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Mifflin Kenedy
Photograph of Mifflin Kenedy, Texas businessman and rancher (1818-1895)
Born(1818-06-08)June 8, 1818
Downington, Chester County, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 14, 1895(1895-03-14) (aged 76)
Corpus Christi, Texas
Occupation(s)Rancher, steamboat operator, and investor
Spouse
Petra Vela de Vidal
(m. 1852; died 1885)
RelativesAdrián Vidal (step-son), Sarita Kenedy East (granddaughter)

Mifflin Kenedy (1818–1895) was a rancher, steamboat operator, and investor who settled in Texas. He began his steamboating career on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers. He then went to Texas and northern Mexico, where he helped get many steamboats to the Rio Grande area during the First Cortina War (1859–1860). Using the Corvette, he transported General Zachary Taylor and his soldiers on the Rio Grande and then overland to Camargo, Mexico. He became successful during the Civil War when he transported goods along the Rio Grande. Kenedy operated ranches and invested in railroads in Texas, some of them in partnership with Richard King. He was among the first ranchers to fence in his ranches, starting with the 36-miles of fencing around Laureles Ranch. Kenedy was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners.

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Kenedy

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Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy

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Texas, where she married Mifflin Kenedy, a Quaker rancher, on April 16, 1852. She was then known as Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy. The couple had six more...

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Sarita Kenedy East

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National Register of Historic Places listings in the South Texas region of Texas

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Mifflin Kenedy Warehouse and Old Starr County Courthouse...

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Hall of Great Westerners

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Ferdinand Ludwig Herff

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Battle of Palmito Ranch

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