last updated 3 Feb 2016
The Kennedy, Davis and Wright families are from Marion and Franklin Counties, in northwestern Alabama, near the Mississippi state line.
The Kennedys spent time in Mississippi as well, probably in the counties closest to that area of Alabama. Alford Davis's family were early settlers of Alabama, with Alford born in Alabama in 1820. The Wrights have roots in Georgia, and may have known the Bobo family, who also moved to the Marion and Franklin county areas of Alabama.
Check out the Bobo Family for another connection to this area of Alabama, and the ancestors of James Thomas Kennedy's wife Tencie Caroline Bobo.
Listed below are the Kennedy, Davis and Wright descendants. Click on the family menu above for photos and on the reports menu for printable charts and genealogy reports (in pdf format) with more information on the family. It is in the reports that you will find even more information like stories.
1-John McClain Kennedy b. Abt 1849, Alabama
+Elizie Pate b. Abt 1848, Alabama or Mississippi
...2-Martha D Kennedy b. Abt 1871
...2-James Thomas Kennedy b. 9 Jan 1874, Okolona, Chickasaw Co, Mississippi, d.
19 Feb 1943, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama
+Tencie Caroline Bobo b. 6 Jan 1878, Hart County, Georgia, m. Abt 1901, d.
30 Apr 1948, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, par. Samuel Henry Bobo and
Cornelia Crowe
......3-Sam John Kennedy b. 1901, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama, d. 1902,
(Lower Church Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama)
......3-Walter Louis Kennedy b. 27 Sep 1903, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 26 Apr 1985, (Tupelo Memorial Park Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi)
+Midrose Murray b. 5 Nov 1913, Marion County, Alabama, m. 30 Nov 1932,
Hamilton, Marion Co, Alabama, d. 15 May 2008, Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi,
par. James Murray and Annie
.........4-Louis Wayne Kennedy
+Mavis Ann Clark
............5-Tracy Leigh Kennedy
............5-Michael Wayne Kennedy
............5-Alan Kennedy
......3-William Elbert Kennedy b. 27 Apr 1906, Duncan, Oklahoma, d. 23 Feb
1996, Red Bay, Franklin County, Alabama
+Dollie Louise Vernon b. 31 Jul 1909, California, m. 9 Nov 1930, Marion
County, Alabama, d. 10 May 2000, Red Bay, Franklin County, Alabama
.........4-Jerold Vernon Kennedy b. 25 Nov 1931, Hodges, Franklin County,
Alabama, d. 4 May 1997, (Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Red Bay, Franklin County,
Alabama)
+Mildred Elizabeth West
............5-Jerold Brent Kennedy b. 20 Feb 1953, Hodges, Franklin County,
Alabama, d. 24 Oct 1965, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama
............5-Ronald Keith Kennedy
............5-William Michael Kennedy
............5-Elizabeth Ann Kennedy
......3-Floy Gertrude Kennedy b. 9 Nov 1908, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, d. 25 Jan
1989, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama
+Newman G Oliver b. 30 Nov 1903, Franklin County, Alabama, m. Abt 1925,
d. 26 Jun 1935, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, par. F M Oliver and Melvina
Cleveland
.........4-Unknown Girl Oliver b. 9 Jan 1926, Atwood, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 10 Jan 1926, Atwood, Franklin County, Alabama
.........4-Newman G Oliver Jr
.........4-Jack Oliver
+Charles Marlin "Jaco" Lawler b. 11 Mar 1903, Marion County, Alabama, m.
2 Nov 1938, d. 3 Mar 2001, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama, par. Phillip
Henley Lawler and Frances E Fleming
.........4-Billy Marlin Lawler b. 7 Apr 1940, Alabama, d. 7 May 2008, Madison,
Madison County, Alabama
......3-Florene Kennedy b. 13 Aug 1910, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d.
Apr 1991, (Green Hill Memorial Gardens, Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama)
+Charlie Oscar Overton b. 6 Aug 1906, m. Aug 1936, d. Apr 1979, (Green
Hill Memorial Gardens, Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama)
.........4-Mary Charles Overton
+Charles Loyd Steele
............5-Carol Leigh Steele
............5-Melinda Clair Steele
.........4-Bobby Morris Overton
+Claudia Murphy
............5-Claudia Cyrone Overton
.........4-Virginia Gail Overton
......3-Hubert Ottis Kennedy b. 27 Nov 1912, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 2 Mar 1993, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
+Anner Kate Davis b. 20 Feb 1916, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, m. 2
Aug 1934, Vina, Franklin Co, Alabama, d. 4 Jul 1990, Huntsville, Madison
County, Alabama, par. Roger William Davis and Hattie Bell Wright
.........4-Peggy Caroline Kennedy
+Charles Henry Clark
............5-Charles Henry "Clay" Clark Jr
............5-Cynthia Gayle Clark
............5-Wade Kennedy Clark
............5-Teresa Linn Clark
.........4-Bill Kent Kennedy
+Nancy Elizabeth Cantrell b. 23 Apr 1942, Morgantown, West Virginia,
m. May 1966, Madison, Wisconsin, d. 4 Jan 2009, Montgomery, Alabama, par. Clyde
Hull Cantrell and Ethel Marie Williams
............5-Elizabeth Cantrell Kennedy
+Barbara Sue Gwinn , par. Lloyd Lionel Gwinn and Gwendolyn Lassiter
............5-Bryan Kent Kennedy
............5-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
......3-unknown Kennedy b. 14 Feb 1915, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d. 14
Feb 1915, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama
......3-Vinola Marie Kennedy b. 14 Feb 1915, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 4 Jul 1960, Marshall County, Alabama
......3-Elva Lou Kennedy
+John Henry Stidham b. 19 May 1912, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, m.
2 Jun 1936, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d. Jun 1982, (Franklin Memory
Gardens, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama)
.........4-Billy Gray Stidham b. 25 May 1937, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 30 Jun 1989, (Franklin Memory Gardens, Russellville, Franklin County,
Alabama)
+Waylene Kennedy
............5-Greg Stidham
............5-Karen Gay Stidham
............5-Sharon Kay Stidham
.........4-Frank Thomas Stidham
+Virginia Goodwin
............5-Thomas Bryan Stidham
............5-Kris Alan Stidham
.........4-Nancy Evelyn Stidham
+Rush Talmadge Reid
............5-Amanda Elizabeth Reid
............5-Andrea Regina Reid
.........4-Jane Marie Stidham
+Tommy Edward Lynn
............5-Mila Shea Lynn
......3-Mary Frances Kennedy
+William Ottis Wood b. 5 Dec 1915, Alabama, m. 13 Jul 1940, Hackleburg,
Marion Co, Mississippi, d. 1 Apr 1989, Virginia
.........4-Dorothy Ann Wood
+Ronald Reid Eason b. 11 Jun 1943, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, m.
29 Mar 1964, Wayne County, North Carolina, d. 12 Aug 2007, Simpsonville, South
Carolina, par. Paul Eason and Nancy
.........4-James Arnold Wood b. 18 Feb 1944, Gibson, Scotland County, North
Carolina, d. 29 Aug 2000, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
+Mary Louise Reynolds
............5-Jeffrey Alan Wood b. 4 Feb 1969, d. 2 Oct 2002, Cabarrus County,
North Carolina
............5-Brian Keith Wood
............5-Michael Scott Wood
............5-Dillon Keith Wood
.........4-Donna Frances Wood
+Robert Daniel Dumas
............5-Matthew Dumas
+Arch Berkley
......3-Sarah Addie Lee Kennedy b. 11 Jul 1922, Hodges, Franklin County,
Alabama, d. 9 Aug 1998, (Jefferson Memorial Gardens South, Hoover, Jefferson
County, Alabama)
+Billy C Dotson b. 17 Apr 1922, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama, m. 2
Jul 1941, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d. 26 Jun 1994, (Jefferson Memorial
Gardens South, Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama)
.........4-Billie Carol Dotson
+Mell James Dobbs II
............5-Mell James Dobbs III
.........4-Suzanne Dotson
+Cay Wayne Melvine
............5-Paula Suzanne Melvine
...2-Samuel H Kennedy b. Jan 1880
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1-Alford Davis b. 28 Sep 1820, Alabama, d. 15 Apr 1892, (Alford Davis Family
Cemerty, Marion County, Alabama)
+Sarah A B McCarley b. 17 Jan 1830, Alabama, d. 5 Apr 1897, (Alford Davis
Family Cemerty, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Samuel Mack Davis b. Apr 1850, Alabama
+Julia Ann b. Sep 1853, Alabama
......3-Henry S Davis b. Apr 1876, Alabama
+Leory N Downs b. May 1883, Alabama, m. 15 Mar 1900, Marion County,
Alabama
......3-Albert S Davis b. Jan 1878, Alabama
......3-Peter F Davis b. Mar 1880, Alabama
......3-Charley U Davis b. Jul 1882, Alabama
......3-Josie Davis b. Mar 1885, Alabama
......3-Abilene V Davis b. Oct 1889, Alabama
......3-Nellie May Davis b. Apr 1897, Alabama
...2-Louisa Jane Davis b. 5 Mar 1853, Alabama, d. 23 Jan 1925, (Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma)
+John Newton Holt b. Aug 1857, Alabama, m. Abt 1873, d. 10 May 1940, Dewey,
Washington County, Oklahoma
......3-Isabella "Belle" Holt b. 21 Sep 1871, Alabama, d. 3 Jul 1958, (Dewey
Cemetery, Dewey, Washington County, Oklahoma)
+Unknown Hull
......3-William Sherman Holt b. 4 Oct 1874, Alabama, d. 4 Dec 1960, (Muse
Cemetery, Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma)
+Lydia Belle Rodgers b. May 1875, Arkansas, m. 29 May 1894, Van Buren
County, Arkansas
.........4-Dovie Bell Holt b. Dec 1894, Arkansas, d. 6 Jan 1957, Wichita Falls,
Wichita County, Texas
+Charlie M Freeman b. 28 Jan 1884, Scottsboro, Alabama, d. 18 Dec
1962, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, par. Taylor W Freeman and Mary J
Ledbetter
............5-Elmer Willis Freeman b. 20 Mar 1916, Roberta, Oklahoma, d. 31 Jul
1967, Vashti, Clay County, Texas
+Betty Louise Dodson
...............6-Geraldine Freeman
...............6-Richard Paul Freeman
...............6-Sandra Kay Freeman
+Nona Radford
...............6-Debra Suzette Freeman
...............6-Sharron Charline Freeman
.........4-Jessie Belle Holt b. Dec 1894, Arkansas, d. 15 Apr 1950, Wichita
Falls, Wichita County, Texas
+Unknown Starnes
.........4-Maggie Holt b. Oct 1897, Arkansas
.........4-Earnest J Holt b. 28 Jan 1901, Center Ridge, Arkansas, d. 9 Aug
1967, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
+Nellie
+Etta Bell
.........4-Mattie Alice Holt b. 5 Nov 1905, Oklahoma, d. 2 Dec 1962, Denison,
Gray County, Texas
+W R Wilday Jr
.........4-Hellen Holt b. Abt 1908, Oklahoma
.........4-George T Holt b. Abt 1910, Oklahoma
+Mary Victoria Cook b. 14 Nov 1892, Arkansas, m. 2 Jan 1918, Le Flore
County, Oklahoma, d. 8 Oct 1964, (Muse Cemetery, Spiro, Le Flore County,
Oklahoma)
.........4-Osie Holt b. Abt Sep 1918, d. Between 1920 and 1930
.........4-Orville U Holt b. 15 Dec 1921, Wister, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, d.
4 Sep 2008, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
.........4-Pearl Holt
.........4-Hazel Belle Holt b. 4 Jul 1928, Oklahoma, d. 16 Apr 1986, (Muse
Cemetery, Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma)
......3-Lou Kitty Holt b. Abt 1878, Alabama
......3-Rody R Holt b. Mar 1880, Alabama
......3-Curry Miles Holt b. 28 Dec 1883, Alabama, d. 30 Jun 1953, Kings County,
California
+Claudie
......3-Wooster Winchester Holt b. 4 May 1887, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama
......3-Roxie A Holt
...2-Susan Caroline Davis b. 10 Apr 1854, Alabama, d. 23 Jul 1926, (Little
Flock Cemetery, Franklin County, Alabama)
...2-Elic Magnis Davis b. 5 Feb 1857, d. 30 Jan 1922, (Little Flock Cemetery,
Franklin County, Alabama)
+Catherine "Kate" Smith b. Abt 1866, Alabama, m. Between 1880 and 1885, d.
Between 1888 and 1900, par. Francis Marion "Frank" Smith and Harriett Jane
Schneck
......3-Walter Franklin Davis b. 13 May 1885, d. 13 Jan 1973, (Oak Hill
Cemetery, Moundville, Hale County, Alabama)
+Linnie Ann Williams b. 13 Feb 1886, Alabama, m. 23 Dec 1906, Franklin
County, Alabama, d. 23 Apr 1955, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, par.
Steve Williams and Lou Ella Lollar
.........4-Evalene A Davis
.........4-Hurdis T Davis
......3-Roger William Davis b. 16 Dec 1886, Alabama, d. 6 Oct 1979, Alabama
+Hattie Bell Wright b. 25 Jul 1890, Georgia, m. 7 Sep 1908, d. 22 Jun
1968, Alabama, par. Daniel Webster Wright and Georgia Anna Dyar
.........4-William Hoyt Davis b. 1909, Marion County, Alabama, d. 9 Feb 1987,
Red Bay, Franklin County, Alabama
.........4-Dan Woodrow Davis b. 10 Mar 1913, Alabama, d. 7 May 2007, Alabama
+Reba Akin b. 14 Aug 1914, d. 15 Oct 1990, (Greenview Memorial
Gardens, Forest Hills, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
+Martha White
.........4-Anner Kate Davis b. 20 Feb 1916, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
d. 4 Jul 1990, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
+Hubert Ottis Kennedy b. 27 Nov 1912, Hodges, Franklin County,
Alabama, m. 2 Aug 1934, Vina, Franklin Co, Alabama, d. 2 Mar 1993, Huntsville,
Madison County, Alabama, par. James Thomas Kennedy and Tencie Caroline Bobo
............5-Peggy Caroline Kennedy
+Charles Henry Clark
...............6-Charles Henry "Clay" Clark Jr
...............6-Cynthia Gayle Clark
...............6-Wade Kennedy Clark
...............6-Teresa Linn Clark
............5-Bill Kent Kennedy
+Nancy Elizabeth Cantrell b. 23 Apr 1942, Morgantown, West
Virginia, m. May 1966, Madison, Wisconsin, d. 4 Jan 2009, Montgomery, Alabama,
par. Clyde Hull Cantrell and Ethel Marie Williams
...............6-Elizabeth Cantrell Kennedy
+Barbara Sue Gwinn , par. Lloyd Lionel Gwinn and Gwendolyn Lassiter
...............6-Bryan Kent Kennedy
...............6-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
.........4-Victoria Davis
+Unknown Scott
......3-Jery Marvin Davis b. 5 Dec 1888, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d.
Mar 1975
+Syntha L Downs b. 18 Feb 1865, Alabama, m. 2 Jan 1901, Marion County,
Alabama, d. 10 Aug 1948, Franklin County, Alabama, par. Allen Downs and Nancy
......3-Theoter Curtis Davis b. 24 Aug 1903, Alabama, d. 6 Apr 1960, Hodges,
Franklin County, Alabama
+Lealon
......3-Mary F Davis
......3-Chester M Davis
...2-Mary Davis b. Abt 1858, Alabama, d. Between 1860 and 1870
...2-Gardner Knapp Davis b. Abt Dec 1859, Alabama, d. 24 Nov 1929, Hackleburg,
Marion County, Alabama
+Sara Louise Holt b. Abt 1871, m. 23 Feb 1888, Marion County, Alabama, d.
24 Apr 1950, Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama, par. Jack Holt and Unknown Friday
...2-Qumine "Cummie" Davis b. 4 May 1863, Alabama, d. 4 Jan 1930, (Alford Davis
Family Cemerty, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Jerry F Davis b. 10 Jul 1867, Alabama, d. 3 Dec 1888, (Alford Davis Family
Cemerty, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Martha A Davis b. Abt 1869, Alabama, d. Between 1870 and 1880
...2-Georgia Anna Davis b. 2 Jul 1870, Alabama, d. 15 Jan 1947, Hodges,
Franklin County, Alabama
...2-Paralee Davis b. 15 Aug 1873, Alabama, d. 16 Jul 1963, Hamilton, Marion
County, Alabama
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1-Daniel Webster Wright b. 27 Dec 1855, Georgia, d. 12 May 1947, Hodges,
Franklin County, Alabama
+Georgia Anna Dyar b. 12 Jun 1856, Georgia, m. 4 Mar 1875, Hart County,
Georgia, d. 19 Sep 1913, (Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Cemetery,
Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Olive Victoria Wright b. 22 Feb 1876
...2-George Thomas Wright b. 6 Jan 1879, d. 22 Aug 1879
...2-Robert Ira Wright b. 31 Aug 1880
...2-Albert Pruit Wright b. 29 Mar 1883, Georgia, d. 1946, (Mount Olive
Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Mary Jamie Wright b. 25 Sep 1886, Georgia
...2-Hattie Bell Wright b. 25 Jul 1890, Georgia, d. 22 Jun 1968, Alabama
+Roger William Davis b. 16 Dec 1886, Alabama, m. 7 Sep 1908, d. 6 Oct 1979,
Alabama, par. Elic Magnis Davis and Catherine "Kate" Smith
......3-William Hoyt Davis b. 1909, Marion County, Alabama, d. 9 Feb 1987, Red
Bay, Franklin County, Alabama
......3-Dan Woodrow Davis b. 10 Mar 1913, Alabama, d. 7 May 2007, Alabama
+Reba Akin b. 14 Aug 1914, d. 15 Oct 1990, (Greenview Memorial Gardens,
Forest Hills, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
+Martha White
......3-Anner Kate Davis b. 20 Feb 1916, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama, d. 4
Jul 1990, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
+Hubert Ottis Kennedy b. 27 Nov 1912, Hodges, Franklin County, Alabama,
m. 2 Aug 1934, Vina, Franklin Co, Alabama, d. 2 Mar 1993, Huntsville, Madison
County, Alabama, par. James Thomas Kennedy and Tencie Caroline Bobo
.........4-Peggy Caroline Kennedy
+Charles Henry Clark
............5-Charles Henry "Clay" Clark Jr
............5-Cynthia Gayle Clark
............5-Wade Kennedy Clark
............5-Teresa Linn Clark
.........4-Bill Kent Kennedy
+Nancy Elizabeth Cantrell b. 23 Apr 1942, Morgantown, West Virginia,
m. May 1966, Madison, Wisconsin, d. 4 Jan 2009, Montgomery, Alabama, par. Clyde
Hull Cantrell and Ethel Marie Williams
............5-Elizabeth Cantrell Kennedy
+Barbara Sue Gwinn , par. Lloyd Lionel Gwinn and Gwendolyn Lassiter
............5-Bryan Kent Kennedy
............5-Felecia Gwinn Kennedy
......3-Victoria Davis
+Unknown Scott
...2-Nina Wright
...2-Rosco Wright b. 22 Jan 1896, Georgia, d. 1914, (Mount Olive Missionary
Baptist Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama)
...2-Rosa Wright b. 23 Jul 1898, d. 27 Jul 1898, (Mount Olive Missionary
Baptist Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama)
+Celestia
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