BIO: Kennedy, Luke C. - Hardin Co "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE AND BROWN, INDIANA HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers 1884. F. A. Battey, F.W. Tepple JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA L. C. KENNEDY was born in Hardin County, Ky., August 31, 1804, and is the fourth of the family of Peter and Rachel Kennedy, both natives of Pennsylvania. The grandfather of our subject, John Kennedy, was also a Pennsylvanian, and of Irish descent, who removed to Hardin County, KY., in 1780, where he closed his valued life, having been a soldier of the Revolutionary war; he had been twice married and the father of ten sons. Peter Kennedy was born in 1769. When twelve years of age, he was stolen by the Indians, remained nine years a captive, and escaped and returned to his parents, in Hardin County, Ky. He afterward was engaged as Government spy on the Kentucky frontier; then married Rachel Calvin and settled on a farm, where he passed his life. He was father to seven children--John, James, Nancy, Luke C., Sarah, Charles and Decker. Our subject, Luke C. Kennedy, married, June 20, 1830 in Hardin County, Ky., Miss Jane, daughter of William and Sarah Blackford. In October following, Mr. Kennedy moved to this county, and purchased and settled on the farm where he now lives. In 1850, Mrs. Kennedy died, and in 1855 he married Isabella, daughter of William and Mary Hindes. Mr. Kennedy is the owner of 220 acres of good land, and is comfortably situated. He is the parent of seven children--Samuel (deceased), John, James, Decker, Mary, William and Daniel P. Transcribed by: Diana Flynn Date: 25 Jul 1997