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JOSEPH BURWELL KENNERLY

Joseph Burwell Kennerly is a son of Joseph and
Eliza J. (Burwell) Kennerly of Franklin County,
Virginia, both of whom are deceased. He was born
March 31st, 1859, at
Mayo Forge, Patrick
County, Virginia, and
as a boy attended the
public schools and Elk
Creek Academy, in
Grayson County, and for
two years the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute
at Blacksburg, Virginia.

After leaving school
he located in Bristol and
was engaged in the
manufacture of tobacco
with T. H. Penn &
Company for a period of
two years. He afterwards
held various positions
with the Norfolk &
Western Railroad Company
for a period of fifteen years and was for five years
with the Pullman Car Company.

He came to Roanoke, Virginia, in 1885, and was
immediately appointed a member of the Roanoke
Police Force, serving the city for two years. Politically
he is a Democrat and for two years was a member of
the Democratic Executive Committee. For the past
ten years he has been connected actively with the real
estate business in Roanoke and has succeeded in
accumulating a considerable amount of residence
property and may be regarded as one of Roanoke's
well-to-do citizens.

Recently he became identified with the Turner-Kennerly
Company, Incorporated, wholesale and retail
dealers in wall paper at 323 Commerce Street,
Southwest. The firm also does a general decorating
and paper hanging business.

On February 8, 1888, he married Flora A. Kirby,
daughter of the late A. J. and Lizzie Kirby, of Floyd,
Virginia.