General Notes

Lee worked for years for the M & O Railroad as an engineer. He worked there
since he was 16. He went to school in his spare time and for 12 years practiced law as an attorney. One day his 1rst cousin, Francis Earle Kenny, who also worked at the RR, call Lee to ask him if he could work with him that day in the roundhouse.  Lee had accepted and headed for work in his car.  He got close to work, but got stuck in the snow and went to get Fran.  Together they got the car out of the deep snow. The weather was terrible that day with blizzard like conditions. Later that day, Lee dropped over dead at the controls of the engine. This information came from Francis Kenny.

Philip Kenny, (Lee's son) wrote:   "I compared notes with Rosanne, and here's what we both
remember (keep in mind, Rosanne was 8 yrs old, and I was 6 years old when
our dad died - however, we talked about him a lot in subsequent years. As
information, I refer to my dad, in the following write-up, as Lee -
otherwise, I would have to say dad/uncle/grandfather/etc...):
Lee was in private practice for approximately 11 years, and shared an office with Hugh Gillespie, and a few other attorneys.  Hugh Gillespie was once
Dean of the Creighton Law School, and helped Lee with the proper books to
study in order to pass the bar exam, etc..   Hugh Gillespie and Lee must
have been very good friends, as Gillespie was Rosanne's God Father. Rosanne
seems to recall that Lee had agreed to become a member of the Omaha Law Firm
of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy, etc... and may actually have been associated
with that firm at the time of his death (This could be confirmed by looking
up an old Martindale-Hubble, which lists all the lawyers & firms.)  We
recall that Lee had become rather famous, because of his involvement in a
big case which forced certain trucks (fuel, etc..) to have chains hanging on
the back of said trucks, and actually dragging on the pavement.  When we
went to movies in the 30's they had little news clips called "Time Marches
On", and his picture and story about the case was in that news reel - it
made national news!
His connection with the railroads:  (I quote from his obituary notice of
2-11-36)  "Mr. Kenny had been employed at the M. & O. (subsidiary of the
C&NW) since he was 16.  He gave his mornings to his law practice, and from 2
to 10 p.m. was engine hostler at the roundhouse"  The article states that he
had been a practicing attorney for 12 years.  I can't rely 100% on the dates
in the article, because it had his age wrong, and stated that he had been a
railroad man for 81 years - whereas, he died when he was 46.
That's about all we remember - - it is nice to share it with you. Love
to all "- - Phil (and Rosanne)