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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 100722, member: 44&quot;]Like the others I couldn&#039;t find any of Jefferson Davis&#039; cabinet members with a name similar to Kennedy or from Franklin. Also I checked the Secretaries of State for the actual states of TN, KY and VA with no luck. The surname Kennedy has been spelled in a variety of ways in the 1600, 1700s and the 1800s. Examples are Kennady, Kenady, Kenadie, Cannady, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>I even checked Lincoln&#039;s cabinet members for such a name - no luck. Some may be wondering why I would check the Lincoln&#039;s cabinet, the town of Franklin is more or less in the middle of Tennessee. No doubt there were many from that area that supported the Union. Even though Tennessee seceded, it was a divided state. The east side of the state sympathies were with the Union and the west side for the Confederacy. The eastern 1/2 of the state tried to seceded from the state of TN after TN joined the Confederacy. The eastern side wanted to form a new state to rejoin the Union. They partition the legislature in Nashville to secede, but were turned down. The legislature quickly sent Confederate troops to east TN to prevent it from seceding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tennessee is a good example of brother fighting brother. DH&#039;s ancestry was split during the CW. His father&#039;s maternal side fought for the Confederacy and his paternal side fought for the Union. One of his father&#039;s maternal ancestors was a sister or cousin of the Alexander H. Stephens of GA, Vice President of the Confederacy. ( I haven&#039;t proven this connection yet.) One of DH&#039;s great-great grandfathers who was in the Confederate army, died during the CW from disease. At least 2 of his paternal gg uncles fought on the Union side.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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