“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JAMES N. KENNEDY,  farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Cambridge; born in 
Perthshire, Scotland, March 19, 1819, where he received his early 
education and learned the trade of carpentering; came to America in 
1844, first to Milwaukee, thence to Milton, Rock Co., and from there to 
Cold Springs, Jefferson Co.; in the fall of 1845, he located in Oakland 
and purchased eighty acres of land, which form his homestead.  In 
February, 1846, he married Dorothy C. Cachan; have seven children – 
Daniel, Jane, Thomas, Rosanna, May, John, Dorry; in the fall of 1846, 
he cut sufficient logs to build his first house; the fever and ague then 
prevailing, he could not get sufficient help to build; he then had the logs 
cut into timber, and on the 1st of January, 1847, accomplished his task, 
under all the disadvantages of the cold weather of winter; in 1858, he 
built his present home, of frame, with good outbuildings; Mr. Kennedy, 
at different times, has bought land from the Government; owns 
altogether 220 acres and raises the general products of the county, 
horses, cattle, sheep, etc.  Has served as Justice of the Peace over twenty 
years; as Supervisor, one term; in the spring of 1879, was elected 
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel