Lewis Kennedy
Lewis Kennedy, of the firm of Lewis Kennedy & Co., commission merchants and dealers in field seeds and grain, No. 36 Vine street, Cincinnati, Ohio, is a descendant of one of the earliest pioneer settlers of Cincinnati, his great-grandfather coming here when there were only a very few huts in the place, and before his death originating the ferry transit across the river. His son David, grandfather of Lewis, ran the boat and also a farm he owned at Pleasant Ridge, which was owned by John W. Kennedy, Lewis' father. Lewis Kennedy began business in Cincinnati in 1859, forming a partnership first with J. M. McCullough, on Fifth and Main, for a period of ten years. He has been doing business on Vine street about the same length of time. He was married to Miss Delia McCullough and has his residence in Norwood during the summer and in the city during the winter seasons. Mr. Kennedy owns considerable property in Cincinnati and elsewhere.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881