FALMOUTH KEARNEY

Third great grandfather of President Barack Obama

Parents: Joseph Kearney and Phoebe Donovan

Born: 1830 in Ireland

Died: March 21, 1878

Married Charlotte Holloway between 1850 - 1853

Children: Phoebe
Elizabeth
Martha A.
Margaret
William
Joseph
Falmouth (Fullie)
Mary Ann

Falmouth Kearney and Charlotte Holloway were married between mid 1850 and 1853. Falmouth first appears alone in the 1850 census of Wayne, Fayette County, Ohio, where he is enumerated with his aunt and uncle, William and Alice Carney (Kearney), along with his sister Margaret Cleary, and her husband William. In the 1860 census of Deerfield, Ross County, Ohio they are living next to Charlotte's brother, Joseph Holloway. By the 1870 census the couple are living in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Indiana. Three of Falmouth and Charlotte Kearney's daughters married Dunham brothers. Phoebe Kearney married David Dunham on April 17, 1873. Martha A. Kearney married Jeptha Dunham on August 24, 1876 and Mary Ann Kearney married Jacob William on March 1, 1890. Mary Ann and Jacob Dunham are President Obama's Second Great Grandparents.

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