!REF: Personal records from the Kennedy estate.
Tombstone, Bethel Churchyard, Talladega, AL, James H. Kennedy born Nov 2, 1837 died Spt. 27, 1909, "Sleep brother dear and to be your rest, God called you home, He thought it best." In same plot with Thomas & Mary Terry and mother, Mariah P. Kennedy. Co. G. 1st Reg. Texas Vollunteers, Gregg Brig Fields Div., Longstreet Corp.
Notes from inside a trunk at the original homesite said, "James Holseman Kennedy 1837-1903, never married, served in confederate army, see letters he wrote in appendix. Died in State Hospital for Insane, Tuscaloosa, Ala. (senility?) Have no clue to origin of his middle name. Believe "James" is for his grandfather. His grave is at Bethel Cemetery as is his mother's, Mariah P. Kennedy and supposedly, George W. Kennedy. Also the T.W. Terry's"
Notes also include a letter to James from George W. Kennedy Jr. Granite City, IL, asking about an old mine on the Kennedy property.

!REF: Bible Records
Letters written during Civil War
War (25 Oct 1863 Dalton, GA/22 Jun 1864 Petersburg, VA/23 Jun 1864 Petersburg, VA/27 Apr 1864 Gordonsville, VA/21 Oct 1864 Richmond, VA)
1898, Nov 6, Listed as an heir of mother living in Tuscaloosa, AL.
1900 US Census, Tuscaloosa City, Tuscaloosa, AL (D59 E123) Alabama Bryce Insane Hospital. Sheet 11, line 1. (James H. Kennedy W M Nov 1837 62 Ala--Also sheet 7, line 71, George W. Kennedy W M Aug 1847 52 Ala)

!NOTES: From Bev Brickey......James Holseman Kennedy served in Hood's Texas Brigade (the 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment) during the Civil War...he was in Company G throughout. Interestingly enough, according to the material I received, there was also a George W. Kennedy who showed up in late 1864 (November/December) in that same Company G and who was later paroled at Appomatox in April of 1865. Since our great grandfather would have turned 16 in 1864, could he have followed his older brother into the 1st Texas? James would have been an Ensign by then. I also found a Thomas Seay in Company G who could be the Cousin Tom mentioned in James' letters.