Source:
Twentieth Century History
of
Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens.
By J. A. Kemmell, M. D.
"History is Philosophy Teaching by Example"
Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
F. J. Richmond, Pres.        C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, ILL
1910.

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	HON. JOSEPH R. KAGY Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 521
	J. A. KIMMEL, M.D. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 732
	HON. W. H. KINDER, judge of the Circuit Court in the Third Circuit of Ohio, to which honorable office, he was elected in 1908, has been a resident of Findlay for over two decades and has been a leading member of her  bar for the same period.  Judge Kinder was born Oct. 12, 1856, at Hamilton, Ohio, and is a son of William Ross and Agnes (Long) Kinder.      Judge Kinder's ancestors came to America from Holland and the first of the family to establish himself in America as Valentine Kinder, who is recorded as a settler in Berks County, Pa., in 1756.  His son, Philip Kinder, was born in Holland and he took part in the Revolutionary War.      George Kinder, son of Philip Kinder, was the father of Abraham Kinder, who was the pioneer of the family in Ohio.  He entered the land which became the family homestead, in Warren County, Ohio, and it was his industry and Dutch thrift that cleared up the wilderness farm and provided abundantly for a numerous progeny.  Of his many sturdy sons, George Kinder, the grandfather of Judge Kinder, was born in Warren County, in 1800.  For a long time he engaged in farming and he also became the owner of a line of boats which he operated on the Miami and Erie Canal.  He died in 1863, surviving his son, William Ross Kinder, for three years.      William Ross Kinder, father of Judge Kinder, was born in December, 1826, at Franklin, Ohio, and died at Hamilton in his thirty-fourth year.  At an unusually early age he was admitted to the bar and displayed remarkable legal ability.  When Hon. John B. Weller was appointed a member of the commission to decide the boundary lines between Mexico and California, he left Hamilton, of which city he had been a resident for some time, and went to the West, inviting  Mr. Kinder to accompany him as his private secretary.  When the work of the commission was satisfactorily completed, a law partnership was formed between Mr. Weller and Mr. Kinder, and they engaged in practice as a firm, for two years in California.  In 1852, however, Kinder returned to the East, was married at Cincinnati, and in the same year embarked in the newspaper business, purchasing and conducting the Hamilton Telegraph, with which he remained identified until 1858.  In that year he was elected probate judge of Butler County, but did not long survive his promotion to the Bench, his death occurring on Feb. 10, 1860.  He was survived by his widow, formerly Agnes Long, a daughter of Jacob and Maria (L'Hommedieu) Long.  To this marriage were born four sons: William R., Charles L. H., Walter H. and Stephen L'Hommedieu Kinder.      Walter H. Kinder was educated in the Hamilton schools, graduating from the High School in 1874, after which he taught school for one year, in Putnam County, and subsequently spent a year as a clerk in Robert Clark & Company, at Cincinnati.  He then turned his attention to the law, becoming a student under ex-Gov. James E. Campbell, and was admitted to the bar at Hamilton, Mar. 31, 1879.  After several years of initial practice, at Ottawa, Ohio, he located permanently at Findlay and has been prominently identified with the interests of this section ever since.  His practice, with the exception of from 1890 until 1893, has been continuous, during the above period he having served in public office, being State superintendent of insurance.  When he returned to Findlay he entered into a law partnership with George W. Ross, under the style of Ross & Kinder, which continued until Judge Kinder was elevated to the Bench.  For many years he has been a leader in Democratic circles, but has been chary of accepting political office which would in any way interfere with his professional work.  His election to the Bench in 1908, as a just recognition of his judicial qualities which his many years of legal practice had made many times manifest.      On August 26, 1886, Judge Kinder was married to Miss Helen F. Tupper, a daughter of the late Dr. C. E. Tupper, formerly of Ottawa, Ohio, and they have four children: Walter Tupper, Margaret V., William Randall and Charles Edwin.  Judge Kinder and family reside in one of Findlay's handsome residences, their home being situated at No. 824 Washington Avenue. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill.  - 1910 - Page 297

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