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Daniel Kennedy, who was one of the early land claimants in that area. Kennedy was born in Ireland on July, 4 1832, and went to sea at age 11. Later he settled in Philadelphia for a time and about 1853 moved to the gold fields of California. After prospecting and mining in many parts of the West he joined the rush to the Cassiar in 1874. In 1876 he moved to Sitka on Thanksgiving day, 1878, married Katherine Kasnikoff, daughter of a Russian missionary. Early in 1881 Kennedy came to Juneau and soon afterward sent for his family. A son, James, was said to have been the first white child born in Juneau, and another son, Dan served in the Alaska Legislature in 1937. In 1883 Kennedy became night watchman for the town, being compensated by private subscription. The family home was then on the present sight of the Baranof Hotel, but Kennedy also claimed a large tract on the upperside of what is now Kennedy Street and raised a garden there. In 1892 he moved with his family to Cook Inlet, where he took up a coal claim on Kachemak Bay. He returned to Juneau the following year and resumed the job of night watchman, holding it until 1911 when he retired. Kennedy died at Juneau on January 28, 1913.
Kennedy Street - a short residential street in the Starr Hill section of Juneau. Named for Daniel Kennedy.
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