Background
Kennard, Joseph Spencer was born on May 20, 1859 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of J. Spencer (Doctor of Divinity) and Nancy Ruth (Jeffers) K.
Kennard, Joseph Spencer was born on May 20, 1859 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of J. Spencer (Doctor of Divinity) and Nancy Ruth (Jeffers) K.
Student Colgate, 1878-1880, A.M., 1892. Studied law at Columbia College of Law, New York, and Union College of Law, Chicago, Columbia University, later University of Paris. Bachelor of Laws; Northwestern University, 1883.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1884. R. Istituto di Belle Arte, Florence, 1895-1897. Doctor of Civil Law, Des Moines College, 1902.
The Doctor of Letters, University of Paris, 1904. Doctor of Sorbonne, 1904. Doctor of Humane Letters, Colgate, 1906.
Practiced law in Chicago and New York, later in Europe, many years. Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1900. Lectured on art and literature, various universities.
Government is appointed by God as His servant to encourage good and restrain evil to the end that all people are blessed and His people are enabled to live quiet and peaceful lives in all godliness and holiness.
Baptists believe that God created mankind to have fellowship with Him.
Member Society Colonial Wars, S.R., Philadelphia Art. Mason.; Clubs:.
Married Isabelle D. Brandreth, February 27, 1889 (died March 10, 1925).; married second, Eva H. Young, January 10, 1927. Children: Joseph Spencer, Ralph Brandreth, Virginia Gladys, Elaine Muriel.