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Simon Kenton

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
War Hero
Died
Apr 29, 1836
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
Virginia
About
Remembered for his service during the American Revolution, the American Indian Wars, and the War of 1812, he is also famous for surviving torture by members of the Shawnee tribe and subsequently earning Shawnee respect and honorary tribal membership.
Family
The son of Irish immigrant Mark Kenton and the American-born Mary Miller Kenton, he grew up in Fauquier County, Virginia. Between his two marriages -- to Martha Dowden and Elizabeth Jarboe -- he fathered ten children.

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