Charles David Kendall ^3390,3393

   Cause of his death was interstitial nephrites (kidney failure) with the contributing cause of a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity"
by Ellery Bicknell Crane, [et al.]
p. 161

Charles David Kendall, son of Horace Kendall, was born in Boylston, Massachusetts, November 10, 1854. He attended the district schools of Boylston. In 1871, when his father moved to Worcester, he went to work in the store. In 1880 he went to Grafton to work. In 1888 he returned to Worcester and entered the furniture business, again with his father. After his father's death the three sons were in partnership for a time. Sanford C. Kendall, in 1903, bought the interests of Charles D. and Frederick H. Kendall, and has since carried on the business under the firm name of Kendall Furniture Company. Charles D. and Frederick H. bought an interest in the Warren Leather Good Company, of Worcester, in July, 1903. The business of his concern is the manufacture of suit cases and traveling bags of every description, and various fancy goods of leather. The company has a large factory at 80 Austin Street, employing about two hundred hands. The company was incorporated in 1902 with a capital of thirty thousand dollars. The business was formerly that of J.J. Warren. The present officers of the corporation are: President, Thomas T. Hickey, of Shrewsbury; vice-president, Charles D. Kendall; secretary, W.H. Hayden; treasurer, Frederick H. Kendall.

His brother-in-law (Joseph Ira Lindsay) was the attending physician at his death.

  Events

• He was congregationalist.

• He was a registered Republican.

• He worked as a tailor, furniture dealer and president of a leather mill.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and home owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and property owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and home owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and owned property valued at $35,000.

• He had a residence at Keith Hill Street in 1935 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

• He was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Charles married Kate Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Ira L. Lindsey and Mary Catherine Estabrook, 26 June 1884 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.³³⁹⁰ (Kate Elizabeth Lindsay was born 16 January 1860 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts,³³⁹¹ died 26 December 1943 in Worcester County, Massachusetts ³³⁹² and was buried 28 December 1943 in Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts at Pine Grove Cemetery ³³⁹².) The cause of her death was due to influenza casued by paralysis agitans (aka Parkinson's disease) and valvular heart disease. Her brother, Joseph Ira Lindsay, was the attending physician.