Dr. Thomas C. Kennard ledger

Dr. Thomas C. Kennard (1802-1879) was born in Harford County, Maryland to Isaac Kennard. There is not much biographical information on Isaac Kennard, but he had nearly 1,000 acres of farmland as well as owning a number of slaves, Thomas inherited all this. Little is known of his education, but he had a long career as a medical Doctor in Kent County, and was one of its prominent citizens active in local affairs and the Board of Visitors & Governors of Washington College. In 1827 he married Jane Elizabeth Hanson (1809-1883) and had eleven children. Three of the sons attended Washington College, John Hanson and James Alfred with the preparatory department and Henry Constantine graduated the College in 1861. John Hanson went on to a judgeship in New Orleans and Thomas C., Jr. was a doctor in Saint Louis. Thomas died in 1879 in Kent County. Along with several properties including Elmwood the Kennard also owned Davis House, Still Pond, Kennedyville, some family are buried on the property. There is a gravestone there for Thomas Kennard with the dates 1809-1883 this might have been for Mrs. Thomas Kennard.