Alavander was the eleventh child of Albert Gillespie Kenney (#19) & Susannah Bussard (#20). (The name Alavander is said to be “Germanized” Alexander.)

Alavander's first wife, Annie S. Smith lived only a year after they were married in 1875. On June 18, 2016, Donna Rader wrote an e-mail to this webmaster and sent several photographs she found in her family's possessions. One of those photographs shows Donna's great great grandmother, Susan Smith Shaffer, at her sister Annie Salina Smith's headstone. The photograph was taken in East Liberty Cemetery. Additional photographs of Annie's tombstone can viewed at the East Liberty Cemetery link.

Alavander married Esther R. Lindenberger about 3 years after Annie's death.

(Below are photographs of Alavander and Esther. The original images are framed and were in the possession of Clyde Perfect, great grandson of Alavander and Esther, until Clyde died August 26, 2020. It is unknown where these photographs are at this time.

 

Below: The 1880 History of Delaware County and Ohio featured Alavander on page 824:

 

Alavander and Esther had two children, W.A. Kenney [White Allen Kenney] (1880-1970) and Agnes Kenney (1883-1974).

W. A. Kenney/White Allan Kenney was the (Grandfather of Clyde Perfect). Clyde was in communication with the webmaster before his own death.

The original photograph below of W. A. Kenney [Allen] is framed and was in the possession of Clyde Perfect, great grandson of Alavander and Esther, until Clyde died August 26, 2020. It is likely in the possession of Clyde's family.

According to "Find A Grave Index" (Memorial ID: 84535891), Allan is buried at East Liberty Cemetery. His wife was Grace M. Kenney. Children include: Robert Kenneth Kenney, Edwin A. Kenney, Authur G. Kenney, and Esther Katherine Perfect.

The image below states: " 1951, Allan Kenney & wife Grace & his sister Agnes Kenney taken in front of the cemetery in Delaware Co., O. where my great grandmother & grandfather Kenney & great Aunt Sophia & grt. Uncle John & Geo. Kenney & his family are buried., The tall monument & 3 shorter white ones in center picture are their graves." (Photograph: courtesy of Doug Hart (Great-Great-Great Grandson of Albert and Susannah Kenney). This photograph had been labeled by Doug's grandmother).

Agnes Kenney was especially active in letter writing. Agnes was 5 years older than her cousin Belva Leach Spidel and died one year before Belva, at the age of 91. Agnes had never married, owned her own 14- room home at 60 King Ave. in Columbus,Ohio, played euchre and went to dances at the Senior Citizens Club, wrote articles that were published for money in newspaper journals and magazines, and rented out extra rooms for money. Some of the articles she submitted for publication included "History of Negroes in Columbus" and "History of Germans in Columbus." [This information was obtained by the webmaster reading letters that Agnes had written to Belva.]

In a letter dated July 7, 1966, Agnes wrote to Belva that she had gone to Allen's farm [The farm had belonged to her grandfather Albert G. Kenney.]. She said, "The 'old home place' of Grandfather Albert G Kenney - for which he made & baked his own brick in his own made kiln- is now thoroughly modernized - both-furnace (oil) all- else kitchen, etc. I envy them their cold artesian well water."

In a letter dated Dec. 1967, Agnes shared with Belva, "Just heard from Art's wife (up at the "old brick "(which bricks were made by and built into home by our mutual grandfather Albert G. Kenny)." [Art was the youngest of Agnes' nephews, son of her brother Alan and sister-in-law Grace, and Art was re-modeling more of he old homestead. Apparently "old brick" is the name used by the family to refer to the old homestead.]

In a letter dated March 28, 1971, Agnes wrote to Belva, "Well, I (almost forgot) to congratulate you great-grandmother! It just doesn't seem possible, does it ? And being an old maid I'm even more astonished at (not birth) but how time flies and flies!"

In a letter written by Agnes Kenney and dated Sept 22, '70 to Belva, she shared the following about her brother, who she called Allan. "Allan was sick so many many months-was only 'skin & bones' for months-alternated between home, rest-home and hospital- finally gave up Sat. morning - Sept 5th and was buried Sept. 8th-services at Centerburg - buried in the East Liberty Cemetery, very near the "old brick" as we call it. - Our grandfather Kenney made the brick and built the house. Your mother was born there. Allan had such a very large family-six children, 22 grandchildren-and the 'great-greats'- (you count them!). They came from S.C. and Calif, Cincinnati, Columbus, Delaware, etc.-" (The letters from Agnes were found by Sharon Hinckley when she cleaned her grandmother's home to sell it in 2022. Sharon sent the letter to the webmaster.)

 

Alavander and his second wife Esther are buried as A. Kenney and E. R. Kenney (Esher R. Linderberger) at Bloomfield Cemetery.

Below are the stones for Alavander Kenney, his wife Esther R. Lindenberger, and their daughter Agnes. Alavander is a brother of Sarah Catherine Kenney #10. GPS: 40° 22.722' N, 82° 43.376' W.

 

A. KENNEY 1846-1929

 

 

 

E .R. KENNEY 1858-1945

 

 

 

 

DAUGHTER AGNES KENNEY 1883-1974

 

 

 

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