Kendall, Sr., William

Flourished: 1824-1834 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Kendoll

In October 1824, Kendall moved from Kentucky to Sangamon County, Illinois, in a group that included his married daughter and her family. Kendall settled in the western half of the county, where he was an active member of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. Politically, Kendall was a Whig. He ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834.

Tabulation of Votes in Sangamon County for State Representatives 1832-1836; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 92; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 27 September 1834, 2:5.