Sterne Kendall

Sterne Kendall was born June 24, 1766 in Orange, Stafford or Culpeper Counties, Virginia. He is said to have run off from home at age 17, following a sister and husband to Kentucky. In 1808 he married Elizabeth Owen near Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Richard Owen. She died November 23, 1831, the mother of sixteen children, Sterne, who farmed extensively, served as constable and later magistrate in Grant County for many years. Early in his career, Indians stole his mothers and neighbor's horses. Overtaking them near Covington, a fight ensued and the horses recaptured. Sterne was injured, remaining a cripple all his life. He died December 17, 1852 and was buried in the Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Children:

1. James Madison born 1809. Married a Miss Ingram.
2. Bailey Washington, born 1810, married Elizabeth Lassiter. In 1829 married her sister; eight children by first marriage. Farmer, carpenter, mechanic. Baptist and teacher of singing school, resided in Scott County. Lived over sixty years.
3. Dicey, born July 4, 1811, married William Cunningham. Buried at Lebanon Church.
4. Joseph Anthony (1813-1893), married Mary Blackburn who died in 1894. In Switzerland County, Indiana they raised a family of eight children, including a son who died of disease in the Union Army; another son killed in action in the Union Army. He endowed Depauw University with a scholarship.
5. Susanna, born 1813, married David Hayes of Pendleton County. Raised a family of five in Crowley, Texas.
6. Catherine (1815-1851), married Ferdinand Reid.
7. George (1816-1904), wounded while serving in the Confederate Army. Not known to have married.
8. Andrew Jackson (1818-1900) married Lilly McClure (1829-1913). Raised a family of twelve children in Grant County. Buried Lebanon Church.
9. Guildford Owen (1819-1887) married Mary Mickell.
10. Thomas Calhoun (1821-1848) served as an aide to General Taylor in the Mexican War. Not known to have married.
11. Elizabeth (1923-c1903) married William Gardner of Gardnersville, Pendleton County. Raised a family of six children.
12. Lucy (1823-1909) married Richard Oldham of Pendleton. Had five heirs, died in Owen County.
13. Francis (1828-1901) married Washington Jacobs. Resided in LaGrange, Missouri. Had one son, a doctor.
14. Malinda (1828-1858), not know to have married.
15. Charles Berry (1830-1919) married Elizabeth Tippett who died in 1884. He is buried at Spring Branch, south of Williamstown. Had a family of four children.
16. Richard Mann (1831-1911) married Martha Lambert who was born in 1844. Resided near Princeton, Missouri. They had three children including a son, David, born 1871, who served in the Missouri Legislature.

From the Files of Mable Conrad Walden
Published in Footsteps of the Past, February 26, 1998

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