Butte County
Biographies
JOSEPH JOHN KENNEDY
JOSEPH JOHN KENNEDY.—A ranchman who, as
an untiring worker personally superintending from the saddle his extensive
interests and for years actively participating in many rodeos, has demonstrated
his exceptional ability in the difficult business of raising cattle, is Joseph
John Kennedy, who was born in the city of Chico, on July 21, 1876, the son of
John R. and Cora (Wayland) Kennedy, who were born in Pennsylvania and Missouri
respectively, and whose careers are referred to in more detail elsewhere in
this work. Brought up in
In 1905, Mr.
Kennedy started in an enterprise for himself, commencing with sixty-five head
of cattle worth about eleven dollars each, which he ranged on the
foothills. In time he bought more
cattle, so that by natural increase he came to have a very respectable herd of
some five hundred head, which he has allowed to run on the Kennedy range,
fattening them in the open and shipping them to the great outside markets. He has made a specialty of high-grade
At
A broad-minded
Democrat in respect to national politics, Mr. Kennedy is a strong advocate of
temperance, and as a pioneer’s son, proud of his native state, is a member of
Chico Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West.
He is a member of the California Cattlemen’s Association, and served as
delegate from his district to the first state convention, held at
Transcribed 4-15-08
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "History of
Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 879-880, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
©
2008 Marilyn
R. Pankey.
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