents: Stephen & Sophia Kenney
Names of Wife's Parents: Edwin & Mary A. White
Occupation of Husband: Surgeon U.S. Navy
Given under my hand this 26 day of February 1866
Dempsey Nash, Clerk
Certificate of Time and Place of Marriage
I certify that on the 26th day of February 1866 at Portsmouth, Va., under authority of the above license, I united in Marriage the persons named and described therein. Joseph R. Wheeler
State of Maine, County of Cumberland, City of Portland:Record of Marriage
Date of Marriage: October 4, 1862
Names: Stephen B. Kenney of Dixfield, Me. and E. Josephine Favor of Portland
Name and Official Station of Person by whom married: Rev. E. C. Bolles
I hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date and figures, which are expressed in the record in fair legible date and figures, as follows: Oct. 4, 1862
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature, and the seal of the City of Portland, this 24th day of February, A.D. 1908.
A. L. T. Cummings, Clerk of the City of Portland
State of Maine, Cumberland, Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
Portland, March 5th, A.D. 1908
I, Llewellyn Barton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, hereby certify that by the consideration of the Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court, holden at Portland, aforesaid, on the second Tuesday, of January A.D. 1866, on the twenty-eighth day of the term, being the sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
A divorce from the Bonds of Matrimony was duly decreed between Josephine E. Kenney of Portland, County of Cumberland and Stephen B. Kenney of residence unknown as will more fully appear by the record of the proceeding as set forth at large in this office; and all persons are required to govern themselves accordingly.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, the day and year first above written.
Llewellyn Barton, Clerk
**Affidavit of Georgia A. Browmley of Portsmouth, Va. that she has known Rose E. W. Kenney since childhood and that she was not married prior to her marriage to Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney in the City of Portsmouth in 1866, and that they have been married since that time.
**Affidavit of M. J. Mathews of Portsmouth, Va. that he has known Rose E. W. Kenney since childhood and that she was not married prior to her marriage to Dr. Stephen Bartlett Kenney in Portsmouth in 1866. That he waited on her at her marriage which was performed by Rev. Joseph R. Wheeler, a Methodist minister.
Widow's Pension
Claimant: Rose E. W. Kenney
P.O.: Windsor, Bertie Co., North Carolina
Soldier: Stephen B. Kenney Rank: Acting Assistant Surgeon U.S. Navy
Submitted for Adm. Mch. 19, 1908, John R. Weathers, Examiner
Approved for admission under Act. of June 27, 1890 as amended by Act of May 9, 1900
Mch. 21, 1908 E. E. Alger, Reviewer
Mch. 23, 1908 H.S.M. Candlish, Reviewer
The soldier was pensioned at $12 per month under Act. of June 27, 1890
Enlisted: Sept 10/62 Dis July 15, 1863
Appointed from Oct. 30, 1863 and honorably disch'd Mch. 15, 1866
Died: December 25, 1907
Declaration filed January 22, 1908
Soldier's app'n filed June 2, 1892
Clt's app'n under other laws: none
Former marriage of sailor: set, none
Divorce of former wife: Feby 16, 1866
Clt's marriage to soldier: Feby 26, 1866 no divorce
Cl't not remarried
Hon. Claude Kitchin, M.C.
Navy, Act of June 27, 1890 United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions: It is hereby certified that in conformity with the laws of the United States, Rose E. W. Kenney, widow of Stephen B. Kenney who was an Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Navy is entitled to a pension under the provisions of the Act of June 27, 1890, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the twenty-second day of January 1908 and to continue during her widowhood.
Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty-fourth day of March one thousand nine hundred and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-second.
James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of the Interior
Application for Reimbursement, State of North Carolina, County of Bertie
On this 17th day of Feby, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and sixteen personally appeared before me, a Clerk Sup. Court within and her the county and state aforesaid, Francis D. Winston, aged 58 years, a resident of Windsor, County of Bertie, State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain reimbursement from the accured pension for expenses paid in the last sickness and burial of Rose E. W. Kenney, who was a pensioner of the United States by certificate no. 19156, on account of the service of Stephen B. Kenney in Acting Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy. That pension was last paid to June 4th, 1915.
That the answers to questions propounded below are full, complete, and truthful to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, and that no evidence necessary to a proper adjustment of all claims the accrued pension is suppressed or withheld:
1. What was the full name of the deceased pensioner: Rose E. W. Kenney
2. In what capacity was decedent pensioned: Widow of Stephen B. Kenney Acting Asst. Surgeon U.S. Navy
3. If decedent was pensioned as an invalid soldier or sailor: (left blank)
4. Did pensioner leave a child under 16 years of age: no
5. Is any such child still living: no
6. Were any sick or death benefits paid on pensioner's account? none
7. Was there insurance in force on life of pensioner at time of death: no
8. If so, give the name of each company in which a policy was carried and the amount in which each policy was written: none
9. Who wa the beneficiary named in each policy: none
10. What was the relation of each beneficiary to the pensioner: none
11. Were the premiums paid by the deceased pensioner: none
12. If not paid by the deceased pensioner, state the amount of premiums paid by each person who made payment on that account: none
13. Is there an executor or administrator, or will application be made for appointment of any person as administrator: no
14. Did the deceased pensioner leave any money, real estate, or personal property: no
15. If so, state the character and value of all such property: none
16. What was the assessed value of the real estate: none
17. How was the pensioner's property disposed of: none
18. Did pensioner leave an unindorsed pension check: yes, in post office at death
19. What wa your relation to the deceased pensioner: son-in-law
20. Are you married: yes
21. What was the cause of the pensioner's death: old age and general debility
22. When did the pensioner's last sickness begin: March 1915
23. From what date did the pensioner become so ill as to require the regular and daily attendance of another person constantly until death: March 1915
24. Give the name and post office address of each physician who attended the pensioner during last sickness:
Dr. Leslie B. Evans, Windsor, N.C.
Dr. Charles J. Sawyer, Windsor, N.C.
25. State the names of the persons by whom the pensioner was nursed during the last sickness:
Miss Josephine Curran, trained nurse, Norfolk, Va.
26. Where did the pensioner live during last sickness: with affiant, Windsor, N.C.
27. Where did the pensioner die: at home of affiant Windsor, N.C.
28: When did the pensioner die: Sept. 5, 1915
29. Where was the pensioner buried: Episcopal Church yard, Windsor, N.C.
30. Has there been paid, or will application be made for payment to you or any other person, any part of the expenses of the pensioner's last sickness and burial by any State, County, or municipal corporation: yes
31. State below the expenses of the pensioner's last sickness and burial. Write the word none where no charge is made in case of any item of expense noted.
Sawyer & Evans, Physician, paid $125.00
Miss Josephine Curran, nursing and care, paid $75.00
G. D. Mizell, undertaker, paid $65.00
Total: $265.00
32. Is the above a complete list of all the expenses of the the last sickness and burial of the deceased pensioner: yes
That my post-office address is No. 1 & 3, on Winston Bldg. Main Street, town or city of Windsor, County of Bertie, State of North Carolina.
Francis D. Winston
Also appeared Stephen W. Kenney and Sue W. Kenney, who, being duly sworn, say that they saw Francis D. Winston, the claimant, sign his name to this application; that they know the claimant herein and that their answers to the following questions are true:
1. Did pensioner leave a widow or a minor child under age of sixteen years surviving: no
2. When did the pensioner die: Sept. 5th, 1915
3. Did pensioner leave any property: no
4. We knew pensioner over 10 years. We believe above statements to be true because we are the son and daughter-in-law of deceant, lived next door to her and were intimate with her.
Name: Sue S. Kenney Address: Windsor, N.C.
Name: S. W. Kenney Address: Windsor, N.C.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 29th day of February A.D. 1916; and I certify that the contents of the foregoing application were fully made known and explained to the claimant and witnesses before swearing, that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim, and I further certify that the reputation for credibility of the witnesses whose signatures appear above is good.
Statement of Attending Physicians
Give date of the pensioner's death: Sept. 5th 1915
Give date of commencement of pensioner's last sickness: March 3rd 1915
From what date did the pensioner require the regular and daily attendance of another person constantly until death: from March 3rd 1915
During what period did you attend the pensioner: from Mch 3rd til Sept 5th 1915
State nature of disease from which pensioner died: Maroamsis (hard to read), general debility and cystitis
Give name of each person who rendered service as nurse, and who had made or will make a charge for such service:
Miss Josephine Curran, Norfolk, Va.
Miss Nettie Hume, Warrenton, Va.
Lucy Stone, Windsor, N.C.
Give name of any other physician who attended the pensioner in last sickness: Dr. C. J. Sawyer
Does your bill include a charge for all medicine furnished the pensioner during last sickness: yes
Has your bill been paid; if so, by whom: yes, by Judge F. D. Winston
I certify that the foregoing statement is correct.
Feb. 24th, 1916 L. B. Evans, M.D.
Feb. 24th, 1916 Chas. J. Sawyer
The pension accruing from date of last payment to date of pensioner's death in this case is ________ and no greater sum is available for reimbursement. Reimbursement
I hereby certify that I hold Francis D. Winston responsible for the payment of any portion of the accrued pension to which I may be entitled for services rendered, supplies furnished, or money expended during the last sickness and burial of Rose E. W. Kenney late a pensioner by certificate number 19156. Wid. Civil War Navy
Witness: Miss Margaret Manning Nettie S. Hume
Lucy (X her mark) Stone
Paid @ $12 to 4 June 1915
To the Chief, Finance Division:
You are hereby notified that check # 8575630 for $36 dated Sept. 4, 1915, in favor of Rose E. W. Kenney, post office: Windsor, N.C., certificate # 19156, Apr Navy Section 9, has been returned to this office by the Postmaster with the information that the pensioner died Sept. 4, 1915 and said check has this day been canceled.
Very respectfully, Guy O. Taylor, Disbursing Clerk
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Navy
Oct. 9, 191__
Certificate No. 19156 Class: Act of April 19, 1908, Navy
Pensioner: Rose E. W. Kenney Soldier: Stephen B. Kenney
Service: Acting Asst. Surg.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: I have the honor to report that the name of the above-described pensioner who was last paid at $12, to June 4, 1915 has this day been dropped from the roll because of death Sept. 4, 1915
He was married in 1860 Census.Marriage Notes (Rose Hannah Edwin White)
MARRIAGE: Stephen B. Kenney pension file--General Index to Pension Files 1861-1934, Micropublication T-288, roll 258; Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15, National Archives, Washington:
Marriage License, Virginia, City of Portsmouth to wit:
To any person licensed to celebrate marriages:
You are hereby authorized to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church or religious denomination, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
Dr. S. Barlett Kenney and Miss Rosa E. White
Given under my hand, as Clerk of the City Court of the said City this 26 day of February 1866.
Dempsey Nash, Clerk
Time of Marriage: February 26, 1866 Place of Marriage: Portsmouth, Va.
Names of Parties Married: S. Bartlett Kenney & Rosa E. White
Age of Husband: 27 years Age of Wife: 27 years
Condition of Husband: widowed Condition of Wife: single
Place of Husband's Birth: Bethel, Maine Place of Wife's Birth: Portsmouth, Va.
Place of Husband's Residence: U. S. Navy Place of Wife's Residence: Portsmouth, Va.
Name of Husband's Parents: Stephen & Sophia Kenney
Name of Wife's Parents: Edwin & Mary A. White
Occupation of Husband: Surgeon U. S. Navy
Given under my hand this 26 day of February 1866
Dempsey Nash, Clerk
Certificate of Time and Place of Marriage:
I certify that on the 26th day of February 1866 at Portsmouth, Va., under authority of the above license, I united in marriage the persons named and described therein...
Joseph R. Wheeler 2358
Steven Etheridge Winston Kenney [315]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Apr 1903
Baptism: in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Death: 27 Jun 1979 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Parents
Father: Steven White Kenney [142] (1874-1930) 1614 [MRIN:75]
Mother: Pearl Marmaduke Etheridge [302] ( -1904) 1613
Spouses and Children
1. *Fannie Person Rudge [316] (30 May 1905 - 1961) [MRIN:144]
Marriage: 28 Jan 1928 - Monroe, Union, North Carolina, USA 173
Status:
Children:
1. Frances Winston Kenney [320] (1929- ) 173
2. Steven Rudge Winston Kenney [319] (1930- ) 173
Notes
General:
Has oil "primitive" portraits of Edwin White, Mary H. White, Rose White and others.
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Descendant Register, Generation No. 1
1.Steven Etheridge Winston KENNEY was born 07 APR 1903 in Bertie Co., North Carolina, and died 27 JUN 1979 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina. He married Fanny Person RUDGE 28 JAN 1928 in Monroe, Union, North Carolina, daughter of William John RUDGE and Ethel Josephine ADAMS. She was born 30 MAY 1905 in Monroe, Union, North Carolina, and died 1961 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina. She was buried in Municipal Cem., Monroe, Union, North Carolina. Children of Steven Etheridge Winston KENNEY and Fanny Person RUDGE are: 2 i. Frances Winston KENNEY was born 02 APR 1929 in Monroe, Union, North Carolina. She married Steadman KING . She married Roy Steadman KING . 3 ii. Living KENNEY
Steven Rudge Winston Kenney [319]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1930 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Parents
Father: Steven Etheridge Winston Kenney [315] (1903-1979) [MRIN:144]
Mother: Fannie Person Rudge [316] (1905-1961)
Steven White Kenney [142]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1874 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 1614
Baptism:
Death: 2 Sep 1930 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA 173
Burial: Sep 1930 - Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Events
1. Census 1614, U.S., Jun 1880 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
*see father's record2. Residence 1614, 56 Second Street, Jun 1880 in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia
3. Occupation 2346, Editor, Windsor Ledger, 1908 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
4. Census 2378, U.S, 1930 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Steven W. Kenney, head of house, owned home, value of home $1,580, not a farm, male, white, age 54, married, age at first marriage: 26, born in Virginia, father born in Maine, mother born in Virginia, occupation: register of deeds Bertie Co., employed, not a veteran5. Occupation 2354, register of deeds, 1930 in Windsor, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Sue W. Kenney, wife, female, white, age 45, married, age at first marriage: 22, born in N.C., father born in N.C., mother born in N.C., occupation: none
Rose W. Kenney, daughter, female, white, age 21, single, born in N.C., occupation: teacher
Willie L. Cowen, lodger, female, white, age 22, single, born in N.C., occupation: stenographer for county
Parents
Father: Asst. Surgeon Steven Bartlett Kenney U.S.N. [137] (1838-1907) 743,744,745 [MRIN:69]
Mother: Rose Hannah Edwin White [136] (1837-1915) 2351,2352
Spouses and Children
1. *Susan Winifred Smithwick [303] (26 Dec 1883 - 24 Mar 1973) 173 [MRIN:74]
Marriage: 1903
Status:
Children:
1. Rose White Kenney [313] (Abt 1909- ) 173
2. Pearl Marmaduke Etheridge [302] ( - May 1904) 1613 [MRIN:75]
Marriage: 1900 1613
Status:
Children:
1. Steven Etheridge Winston Kenney [315] (1903-1979)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Susan Winifred Smithwick)
Based on info in 1930 census, Sue was 22 at first marriage.Marriage Notes (Pearl Marmaduke Etheridge)
Based on info in 1930 census, he was 26 when first married.
Susan Sophia Kenney [141]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Aug 1873 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 2377
Baptism:
Death: 15 Sep 1873 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 2096
Burial:
Cause of Death: bowel disease 2377
AFN #:
Parents
Father: Asst. Surgeon Steven Bartlett Kenney U.S.N. [137] (1838-1907) 743,744,745 [MRIN:69]
Mother: Rose Hannah Edwin White [136] (1837-1915) 2351,2352
Notes
Death Notes:
Name: Susan Sophia Kenny
Race: white Sex: female
Date of Death: September 15, 1873 Place of Death: Portsmouth
Cause of Death: Bowel disease
Age: 15 days
Parents: S. B. & Rose Kenney
Place of Birth: Portsmouth
Informant: Mary A. Matthews, grandmother
Timothy Kenney [1081]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Feb 1893 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 204
Baptism:
Death: 27 Oct 1894 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 2379
Burial:
Cause of Death: inanition diarrhoea 204
AFN #:
Parents
Father: Micheal Kenney [1078] ( - ) 204,205 [MRIN:391]
Mother: Julia [1079] ( - ) 204,205
Notes
Death Notes:
Name: Timothy Kenney
Race: white Sex: male
Date of Death: October 27, 1894 Place of Death: Portsmouth
Cause of Death: inanition diarrhoea
Age: 1 year, 8 months, 24 days
Parents: Micheal & Julia Kenney
Place of Birth: Portsmouth
Informant: Julia Kenney, mother
Carol Anne Kestner [52]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1964
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Spouses and Children
1. *Frank Joseph Urabeck III [44] (1965 - ) [MRIN:30]
Marriage: 21 Sep 1985
Status:
Grace Florence Kidd [2919]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 May 1885 - Virginia 2276,2282
Baptism:
Death: 24 May 1962 2380
Burial: 26 May 1962 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 2282
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Events
1. Alt Birth 2277, abt 1885 in Virginia
Spouses and Children
1. *James Ragland Johns [2918] (10 Nov 1877 - 16 Jul 1935) 1281,1282 [MRIN:972]
Marriage: Bef 1903 2277
Status:
Children:
1. Pauline Grace Johns [2921] (1903-1922) 2276,2299,2300
2. Francis Lee Johns [2930] (Abt 1906-1988) 2276,2277,2278,2279
3. James Heeley Johns [2931] (Abt 1908-1990) 2276,2277,2278,2285
4. Norman Cassell Johns [2920] (1912-1917) 2281,2301
5. Jennie May Johns [2932] (Abt 1912-After 1935) 2277,2278
Notes
Death Notes:
Grace Florence Johns
May 21, 1885
May 24, 1962
Lucy Killebrew [2690]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism:
Death: After Jan 1834 37
Burial:
Cause of Death:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Willis Hodges [1535] (1747 - Bef Jan 1834) 444 [MRIN:1115]
Marriage: 6 Jun 1776 - Halifax Co., North Carolina 37
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Hodges [2691] (1783-Abt 1857) 37
2. Elsy Hodges [2692] ( - ) 37
3. Hannah Hodges [3022] ( - ) 37
4. Nancy Hodges [3128] ( - ) 37
5. Lucinda Hodges [252] ( - ) 37
6. William Hodges [367] (1778- ) 37
7. Olwe Hodges [407] (1785- ) 37
8. Martha Hodges [543] (1781-Bef 1834) 37
9. Mary Hodges [544] ( - ) 37
10. Willis Hodges [674] ( - ) 37
11. James Hodges [710] ( - ) 37
12. David Hodges [748] ( - ) 37
Roy Steadman King [321]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances Winston Kenney [320] (2 Apr 1929 - ) 173 [MRIN:146]
Marriage:
Status: