Sophia was the fourth child of Albert Gillespie Kenney (#19) & Susannah Bussard (#20).

Sophia's obituary (courtesy of Matt Kenney, Great-Great-Great Grandson of Albert Kenney) is transcribed by this webmaster below. The original obituary transcription obtained from Matt is linked here. The original transcriber is unknown.

 

SOPHIA JANE KENNEY Sophia Jane Kenney died near Farmersville, Ohio, 25 inst. (Jan. 1869) of measles, age 34. Many of the older class of our teachers will remember the deceased as one of our best teachers and a most amiable lady, full of good works and of patient perseverance in well doing; and many of the children of the county, who have been bebefited by her careful teaching and her happy ways, will drop a tear to her memory as they hear their teacher is no more

 

Sophia's tombstone at East Liberty Cemetery in Porter Township of Delaware County that is shown here reads:

SOPHIA J. DAU. OF A. G. & S. KENNEY. DIED Jan 25, 1869 Aged 43 Y. 10 M. 12 D. (the rest of the stone cannot be read)

 

Centered on the ground at the bases of the tombstones of Sophia, her brother John, and Annie (her brother Alavander's first wife), there is a fairly new plaque:

 

 

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