William Dunphy Kearney
1825-1873
William Dunphy Kearney was born 12 June 1821 in New Brunswick. He married his first cousin, Martha Jane Kearney and they settled at Grand Falls, NB. In 1866, he was a justice of the peace in Victoria County. Kearney died 7 January 1873 in Grand Falls of typhoid fever. Kearney wrote an epic poem Entitled "The Open Hand" published at Presque Isle, Maine in 1864.
Carleton Sentinel, Woodstock,NB. 4 January 1873. Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics. Volume 33, Number 1527. Accessed 9 June 2023.
Frontispiece of An epic poem, entitled The open Hand by W.D. Kearney
Kearney, W.D. An epic poem, entitled The open hand: an Indian tale of Maine and New Brunswick, founded on historical facts and sustained by tradition, 1920. Canadiana by CRKN. Accessed 9 June 2023.