passenger and freight steamer communication
with ports on the Great Lakes.
Pop. (1910) 21,371; (1920) 40,472;.
KENRICK, PETER RICHARD, an American clergyman; born in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1806; ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1830; came to the United States in 1833; appointed coadjutor to Bishop Rosati, of St. Louis, in 1841, and succeeded to that bishopric in 1843; was created first archbishop of St. Louis in 1847. His publications include “The Holy House of Loretto”; “Anglican Ordinations”; “Vaticana”; etc. He died in St. Louis, Mo., March 4, 1896.
KENSAL GREEN, a cemetery on the N. W. of London, 77 acres in extent; consecrated in November, 1832. Here many of the illustrious sons of England have been buried, as Thackeray, Leigh Hunt, Sydney Smith, Buckle, Sir Charles Eastlake, John Leech, Sir John Ross, Brunel, Mulready, Kemble, Dibdin, Tom Hood, Balfe, Liston, Charles Mathews, Madame Vestris, Tietjens, Wilkie Collins, the Duke of Sussex, and his sister, the Princess Sophia.
KENSINGTON, a district in the W. of London adjoining Westminster, within which are Kensington Palace and Gardens.
South Kensington Museum was at first a temporary edifice of iron and wood (popularly known as “the Brompton Boilers”). It was opened in 1857, and to it were removed various collections which had since 1852 been exhibited in Marlborough House. This edifice has been superseded by permanent buildings. The institution comprises (1) the Art Museum, (2) the India Museum, (3) various science collections.
KENT, DUKE OF, 4th son of George III., and father of Queen Victoria; born in Buckingham Palace, London, Nov. 2, 1767; married Victoria Mary Louisa, May 28, 1818; died in Sidmouth, Devonshire, England, Jan. 23, 1820. See Victoria.
KENT, JACOB FORD, an American military officer, born in Philadelphia in 1835. He was educated in private schools and at Mount Pleasant Military Academy and at the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1861. He served throughout the Civil War, rising to the rank of captain. He was promoted to various grades and in 1898 was made major-general of volunteers. He served through the Spanish-American War with great distinction. He was honorably discharged from volunteer and regular service in 1898. He died Dec. 22, 1918.
KENT, JAMES, an American jurist; born in Philippi, N. Y., July 31, 1763. Author of the famous “Commentaries on American Law” (4 vols. 1826-1830), which holds in this country a position similar to that occupied by Blackstone's “Commentaries” in Great Britain. It contains not only federal jurisprudence, but the municipal law written and unwritten of the several States. He was chief-justice and chancellor of the State of New York. He died in New York, Dec. 12, 1847.
KENTISH GLORY, a beautiful moth, orange-brown with black and white markings, the expansion of the wings about two and a half inches. The larva, which is not hairy, is whitish-green, feeding on birch in July and August; the perfect insect appears in April.
KENTISH RAG, a calcareous rock belonging to the Lower Cretaceous series. In the S. E. of England it is 60 or 80 feet thick. It is of marine origin. It was in a quarry of Kentish rag at Maidstone that the great Iguanodon mantelli was discovered.
KENT ISLAND, an island some 15 miles long in Chesapeake Bay, Md., 7 miles E. of Annapolis. It was here the first settlement in Maryland was made by William Claiborne in 1631.
KENTON, a city in Ohio, the county seat of Hardin co. It is on the Scioto river and on the Toledo and Ohio Central, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and the Erie railroads. It is the center of an important farming and lumbering region and its industries include the manufacture of iron, hardware, tools, etc. It has a court house, city buildings, a public library, and an armory. Pop. (1910) 7,185; (1920) 7,690.
KENTUCKY, a river of Kentucky, formed by two forks which rise in the Cumberland Mountains, and, after a winding N. W. course of about 250 miles, enters the Ohio, 12 miles above Madison, Ind. The river runs through part of its course between perpendicular limestone walls. It is navigable by steamboat beyond Frankfort.
KENTUCKY, a State in the South Central Division of the North American Union; bounded by Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri; area, 40,000 square miles; admitted to the Union, June 1, 1792; number of counties, 119; pop.
