Background
Kennon, Lyman Walter Vere was born on September 2, 1858 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles Henry Vere and Adelaide (Hall) Kennon.
Kennon, Lyman Walter Vere was born on September 2, 1858 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles Henry Vere and Adelaide (Hall) Kennon.
Graduate United States Military Academy, 1881. Army War College, 1910.
Commissioned add. Second lieutenant 1st Infantry, June 11, 1881. Promoted through grades to brigadier general N.A., August 5, 1917.
Served in Indian Wars, in Cuba during Spanish-American War. Cuban occupation and Philippines.
Married Anne Beecher Rice, April.