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Andrew Kennedy Woodhurst was born around 1866 at Abbeville, SC to parents Andrew Jackson Woodhurst and his wife Ann(e) Amanda Kennedy.
The US 1880 Census finds him living with his parents and siblings at Cedar Springs in Abbeville County, occupied as a farmer.
He married Martha Ann Fortescue, probably in Abbeville, around 1891.
The US 1900 Census finds them living in Abbeville township. Andrew Kennedy was occupied as a farmer. The record states that he was born in January 1866, that he and Martha had been married for 9 years and that they had produced 4 children of whom 4 were still living. Her birthdate is given as June 1873.
The US 1910 Census finds them still in Abbeville. Andrew Kennedy had no specific occupation but was on a farm. He and Martha had now been married for "18" years and had produced 7 children of whom 7 were still living (all of them in the household).
The US 1930 Census finds them living in Mt. Carmel township in McCormick County, SC, still occupied in farming. Martha was also working as a home-maker for some private family. With them was their unmarried daughter Margaret Eleanor.
By the mid-1930s Andrew Kennedy was living in Bethai and still farming [descendant's report].
He died at Abbeville on June 27th 1937 was buried there at the Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery [from Bratcher]. Martha died on January 8th 1951 and was buried in the same cemetery on January 10th [descendant's report].