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• _UID: B46203AC67D04607824527DCAA4390B34310
• Residence: 1900, South Haven Village, North Side, Van Buren, Michigan

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• _UID: B9C7D554363E4B19B60319BE947B754ADF2A
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, South Haven Village, North Side, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan

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James ran a stage coach between Watervilet, Covert and South Haven. He modified it unlike any known to add comfort to the ride. His modifications included oversized and wider wheels nearly as tall as a man to roll over stones and not sink in the mud and sand. The coach had metal sides and a canvas roof. He fitted the coach with suspension springs, windows, side seats, and a grated floor with charcoal burner to heat the feet, He played music from a music box, had reading materials, mirrors, clock and other amenities for the passengers. His coach could hold as many as twenty people and was driven by a team of white horses matched for looks and disposition. James always spoke politely to his horses and they were well cared for and their equipment perfectly maintained. The horses were adorned with copper and silver ornaments, his coach was well known throughout Michigan.
After the railroad was built the coach was no longer needed so he rented a building and starting selling groceries and later general mechandise in Covert. As business increased he built his own larger store accross the street. In 1891 he moved the business to South Haven where he enlarged it into a department store It was said he was the first to offer his merchandise at odd prices .49¢, .99¢ etc. He always priced his goods lower than the next town but the prices were so low he was left little profit and went out of business.
After his business was disolved, he began selling whips for a Massachusetts firm. He would travel to merchants in his buggy with no bridle or line demonstrating how the whips were used to touch the horses on the right or left flank to turn. - summarized from A Look At Covert's Heritage, Pearl Sarno, 1976

James married Harriet M. Haggerty on 1 Dec 1874 in Berrien County, Michigan. Harriet was born in Oct 1854 in Berrien County, Michigan; died after 1930 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 78E8A584A16D4099A1FD54167A991CA148D3
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, South Haven Village, North Side, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan

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• _UID: A9F2FCB13C4A4239A37B46D5980B5178EEF3
• Arrival: 1860, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; Emigration from Canada
• Residence: 1870, Deerfield, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a farmer

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William M. Kenney was one of the pioneer settlers of Covert Twp., Van Buren Co., MI, having taken up residence there in the autumn of 1860. He was born April 10, 1824 in Halton Co., Canada. His father, Samuel D. Kenney, was a native of PA and was born there April 4, 1797. He married Lucy Robbins, a native of MA. She was born in MA on Nov. 13, 1802. Samuel and Lucy were married in Canada where both their families had moved just after the War of 1812. Samuel was a blacksmith and was in the employ of the British Government during the War of 1812. For his service, he received 200 acres of land in Halton Co. and he settled there after his marriage. He lived and died there at the age of 82. His wife, Lucy, died Oct. 17, 1860. Samuel and Lucy had 12 children: Timothy C., William M., Elizabeth Ann, Rebecca M., Samuel W., John S., David R., Lucyntha, Ruth Emily, Nathan C., George C. and Joseph F.
William Kenney married Mary Sherburne in Canada, Halton Co., May 24, 1825 (incorrect date). Mary was born in Canada. He farmed for several years, then turned to the nursery business. The climate was too cold, however, and he came to MI, settling in Covert Twp., known at that time as Deerfield Twp. The country was very wild at that time and the property he purchased was covered in timber. He cleared the land and cultivated a 40-acre farm where he lived the rest of his life.
William and Mary were the parents of: James W., a merchant at Covert and South Haven; Mary J., of South Haven who married George E. Sherbourne; Lucy A., wife of Lyman Carpenter of Covert; Samuel D., a merchant in Covert; Cynthia A. of Chicago, who married Frank Reed; Lottie E., wife of E. G. Allen and who lives in Chicago; Emma, who lives in Chicago and is the wife of Beuna Marvin; and William M.
William is a Republican. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor, but only to fill vacancies as he had no desire for public life. He was formerly connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church and also with the Congregational Church. Even though he was not a member of either church, he led an upright Christian life.
He devoted much of his life to fruit farming, was very successful in grafting trees, and does so for many other parties. - Portrait and biographical record of Kalamazoo, Allegan, and Van Buren Counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States, Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1892, pg. 341

Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 155-1

William married Mary Jane Sherburne on 10 Mar 1846 in Gore, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James C. Sherburne and Sarah Middaugh) was born on 24 May 1825 in Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Nov 1908 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried on 5 Nov 1908 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 237A56D5F8254274A4DFF7D360A8275B72FD
• Arrival: 1864
• Residence: 1870, Deerfield, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, Covert Township, Van Buren, Michigan

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Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 155-2

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• _FSFTID: KN88-XW9
• _UID: 9DCCFBB9A0274D19A2C37EB288E07F13D997
• Residence: 1861, Halton, Canada West, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Ontario, Canada; where he lived with wife Mary and worked as a farmer
• Residence: Mar 1881, Halton, Ontario, Canada; where he lived by himself and was a gentlemen

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Samuel D. Kenney, was a native of PA and was born there April 4, 1797. He married Lucy Robbins, a native of MA. She was born in MA on Nov. 13, 1802. Samuel and Lucy were married in Canada where both their families had moved just after the War of 1812. Samuel was a blacksmith and was in the employ of the British Government during the War of 1812. For his service, he received 200 acres of land in Halton Co. and he settled there after his marriage. He lived and died there at the age of 82. His wife, Lucy, died Oct. 17, 1860. Samuel and Lucy had 12 children: Timothy C., William M., Elizabeth Ann, Rebecca M., Samuel W., John S., David R., Lucyntha, Ruth Emily, Nathan C., George C. and Joseph F. - Portrait and biographical record of Kalamazoo, Allegan, and Van Buren Counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States, Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1892, pg. 341

Buried:
Bethel United Cemetery

Samuel married Lucy Robbins about 1821 in Upper Canada. Lucy (daughter of James Robbins) was born on 13 Nov 1802 in Massachusetts; died on 17 Oct 1860 in Drumquin, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario; was buried in Drumquin, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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Bethel United Cemetery

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• _UID: B87B9BE2C71F4BC7AC2057DDCE29F2C85939
• Residence: 1860, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin; where he lived with son Byron and the McCarty family and worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1870, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin; where he lived with son Byron and the McCarty family and worked as a farmer

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James Sherburne (1798-1880) was the eldest son of John and Mary. About 1821, he and his brother Joseph traveled to Ontario and began a lumber business near Hamilton. He married Sarah Middaugh (1805-1891), daughter of Martin Middaugh and Mary Hawn. In 1825, Sarah petitioned the Canadian government for a land grant, as she was the granddaughter of Martin Middaugh, a United Empire Loyalist who had been born in New York State, but moved to Ontario during the Revolution. James and Sarah were granted 200 acres in Trafalgar District, Halton County, and later purchased an adjacent fifty acres. James and Sarah had fourteen children, all born in Canada. About 1856, apparently deciding he was more American than Canadian, James decided to sell out and move the family to Wisconsin, where land was opening up. A wagon train with family and supplies was organized. They crossed into Michigan and traveled along an old Chicago Trail. Some of the family stopped off in Van Buren County, Michigan, and at least one became a fruit grower, but James and several others went on to Walworth County in southern Wisconsin. There he bought a farm and lived there until his death in 1880. Sarah died in 1891, by that time living with family in Van Buren County. - http://grunerheritage.com/theotherside/sherburne/history2.html

Buried:
in Brick Church Cemetery

James married Sarah Middaugh about 1821 in Canada. Sarah (daughter of Marten Middagh and Mary Margaret Hawn) was born on 6 May 1805 in Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1891 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: AED50205D86F43E99D9D63588DD7B5C5D091
• Residence: 1860, St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan; where she lived with the family of her son James C. Sherburne
• Residence: 1870, Deerfield, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with the family of her son Albert Sherburne
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with the family of her son Adolphus Sherburne

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in Hartford Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: L4S5-4G4
• _UID: 80E871D585F642E3ADA05D8D29944917A2B4
• Residence: 1790, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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David moved to Grimsby Ontario 1802, staying until granted a land petition: Land Petition #8/27 David Kenney of Grimsby 24 Nov 1807 ...to his Excellency, Francis Gore, Esquire, Lt. Gov. of Upper Canada ... that your petitioner came into this province six years ago from the Jersies and has a family consisting of a wife and nine children of which 6 are sons, that he has property of the amount of 500 pounds in province currency, has taken the oath of allegiance and is desirous to occupy and improve a lot of Crown land of 200 acres... The land petition was granted in Council 25 November 1807 (RG 1, L3, volume279, K3/27, 4 pages)
It is believed that David Kenney was a brother to Peter who came to Grimsby at about the same time. Peter Kenney: b. 1766-1774 in New Jersey, d. Aft. 1822 m. December 13, 1795 to Jane McCowen b. 1771-1774 in Maryland. They had 13 children.
It is all but certain David and his brother Peter were descendants of Adrian Pieterse Kinne who emmigrated from the Netherlands in 1660 and resided in Flatbush, Kings, NY and later in New Jersey. Ongoing DNA testing of descendants of both men have resulted in placement in the "Dutch Line" of Kenneys tracing back to Adrian Pieterse Kinne. The exact lineage however is not proven at this time.

David married Margaret Fuss in Cambridge, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Margaret was born in 1770 in Cortland, Cortland, New York; died on 4 Feb 1848 in Trafalgar Twp, Halton Co, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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John Sherburne (1769-1852), a son of Samuel and Mary, was born in New Hampshire, but died in Sheffield. Vermont and is buried in Glover, Vermont. He married Mary (Polly) Twombley (1769-1760). About 1806, the family moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec, where his three youngest children were born. At some point he returned to Vermont, near where his son John operated an inn in Glover. After the elder John died in 1852, Mary went to live with her son James, then living in Ontario. She went with him when he moved to Wisconsin and is buried beside him in Walworth, Wisconsin. - http://grunerheritage.com/theotherside/sherburne/history2.html

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Glover Cemetery

John married Mary (Polly) Twombly on 18 Nov 1792. Mary (daughter of James Twombley and Tamsen Drew) was born on 15 Feb 1767 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire; died in Mar 1860 in Walworth, Wisconsin; was buried in Walworth, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]

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in Brick Church Cemetery

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• _UID: AEC4807A2DB84D278BCA6F0A96C181AF1AE9

Marten married Mary Margaret Hawn. Mary (daughter of Heinrich Hawn and Mary Waggoner) was born in 1762 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1837 in Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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