Background
Kennedy was born near Glasgow in Scotland, received a scant education in school, studied in his spare moments as a clerk, and at 20 was sent to America by a London iron firm, in whose branch house in Glasgow he worked for four years.
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Kennedy was born near Glasgow in Scotland, received a scant education in school, studied in his spare moments as a clerk, and at 20 was sent to America by a London iron firm, in whose branch house in Glasgow he worked for four years.
Educated in Glasgow, Scotland, 1836-1843.
Came to New York, June 1850. Returned to Scotland, August 1852. Came to New York again, 1856, and settled there.
Banker.
1857-1885. Vice president and director Northern Securities Company. Trustee Central Trust Company, Provident Loan Society of New York, Title Guarantee & Trust Company, United States Trust Company, Hudson Trust Company of New Jersey. Director many rail road companies.
President Spence School Company, Central Syndicate Building Company Trustee Columbia College, Metropolitan Museum Art (vice president).
President.
He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club (also known as The Millionaires" Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with Justice of the Peace Morgan and William Rockefeller among others
Married Emma Baker, October 14, 1858.
