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"The history of the world is, after all, largely a
chronicle of the affairs and achievements of men and women. Otherwise, books would be
stale and uninteresting and the record of mankind dull beyond endurance."
W. C. Deming
John B. Kendrick Eulogy
1933
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 Kendrick Family Time Line
• 1830s-1870s
• 1880s-1890s
• 1900s-1910s
• 1920s-1930s
• 1940s-1990s
Use this time line to follow the lives of the extended Kendrick
family, from the 1800s through the 1990s. See how long it took for John B. Kendrick to
rise from Texas orphan to Montana rancher to Wyoming millionaire to Washington insider,
and see how his family fared along the way.
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KEY TO TIME LINE INITIALS |
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JBK = |
John Benjamin Kendrick |
MK = |
Manville Kendrick |
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EWK = |
Eula Wulfjen Kendrick |
DCK = |
Diana Cumming Kendrick |
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RMK = |
Rosa-Maye Kendrick |
HRH = |
Hubert Reilly Harmon |
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1830s -
1870s |
| 1835
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JBK's father and
grandfather move from Georgia to Texas
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| 1843
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EWK's father Charles William
Wulfjen born in Arkansas
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| 1853
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EWK's mother Ida Josephine
Peeler born in Florida
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| 1856
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EWK's father moves to Texas
JBK's parents marry in Texas
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| 1857
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JBK born in Cherokee County,
Texas
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| 1859
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JBK's sister Rosa born
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| 1860
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JBK's father John Harvey
Kendrick dies
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| 1865
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JBK's mother Anna Maye Kendrick
dies
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| 1868
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JBK moves in with half-sister Mary
Kendrick Reavis |
| 1869
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EWK's parents marry in Texas
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| 1870
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EWK's sister Martha born in
Gatesville, Texas
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| 1872
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EWK born near Round Rock, Texas
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| 1873
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EWK moves with family to
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
EWK's father starts Mule Shoe
Ranch in southeastern Wyoming
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| 1876
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JBK gets first job: breaking
horses for room and board
EWK's sister Edna is
born in Cheyenne
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| 1877
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EWK's sister Edna dies in
Cheyenne
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| 1879
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JBK makes first trip to Wyoming
with cattle herd
EWK and JBK meet for the first
time, at ULA Ranch
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1880s - 1890s
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| 1880
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JBK works for Wulfjens
at ULA Ranch, Wyoming Territory
JBK briefly attends one-room
school at Lance Creek
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| 1882
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EWK moves with family to Austin,
Texas
EWK's father sells out herds to
Converse Cattle Company
JBK loses Lance Creek constable
election by vote of 19-3
JBK refuses WSGA stock inspector
job
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| 1883
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JBK hired as foreman on Wulfjen
cattle drive to Wyoming
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| 1884
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EWK's sister Hazel is born in
Austin, Texas
EWK moves with family to
Greeley, Colorado
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| 1885
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JBK in charge of 77 outfit; receives
stock as payment for services |
| 1886
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JBK hired as assistant roundup foreman
for WSGA |
| 1887
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JBK hired as roundup foreman by WSGA
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| 1888
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JBK hired to run Converse Cattle Company
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| 1889
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JBK moves CCC herds to Hanging
Woman Creek in Montana
JBK finances bank in Sheridan
with A. S. Burrows
EWK and JBK meet again, at Mule
Shoe Ranch
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| 1890
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JBK declines nomination to
territorial legislature
JBK serves on Sheridan County
Executive Committee, WSGA
JBK makes extended visit to
Greeley
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| 1891
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JBK and EWK marry in Greeley; take
extended honeymoon |
| 1892
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JBK net work $39,000
EWK's sister Hazel dies of
typhoid in Greeley
HRH born in Chester,
Pennsylvania
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| 1893
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EWK votes in her first election
JBK's sister Rosa dies of
typhoid after visit to Chicago World's Fair
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| 1894
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DCK's father Hugh Smith Cumming joins
Public Health Service |
| 1895
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EWK charter member of Sheridan's
Cecilian Club |
| 1897
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RMK born in Sheridan |
| 1898
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JBK completes purchase of Converse
Cattle Co. land and stock |
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1900s - 1910s
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| 1900
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MK born at Sheridan Inn
JBK serves as President of First
National Bank of Sheridan
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| 1901
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DCK born at Blackbeard Island,
Georgia
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| 1902
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JBK liquidates all First
National Bank stock; buys cattle
JBK purchases LX Bar property on
Powder River
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| 1903
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JBK purchases two corner lots on
Sheridan's Main Street for $6,000
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| 1905
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JBK net worth $334,000
JBK donates 17 acres of land to
Sheridan for city park
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| 1907
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JBK and William Irvine purchase
coal mine in Monarch, Wyoming
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| 1908
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JBK net worth $732,000
JBK leases coal lands to Acme
Coal Company
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| 1909
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Kendricks move to Sheridan Inn
while Trail End under construction
JBK's two main street lots
valued at $140,000
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| 1910
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JBK elected to Wyoming State
Senate
JBK attends first WSGA
convention
Kendricks move to newly
completed Carriage House
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| 1911
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JBK serves as WSGA
Vice-president
JBK purchases K Ranch acreage
JBK purchases Sheridan
Enterprise and Cheyenne State Leader
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| 1912
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Kendricks purchase their first
automobiles
JBK net worth exceeds $1,000,000
JBK serves as President of
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
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| 1913
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Kendricks move into Trail End
JBK loses U. S. Senate race to
incumbent Francis E. Warren
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| 1914
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JBK elected Governor of Wyoming
RMK starts school at Ely Court
in Connecticut
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| 1915
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RMK graduates from Sheridan High
School
MK begins school at
Phillips-Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
HRH graduates from West Point
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| 1916
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JBK elected to the U. S. Senate
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| 1917
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JBK sails to Europe to visit U.
S. soldiers in England and France
JBK experiences submarine attack
at sea and air raid in London
HRH goes to France with American
Expeditionary Force
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| 1918
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JBK speaks out for women's
suffrage
MK graduates from
Phillips-Exeter
MK enters Harvard; joins Student
Army Training Corps
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| 1919
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RMK chosen to christen Navy ship
S. S. Sundance
JBK elected President of
American National Live Stock Association
JBK pushes for federal
inspection of meat industry
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1920s -
1930s
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| 1920
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RMK graduates from
Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland
EWK, RMK, MK make first trip to
Europe
DCK's father appointed U. S.
Surgeon General
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| 1921
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EWK's father dies in Sheridan
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| 1922
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JBK reelected to U. S. Senate
JBK pushes for investigation
revealing Teapot Dome scandal
RMK meets HRH at wedding of
mutual friends
MK graduates from Harvard
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| 1923
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JBK, EWK, RMK and MK form
Kendrick Cattle Company
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| 1924
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EWK and RMK presented to King
and Queen of England
JBK proposes Casper-Alcova
Project
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| 1926
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RMK joins JBK on campaign swing
through Wyoming
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| 1927
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RMK marries HRH in Washington
D.C.; moves to London, England
RMK presented for second time at
Court of St. James
EWK's mother dies in Phoenix,
Arizona
JBK provides financial backing
for Sheridan Flouring Mills
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| 1928
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JBK elected to third term in
Senate
EWK publishes RMK's Intimate Letters From London
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| 1929
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MK marries DCK at National
Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
JBK advocates creation of Grand
Teton National Park
EWK is charter member of
Sheridan Women's Club
JBK and EWK travel through
Europe by automobile
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| 1930
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JBK donates 500 acres to
Sheridan for municipal golf course
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| 1931
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RMK gives birth to a daughter
DCK gives birth to a son
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| 1932
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JBK pays highest taxes of anyone
in Sheridan County
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| 1933
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JBK dies of cerebral hemorrhage
in Sheridan
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| 1934
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DCK gives birth to a second son
RMK gives birth to a son
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| 1936
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DCK's father retires as U. S.
Surgeon General
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| 1937
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City erects memorial honoring
JBK in Kendrick (Pioneer) Park
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| 1939
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EWK's brother Clarence Wulfjen
dies in Van Nuys, California
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1940s -
1990s
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| 1941
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HRH promoted to General;
stationed at Randolph Field in Texas
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| 1942
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MK serves in Wyoming National
Guard
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| 1950
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MK serves as President of Wyoming Stockgrowers Association
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| 1952
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MK's youngest son dies in New Hampshire
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| 1955
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HRH posted as Superintendent of
new Air Force Academy
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| 1957
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HRH dies in Colorado Springs,
Colorado
EWK's sister Martha dies in Sheridan
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| 1958
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JBK inducted into National
Cowboy Hall of Fame
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| 1961
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EWK dies in San Antonio, Texas
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| 1979
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RMK dies in San Antonio
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| 1987
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DCK dies in Sheridan
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| 1992
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MK dies in Sheridan
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