Marquis L Kenyon (1817 - 1862)

Born 15 Sep 1817 in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet S (Brainard) Kenyon — married about 1848 in New York, United States

Died 27 Mar 1862 at age 44 in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

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Biography

Marquis Kenyon is Notable.

Marquis Kenyon was born in New York.

This profile is part of the Kenyon Name Study.

Member of New York State Legislature.

Marquis L. Kenyon, Democrat of Rome was elected to the Assembly on 8 Nov 1860. He represented the 3rd District, Oneida County, New York.[1]

Marquis L. Kenyon was elected to the Assemby by about an 800 majority.[1] He was listed in NY in the War of the Rebellion. [2]

Earlier, Kenyon was chosen as a delegate to the "Adamanine" State Convention, which was held on 12 July 1854 in Syracuse, New York. [3]

Kenyon was listed in the Biographical Sketches of state officers and members of the legislature of the state of New York.[4]

Marquis L Kenyon was born on September 15, 1817 in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States, son of Samuel Kenyon (1790–1878) and Susan Cross (~1792–1832). He was one of the older sons in a family of ten childen.

He (30) married Harriet S Brainard (25) (born on December 13, 1822 in Norway, Herkimer, New York, USA; daughter of Levi Brainard and Sophronia (Doty) Brainard) in 1848 in New York. Their daughter was Henrietta L Kenyon (~1849–1926).

Prior to his election to the Assembly, Kenyon was a major architect, along with John Butterfield Jr., son of John Butterfield, Sr., of the Overland Trail. He selected routes and locations for stage stations. He surveyed the route from New York to California acquiring whatever equipment was required. [5]

Marquis died on March 27, 1862 in Rome, Oneida, New York, aged 44. He was buried in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13156337/marquis_l-kenyon: accessed), memorial page for Marquis L. Kenyon (15 Sep 1817–27 Mar 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13156337, citing Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA; Maintained by SDB history (contributor 50438450).

See also:

• [1] Argus Albany, New York, 8 Nov 1860, Front Page.
• [2] NY in the war of the Rebellion," 1860, Part I page 10.
• [3] Daily Sentinel, Rome, New York, 1854
• [4] Biographical Sketches of state officers and members of the legislature of the state of New York, 1861, pages 213 and 214
• [5] Ahnert, Gerald T., Butterfield Makes the Southern Overland Trail His Own, The Architects of the Butterfield Trail – Marquis L. Kenyon and John Butterfield Jr. add a Personal Touch to Arizona (Revised Edition 2017), NoBottomGulch Publications, Syracuse, NY.
• Utica Daily Observer (New York), obituary, The Late Hon. M.L. Kinyon (sic), April 3, 1862
• Wikipedia: Butterfield Overland Mail
• Wikidata: Item Q1018077, en:Wikipedia