Kenna, William Matthew

1868 - 1935  (66 years)

• Name	Kenna, William Matthew
  Birth	01 Nov 1868	New Haven, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Jul 1935	Washington, DC
  	DR. WILLIAM M. KENNA DEAD IN WASHINGTON Senior Medical Officer of St. Elizabeth Hospital There Specialist in Psychiatry WASHINGTON, July 2, 1935 – Dr. William M. Kenna, senior medical officer of St. Elizabeth Hospital, maintained for the care of mentally disturbed soldiers, died here yesterday of a heart attack. He was found dead in his office soon after he had completed visiting the wards. A funeral service will be held tomorrow morning in the Roman Catholic Church at Fort Myer and burial with military honors will take place in Arlington National Cemetery. Dr. Kenna, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1890 and from the Yale Medical School in 1892. After hospital service in New York, he became a specialist in nervous disorders in New Haven. When, in 1897, Company C, Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, was organized, Dr. Kenna became First Lieutenant, serving three years. During the World War, he was attached to Camp Sheridan, Ninth Division, Montgomery, Alabama, with the rank of Captain with the Medical Corps, specializing in psychiatry. After being honorably discharged the commanding officer gave him the rating on his discharge certificate as “a highly efficient officer of the highest type.” He then became attached to the medical staff at St. Elizabeth Hospital. His first wife was Miss Jane Dillon of New Haven, who died in 1907. In 1919 he married Bertha Graves of New Haven who survives. He also leaves a sister, Elizabeth Kenna of the Secretary of State office, Hartford, and a brother, Frank Kenna of New Haven. KENNA, WILLIAM M CAPT MED CORPS US ARMY DATE OF DEATH: 07/01/1935 BURIED AT: SITE 4932 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Source: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wmkenna.htm
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery
  	BURIED AT: SITE 4932 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wmkenna.htm
  Person ID	I625	Default
  Last Modified	23 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Kenna, Thomas Mortimer,   b. 28 Aug 1840, St. Johnsonville, Montgomery Co., NY d. 03 Oct 1919, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Leahy, Ellen A.,   b. Sep 1844, North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut d. 6 Feb 1911, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1867	Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY   [1, 2]
  	Married by Rev. Father Francis at St. Mary's Church
  Family ID	F239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dillion, Jane Gertrude   d. 1907
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Graves, Bertha Bishop   d. New Haven, Connecticut
  Marriage	1919
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2014

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 01 Nov 1868 - New Haven, Connecticut Death - 01 Jul 1935 - Washington, DC Burial - - Arlington National Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S91] Baptisms and Marriages 1852-1908 St. Mary's Church Little Falls NY. [S99] Civil War Records - Thomas M. Kenna, (www.ancestry.com).