Lawyer and businessman based in Princeton, Bureau County, Ill.

Milo Kendall was born in Waterford, Vermont, in Caledonia County, on April 1, 1819. His grandfather, William Kendall, was a native of Massachusetts and fought in the Revolutionary War before relocating to Vermont. Milo Kendall's father, Jerreb Kendall, was the captain of a calvary troop and worked as a miller and hotelier in Vermont. Jerreb Kendall married Lucy Woods in 1802, and the couple had eleven sons: Jerreb, John, George, James E., Larnard L., Lyman, Alonzo, Lorenzo, Milo, Chester and William, and one daughter, Lucy. Milo Kendall remained in close contact with his family throughout his life, corresponding with them frequently.

Kendall completed his education in Vermont, attending the Newbury Seminary (now the Vermont College of Fine Arts) in Montpelier, and then reading law with Bartlett & Fletcher in Linden, Vermont. In 1845 Kendall went to Illinois with attorney C.K. Harvey, and was admitted to the bar in Knoxville, Knox County. Shortly afterward Kendall relocated to Princeton, in Bureau county, where he opened his own law practice, one of the first in the area. In 1857 he began a partnership with George O. Ide which lasted until 1871, when Ide relocated to Chicago. Kendall later partnered with Owen Lovejoy. For forty years Kendall was the attorney for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and also handled cases for the Illinois Grand Trunk Railway, later absorbed into the CB&Q. He was also very active in the local affairs and politics of Princeton and Bureau County, serving as Mayor, President of the Early Settlers Association, and an election official.

In 1848 Kendall married Orpha Ide, daughter of Baptist minister Rev. John Ide. The couple had four children: twins Charles and Frank were born in 1853 but died a few years later, William, born in 1855, and Helen (Nell) born in 1858. William Kendall remained in Princeton throughout his life. He married Alla Kaull in in 1879, and the couple had five daughters: Orpha, Zoe, Helen, Bertha, and Alla. Helen Kendall married Harry Winter in 1888, and moved with him to the Hyde Park area of Chicago and later to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The couple had one son, Milo K. Winter, born in 1889.

Orpha Ide Kendall died in 1890. Milo remained in Princeton but stayed with his daughter and her family often in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Milo Kendall died on December 25, 1905 after a brief illness.