Bert C. Benham
The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Wesley SMITH, a native of Duchess
county, New York, born on the Hudson, October 1, 1806.
He was from an old New York family who settled at Versailles and took lots at the
original platting of that county seat, and there lived until his early death November 17,
1853.
He was proprietor of the drug and general store there during his entire lifetime.
He was married to Mary McCleary KENNEDY, who was born in Gerard county, Tennessee, March
7, 1810, and whose father removed to Indiana when the tide of immagration set in to the
north.
She was the daughter of Robert Kennedy, whose father and family were driven from Ireland
after one of the late uprisings of the English rule.
She died at Muscatine, Iowa, November 20,1889. The following children of her family grew
to maturity :
Captain Robert Kennedy Smith, of the Twenty-Second Indiana Infantry, who was killed
leading his company in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862 ;
Ann Smith, deceasd, who was the mother of the subject of this sketch ; and
Dr. Cal. W. Smith, a physician now residing in Muscatine
Bert C. Benham
The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Wesley SMITH, a native of Duchess
county, New York, born on the Hudson, October 1, 1806.
He was from an old New York family who settled at Versailles and took lots at the
original platting of that county seat, and there lived until his early death November 17,
1853.
He was proprietor of the drug and general store there during his entire lifetime.
He was married to Mary McCleary KENNEDY, who was born in Gerard county, Tennessee, March
7, 1810, and whose father removed to Indiana when the tide of immagration set in to the
north.
She was the daughter of Robert Kennedy, whose father and family were driven from Ireland
after one of the late uprisings of the English rule.
She died at Muscatine, Iowa, November 20,1889. The following children of her family grew
to maturity :
Captain Robert Kennedy Smith, of the Twenty-Second Indiana Infantry, who was killed
leading his company in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862 ;
Ann Smith, deceasd, who was the mother of the subject of this sketch ; and
Dr. Cal. W. Smith, a physician now residing in Muscatine
Family Members
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Delilah Kennedy Kirby
1805–1892
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Peter Bainbridge Kennedy
1807–1895
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Corp Robert Franklin Kennedy
1815–1868
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Andrew Anderson Kennedy
1817–1884
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Martha M Kennedy McCool
1822–1896
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Serena Kennedy
1827 – unknown
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James Darius-King Kennedy
1830 – unknown
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Naomi Melissa Kennedy
1830 – unknown
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Phoebe Emily Kennedy Watson
unknown–1909
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