Notes for Thomas Francis Sr. Kennedy
Notes from family:
He lived in Morton, Minnesota as a child, and had many fond memories of being "in the frontier". He told his grandchildren and great grandchildren the storm of the time he went into town with his father when he was about three years of age. He and his father went on their wagon to the general store. His father (John D. Kennedy) went into the store and left Tom outside on the wagon. When John came out of the store, Tom was gone! He looked all over for him and finally went back to the house to tell his wife (Bridget Glynn/Glenn) that Tom was missing. They were both frantic and later an Indian rode up to their house on horseback and motioned for them to follow him. THe Kennedy's did and they were led out of town to the Indian reservation, where they found Tom dressed up as an Indian child and playing with the other Indian children. The Indians had done this as a practical joke, but, as the story goes, Bridget did not think it was funny at all! He also talked of his job harvesting blocks of ice from area lakes to put in "cool barns" when he was a teenanger. The settlers used to take sections of the winter harvest ice in this shed during the hot Minnesota summers to refrigerate food, etc. He lived to be 96 years old. He had a very sharp wit and great Irish humor until the end of his life. His only sign of aging was being in a wheel chair around the last 5 years of his life. Thomas was a co-owner of Globe Business College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Obituary from unknown St. Paul, MN newspaper around Aug. 12, 1984:
Kennedy, Thomas F., Sr., 96, of St. Paul on Aug. 11th. Survived by children, John of El Toro, CA, Joseph of Mpls., George, Mrs. Jerome (Mary) Colbert, Sr. and Irene Cummings, all of St. Paul; also 28 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Funeral service from O'Halloran & Murphy, 575 S. Snelling, 10 am Thursday. Mass of Christian Burial, St. Bernard's Church, 10:30 am. Interment Calvary. Visitation 3 to 9 pm Wednesday. Parish Vigil 7:30 pm. Please omit flowers. Memorials preffered. Former co-owner of Globe Business College.
Resume of Thomas F. Kennedy, typed by his own hand on typewriter, found in his personal scrapbook:
"Statement of Education and Experience of T.F. Kennedy
Education:
Graduated from eighth grade Morton, Minnesota, Public School, June, 1903
Graduate from High School Morton, Minnesota, High School, June, 1907
Graduated from Globe Business College, Accountine and Shorthand Course, April 22, 1909. Period of attendance: January 6, 1908 to May 4, 1908 and January 4, 1909 to July 1, 1909.
Graduated General Business Course, Univ. of Minn. Extension Div., May, 1917
Experience:
June 1, 1905 to September 1, 1906 General clerical work, State Bank of Morton, Morton, Minnesota.
June 1, 1908 to December 1, 1908 General clerical work, J.T. Guiney, Division Roadmaster, Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, Morton, Minn.
July 1, 1909 to November 1, 1909 Billing clerk, Robinson, Strause & Co. St. Paul, Minnesota
November 1, 1909 to September 1, 1915 Teacher, Globe Business College, St. Paul, Minnesota
September 1, 1915 to October 1, 1919 Teacher, John A. Johnson High School, St. Paul, Minnesota and Financial Secretary, Knights of Columbus, St. Paul, Minnesota. In additon to my teaching of bookkeeping, penmanship, spelling and business arithmetic while at Johnson High School, I also had supervision of the printing shop. In the shop we printed the school paper, monthly magazine, and various forms used by the Department of Education.
October 1, 1919 Co-manager and Vice President of Globe Business College, St. Paul, Minnesota to retirement in January 1, 1953. My duties as co-partner of the Globe Buisiness College have all been of administrative nature in the operation and management of the business and teaching accounting. For two years during World War II, I accepted a position of Internal Revenue Agent, while business college enrollment was declined.
At various times I have done public accounting work in my spare time, such as making monthly statements and assisting in the auditing of the books, Income Tax Returns and bookkeeping for Krugers, Inc., St. Paul for 2 1/4 years, from January 1, 1962 to June 15, 1964.
Date of Birth August 16, 1888; Health - - Good."
Minnesota Land Records had the following record of a Thomas F. Kennedy:
Patentee Name: Thomas F. Kennedy
Land Office Code: St. Cloud
Document Number: 12426
Miscellaneous Document Number: 21243
Title Authority: Homestead
Signature: Y
Signature Date: March 30, 1905
Aliquot Parts: SWNE
Section Number: 2
Township: 137N
Range: 27W
Base Line: 5th
Total Acres: 159.5800
Accession Number: MN3190_.501
Image Name: 00011109
Volume ID: 534
Image Type: P
The following record for a Thomas F. Kennedy was posted on Rootsweb.com under Minnesota Land Records:
Name: THOMAS F Kennedy
Date: 30 Mar 1905
Location: MN,
Document #: 12426
Serial #: MN3190__.501
Sale Type: HOMESTEAD
Acres: 159.5800
Meridian or Watershed: 5TH
Parcel: Township 137 N, Range 27 W, Section 2
Research of Kathy Colbert (Summer 2000):
Thomas F. Kennedy's signature is on the trust deed for the Kennedy family burial plot in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, MN in 1943. The lot was originally purchased by Thomas F. Kennedy (1823-1905), his grandfather.
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