GEORGE W. KINDRED

KINDRED

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/20/2020 at 20:12:32

GEORGE W. KINDRED, one of the leading farmers of Washington township, residing on section 29 (postoffice Eureka), was born in Cumberland county, Tennessee, January 15, 1845, the son of J. H. and Susan J. Kindred, both natives of Tennessee. He began in life for himself at the age of twenty-one years, when he came with his parents to Montgomery county, Iowa, remaining there from June until November, 1865, when they came and settled in Washington township, this county, on a farm which has ever since been his home. He is numbered among the responsible, worthy and progressive farmers of his township. He owns about 225 acres of land, of which ten acres are in timber and the rest well improved. The farm is well located, about a mile and a half from Eureka and some nine miles from the county seat. It is a fertile farm, whereon the proprietor devotes his attention to stock-raising as well as general agriculture. There is also a very good orchard on the place. The dwelling, which is commodious, is located on a half-section line road a quarter of a mile from the Eureka coal mines. He is a School Director.

He was married December 15, 1867, to Miss Sarah E. Mansfield, daughter of the late James and Susanna Mansfield, of Grant county, Indiana. By this marriage there are eight children, viz.: Grant, who is now reading law in the office of H. t. Grangers in Corning, Iowa; Canus, who is farming in his own interests the present year; Austin, Essie I., Vernie, Archie, Walter and Avis. Mrs. Kindred is a member of the Dunkard Church, while in politics Mr. Kindred is an ardent Republican. He is a valued citizen and one of the most substantial business men of this township.