Rhodora 
JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 21. February, 1919. No. 242. 
GEORGE GOLDING KENNEDY. 
EmiLe F. WILLIAMS. 
(With portrait). 
Dr. GreonaE GoLtpinc KENNEDY died at his home in Milton on 
Sunday, March 31, 1918. He was born in Roxbury, now a part of 
Boston, on October 16, 1841, and was the son of Donald and Ann 
Colgate Kennedy. 
Donald Kennedy was born April 2, 1812, in Glen Moriston in the 
Scottish Highlands. He was the son of John and Isabella (Sinclair) 
Kennedy. In this rugged and unfruitful glen where he spent his early 
years Donald acquired the habits of industry and thrift which later 
enabled him to accumulate in this country a large fortune. "Though 
the Kennedys, like most of their neighbours, were poor in a worldly 
sense, they were rich in energy and courage, and possessing, like most 
of their race, a great respect for learning and a. craving to acquire it, 
they made many sacrifices in order to educate their children. 
“Frugal living and high thinking," Dr. Kennedy often said had 
been the rule of life of his ancestors and he inherited and continued 
the family tradition to the end of his life; When Donald was still a 
youth his father and the rest of the family emigrated to. Canada 
leaving the son under the care of an uncle in Scotland where he re- 
ceived a good education including a fair knowledge “of the classics. 
In 1833 Donald came to Boston-with no ‘capital: other than a clear 
head and a large stock of perseverance. On December 23, 1835, he 
was married by Father Taylor, the noted pastor of the Seamen’s 
Bethel in Boston, to Ann, daughter of William and Celia (Golding) 
Colgate, born in Hastings, England. Of this union there were born 
