History of Greenwich, (Cumberland County) New Jersey United States of America

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James Ferguson Kennedy, educator, was born at Greenwich, N.J., Sept. 27, 1824; son of Dr. Stewart and Ann (Ferguson) Kennedy; grandson of William and Sarah (Stewart)Kennedy and of James and Agnes (Darrah) Ferguson; and great3 grandson of Robert Kennedy, who came from the north of Ireland with his brother William early in the eighteenth century and settled in Bucks county, Pa. James F. Kennedy was graduated at Lafayette in 1839, studied medicine, which he abandoned for the ministry, and was graduated at Princeton Theological seminary in 1847. He was ordained by the presbytery of Luzerne, Dec. 12, 1848; was pastor at Berwick, Pa., 1848-50; principal of Chambersburg academy, 1851-55; and pastor at Dickinson, Pa., 1855-59. He became entirely blind in 1856, and was teacher of languages at Chambersburg academy, 1859-67, at a private school, 1867-70; professor of ancient languages in Wilson college, 1870-76, and vice-president of the college, 1873-76. He gained recognition as a theologian and oriental scholar. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Lafayette college in 1872. He is the author of Commentaries on Habakkuk and Zephaniah, and translated a biblical geography from the German for the Sunday-school union (1847). In 1901 he resided in Chambersburg, Pa.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Greenwich, (Cumberland County) New Jersey

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