Editor’s note: First of a two-part series chronicling the history of the forming of Kendall County and its namesake, George Wilkins Kendall. Everything included in this story was taken from Bryden Moon’s March 5 presentation at the Patrick Heath Public Library.
K endall County celebrated its 160th anniversary earlier this year without much pomp and circumstance. But last Saturday, the Patrick Heath Public Library played host to a special presentation from Bryden Moon titled “Kendall of Kendall” in which the history of the county and its namesake were shared.
Moon is a local historian and a member of the Kendall County Historical Commission. He started by saying the presentation regards the life of the county’s namesake, George Wilkins Kendall, as well as the early years of the county’s development leading up to its organization in 1862.
