Miss Helen Euphemia Kennedy

Helen, her cousin James Nix and Tip

Helen Euphemia Kennedy, sixth of Thomas Kennedy and Sarah Whitehead Kennedy's seven children, was born in 1831 in Gonzales, Texas. In 1847 she was sent to live with her Virginia relatives and attend school on the East Coast. After finishing her education, she acquired a position teaching at Mdm. Quimme's Academy for Young Ladies in Baltimore Maryland, where she was an instructor in natural history, penmanship and knitting.  Being unmarried, talk of secession and the coming war caused her to leave the East and return to Texas early in 1861. She acquired another teaching position in a small private Academy in Dallas, Texas near the home of her brother William Kennedy and his wife Elizabeth. Helen frequently visits the Kennedy farmstead to help Elizabeth with household tasks, spinning, and weaving.

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