Seaborn F. Kennamer (April 1830 – 1915) was a state legislator in Alabama.
He was born in
Kennamer Cove. He had 9 children. He served in the legislature in 1869 and 1870 representing
Marshall County, Alabama
Marshall County is a county of the state of Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 97,612. Its county seat is Guntersville. A second courthouse is in Albertville. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Ju ...
and later served as postmaster of Kennamer Cove.
He married Bettie Mitchell from Tennessee in 1869 and farmed
Winesap
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. He was a delegate at the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention. He was baptized into the Church of Christ and was a religious leader.
[
His son Franklin Elmore Kennamer became an ]Oklahoma Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases, one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma, the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma. and U.S. District Court judge. He was preceded in death by his wife and retired to Gunterville, Alabama. Seaborn is buried along with his wife at Pisgah Cemetery in Kennamer Cove.[ Many family members moved west after the Civil War. A family reunion is held annually at Kennamer Cove.]
See also
*1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only predominantly-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians ...
* List of Alabama Union Civil War units
References
External links
Findagrave entry
1830 births
1915 deaths
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