Andrew Jackson Kuykendall
Born: March 3, 1815
Birthplace: Gallatin County, Illinois
Father: Joseph B. Kuykendall 1786 – 1840
Mother: Mary Polly Taylor 1790 – 1822
Wife: Cynthia N. Simpson 1818 – 1909
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Children:
Kizziah L. “Sarah” Kuykendall Johnson 1835 – 1916
(Buried: Holmes Cemetery, Donnelly, Idaho)
Mary J. Kuykendall Meade 1837 – 1869
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Lucinda B. Kuykendall 1840 – 1841
(Buried: Double Bridges Cemetery, Simpson, Illinois)
Joseph Benton Kuykendall 1842 – 1929
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Cordelia E. Kuykendall 1853 – 1859
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Casander Kuykendall 1857 – 1857
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Cynthia C. Kuykendall 1858 – 1861
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall Jr. 1862 – 1863
(Buried: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois)
Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1840 – 1865: Attorney in Vienna, Illinois
1842 – 1862: Illinois State Representative
Civil War Career:
1842 – 1862: Illinois State Representative
1861 - Served less than a year in the Union Army as a Major of the 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment
- Enlisted September 8, 1861, Resigned May 1, 1862
1865 – 1867: United States Congressman from Illinois
1865 – 1867: Member of House Mileage Committee
1865 – 1867: Member House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1873: Attorney in Vienna, Illinois
1873 – 1881: Johnson County Illinois Probate Judge
1878 – 1882: Illinois State Senator
1882 – 1891: Retired from Public Life and Farmer in Vienna, Illinois
Died: May 11, 1891
Place of Death: Vienna, Illinois
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Vienna Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Illinois
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