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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio
by E. M. P. Brister
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Vol. II -
Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co.
1909
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SAMUEL KINNEY.
Samuel Kinney, a prominent agriculturist of Newark
township, who, through hard and persevering labor, has
acquired his present excellent farm, was born in Warren
county, New Jersey, Nov. 6, 1842, a son of Jacob and
Hester (Andrews) Kinney, both of whom were natives of
that state, his father having come to Licking county in
1865, ==/and followed the pursuit of agriculture in this
township until he departed this life, in 1873, his wife
surviving him by six years. The family traces its
ancestry back to colonial days, and his grandfather was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, under George
Washington. Samuel Kinney was one of a
family of eight children, namely: Sarah and Susan,
deceased; Margaret, wife of Captain Stedman,
of Union township, this county; Barbara, widow of
Benjamin Gould, if Indiana; Louise; Emma, who is
united in marriage to Hugh Herrick, of Indiana;
Lucy, deceased; and Samuel.
In the district schools Samuel Kinney acquired
his education and remained at home until he was seventeen
years of age, and then learned the miller's trade, at which
he worked for three years, but, his health becoming
impaired, he was compelled to give up the occupation, upon
which he returned to farming. In 1863 he moved to this
county where he hired as farm hand for one year, at the
expiration of which he returned to his native state, where
he remained several months, and, in company with his father,
came to Licking county, where for a period of fifteen yeas
he worked at agriculture for wages. During that period
he had laid by most of his earnings and, being ambitions to
pursue life independently, he rented the farm on which he is
now located, and by persevering labor within ten yeas made
it a paying proposition and amassed sufficient means to
become its owner. It consists of sixty-five acres,
which by his own exertions he has highly improved with a
comfortable dwelling, barns, outbuildings and machinery,
until it is at present as fine a farm as exists in the
township. Aside from producing hay and general train
crops, he takes considerable interest in stock-raising, and
owns a number of head of the finest breeds.
In 1865 Mr. Kinney wedded Miss Elizabeth
Allison, a native of this county, whose parents are
deceased, and to the couple were born one son, William J.,
of this township, and one daughter, Elizabeth,
deceased. His wife departed this life in 1867, and in
1881 Mr. Kinney was united in marriage to Miss
Rachel Keller, a native of this township, born in 1847,
and daughter of Henry and Anna (Henton) Keller, who
reared a family of six children. Mr. and Mrs.
Kinney are the parents of: Earl D., Anna Pearl,
and Clarence R., all of whom are at home. In
politics Mr. Kinney gives his allegiance to the
democratic party, and for several years has served the
township as a useful member of the school board. He is
faithful in observing his religious obligations, and he and
his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Kinney is a man whose upright life and
straightforward dealing have won him the respect of the
citizens of the township, and it has been on the strength of
his own resources and careful management that he has placed
himself in his present comfortable circumstances.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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Mr. & Mrs.
Jacob Kuhns |
JACOB KUHNS
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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