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RICHARD
KING, a successful merchant of Chester, Geauga county, Ohio, was
born in Hamilton, Canada West, Aug. 17, 1843. His parents,
Thomas and Sarah King, natives of England, emigrated to Canada,
where the father was engaged in the butcher business. They
had a family of ten children, Richard being the youngest and one
of the three who are still living. When he was six months old his
mother died, and three months later he was bereft of a father's care.
When he was two years old, little Richard was
taken by an older brother to Rochester, New York. From
there they went to Hornellsville, Steuben county, same State, where he
lived until he was eleven. In 1852 this older brother, William,
went to Australia, and was never afterward heard from. Richard
then came to Chester, Geauga county, Ohio. He lived with
Aretas Scott one year, after which he went to work for a MR.
Roswell Cook at Geneva, with whom he remained five years. In
1860 he returned to Chester, and until September of the following year
was in the employ of Mr. Aretas Scott. Having been thrown
upon his own resources at an early age, his educational advantages were
of necessity limited. Sept. 9, 1861, he enlisted in Battery C,
First Ohio Light Artillery, Fourteenth Army Corps (the battery was
afterward transferred to the Twentieth Army Corps) and participated in
all the battles in which this corps was engaged. Jan. 4, 1864, he
re-enlisted in the same company, being promoted at the time to the
position as First Corporal. He served with the company until the
close of the war. Among the notable campaigns in which he took
part was that from Atlanta to the sea. June 9, 1865, he left
Washington for Cleveland, receiving his discharge at the latter place
June 15, 1865. In all his army service Mr. King was never
sick, and was never absent from his command with the exception of four
days when he was excused.
Returning to Chester after the war, Mr. King was
married, August 17, 1865, to Miss Emroy M. Scott, daughter of
Aretas Scott, a pioneer farmer of Chester. After his marriage
he located at that place on a farm, on which he lived for thirteen
years, and during that time made money enough to pay for it. In 1878 he
was chosen Master of the Chester Grange, and was made purchasing agent
for the organization. Subsequently he bought a stock of goods and
engaged in business for himself at Chester Cross Roads, where he has
continued up to the present time. He was appointed Postmaster
under President Hayes' administration and was relieved by
President Cleveland, was re-appointed by President Harrison
and held the office until the Democratic party again came into power,
when he was again relieved by President Cleveland. In
connection with his general merchandise business, he also handles
agricultural implements and does an undertaking business. He owns
a small farm here.
Mr. King takes an active interest in political
matters, being indentified with the Republican party. He has
served as Township Trustee three terms, Justice of the Peace three
terms, Township Treasurer for about nine years and as Clerk of the
special school district several years. He is Secretary of the
Geauga County Soldiers' Reunion Association, and of the Battery Reunion.
On various occasions he has served as delegate to county, district and
State conventions, and for three years has been Secretary of the
Republican County Central Committee. At this writing he is the
nominee of the Republican party for County Treasurer, this nomination
being equivalent to an election. He is a prominent member of the
G. A. R. In 1892 he was chosen by his comrades to visit the battle
ground of Chickamauga and locate the position of their battery during
that battle. Mr. King and his wife are members of the
Free-will Baptist Church, in which he is one of the pillars, having
given liberally of his means to its support. He is also a
prominent mason, being a member of Golden Gate Lodge, No. 245, F. & A.
M., Chagrin Falls; Chardon Chapter, at Chardon, and Eagle Commandery,
No. 29, at Painesville, Ohio.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 937 |
IRA KINNEY,
a well-known farmer residing near Fullertown, Geauga county, Ohio,
was born in Kinsman, Trumbull county, this State, Mar. 17, 1818.
Joseph Kinney, a native of Worthington, Massachusetts,
emigrated to Ohio in 1813, and settled in Trumbull county, making
the journey here on foot. He took claim to some land and
cleared up a farm. In 1837 he moved to Pierpont, Ashtabula
county, where he bought a larger farm, on which he passed the rest
of his life. In 1848, at the age of sixty-five years, he was
accidentally killed by a falling tree. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject, whose
maiden name was Sarah Mathews, was born near Steubenville,
Ohio. She died in 1860. Five of their nine children ware
still living.
Ira Kinney, the oldest in his father's family,
was born in a log house and was reared amid pioneer scenes,
receiving his education in a log schoolhouse. At the age of
twenty he began working out by the mouth, working fur years for one
man and three years for another. In 1841 he located in Newbury
township, where he purchased some land and where he has lived for
more than half a century. He has been on his present farm for
twenty three years. For the first land he bought he paid $4 an
acre, and worked out by the month to get the money to pay for it.
Mr. Kinney has 175 acres of fine land, and for more than
thirty years has given his special attention to dairying.
In the spring of 1841, March 31, he married Achsah
Higley, a native of Windsor, Ashtabula county. Her
father and grandfather emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and settled at
Windsor. Hon. Jonathan Higley, her father, was a man of
prominence in northern Ohio. He was a wealthy farmer, and in
1830 was a member of the Ohio Legislature. His death occurred at the
age of eighty-seven years. He was twice married, and had five
children by his first wife and twelve by the second. Mrs.
Kinney died May 30, 1892, aged seventy-two, after a happy
married life of fifty-two years. Following is a record of her
children: Albert R., a member of Company B, Forty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, enlisted August, 1861, and died in the army in
1863; Ira, deceased; Frank, who was killed by
lightning May 23, 1870; Emma, who died February 22, 1892;
Jonathan, a cheese manufacturer in California; Martha,
wife of Stephen Dunwell, a farmer in Newbury township, and
Dollie L. Jonathan and Emma were teachers.
Mr. Kinney is an excellent example of the
self-made man. Honesty and industry have characterized his
life. He has always taken an active interest in educational
matters, and for the past twenty-five years has been a member of the
Board of Education. Eleven years he has served as Township
Trustee. He has also filled various other local offices, and
has occupied a place in eh United States Grand Jury.
Politically, he is a Republican.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.,
1893 - Page 683. |
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