Kendall Family Papers 1789-1949 1846-1946

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Kendall Family Papers 1789-1949 1846-1946

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George Wilkins Kendall was a founder of the and the first documented American war correspondent. He was also a sheep rancher in the area which became Kendall County, Texas. Married in 1849 to Adeline de Valcourt, he had four children: Georgina Kendall Fellowes, who collected material relating to her father's life; George William Kendall; Henry Fletcher Kendall, a West Point graduate who served in Cuba, Texas, and the Philippines; and Caroline Louise Kendall. Fletcher's son, William Henry Kendall, was also a West Point graduate and served during World War II in Hawaii. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, diaries, photographs, genealogies, biographies, books, and artifacts. The Kendall family papers include personal materials, business records, and historical sources that span three generations beginning with George Wilkins Kendall. Correspondence includes George Wilkins Kendall's letters to the from Europe and the front lines during the Mexican War. Diaries of George Wilkins Kendall, his wife, Adeline, and his daughter, Caroline, are also included (some of the diaries are in French). Georgina Kendall Fellowes' correspondence with Kendall biographer, Fayette Copeland, provides details of George W. Kendall's life. Business records deal with the maintenance of the Boerne Cemetery and property records relating to the family ranches. Photographs document the ranches and family members. Family correspondence describes army life in the 1890s and 1900s and during World War II. New Orleans Picayune New Orleans Picayune

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Fellowes, Georgina K. (Georgina Kendall), 1850-1947

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Fellows Family.

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Kendall, Caroline Louise, 1853-1899

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Valcourt Family.

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Kendall, Henry Fletcher, 1855-1913

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867

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George Wilkins Kendall settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. In 1837, he and Francis A. Lumsden established the Times-Picayune, a New Orleans newspaper. Kendall participated in the Texan Santa Fé Expedition in 1841 and was subsequently held prisoner in Mexico. During the Mexican War he accompanied United States forces under Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, reporting war news for the Times-Picayune. He was the author of Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition (1844) and The War Betwe...

Kendall, William Henry

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Copeland, Fayette, 1895-1961

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Dane, Adeline de V. (Adeline de Valcourt), 1829-1924

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Kendall Family.

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George Wilkins Kendall, newspaper correspondent, writer, and rancher was born in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, in 1809. He learned the printer's trade with Horace Greeley while still a boy and used this as a means of making his livelihood. Kendall co-founded the New Orleans Picayune with his friend Francis Alsberry Lumsum in 1837. Through this newspaper, Kendall provided readers accounts of his travels. Kendall joined an expedition from Austin, Texas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, that cla...

Picayune (New Orleans, La.)

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Fellowes, Kendall.

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