The New York genealogical and biographical record . hiW NEW YORK Genealogical aito §i0grap|ica! ^Utcrtr. Vol. XLI. NEW YORK, JULY, 1910. No. 3 JOHN STEWART KENNEDY. By George Austin Morrison, Jr., A. M., Few Scotsmen, leaving the fnother country to seek their fortunein an adopted land,have won greater repute in financial circlesthroughout the United States and the Dominion of Canada than S. Kennedy. Born at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the 4th day ofJanuary 1830, the fifth son of John Kennedy and Isabella Stewart,he received his early education in Glasgow, whither
The New York genealogical and biographical record . hiW NEW YORK Genealogical aito §i0grap|ica! ^Utcrtr. Vol. XLI. NEW YORK, JULY, 1910. No. 3 JOHN STEWART KENNEDY. By George Austin Morrison, Jr., A. M., Few Scotsmen, leaving the fnother country to seek their fortunein an adopted land,have won greater repute in financial circlesthroughout the United States and the Dominion of Canada than S. Kennedy. Born at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the 4th day ofJanuary 1830, the fifth son of John Kennedy and Isabella Stewart,he received his early education in Glasgow, whither his parents hadremoved shortly after his birth. At the early age of thirteen hesecured a position as clerk in a shipping office, where he remainedfor four years, attending in the meantime morning and eveningclasses to complete his education. In 1847 ne became a salesman for the Mossend Iron & CoalCompany, and after three years work, had the good fortune tointerest Mr. William Bird, of the firm of William Bird & Co.,London, who offered hi
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