William C. (“Scotty”) Kinkaid 1838 - 1913

KINKAID

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/19/2020 at 20:28:56

The Sioux City Journal,
Friday, March 28, 1913

‘SCOTTY’ KINKAID DROWNED.

BROKE THROUGH THE ICE WHILE CROSSING M’COOK LAKE.

CAME TO SIOUX CITY IN 1873.

He was 75 Years Old and Was Walking to His South Dakota Farm When Accident Happened—Body Not Recovered.

In attempting to walk across McCook lake on his way to his farm yesterday, William C. (“Scotty”) Kinkaid, 1503 Center street, broke through the thin ice and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. The accident was not known until 6 o’clock last night. Charles Boss, a son-in-law, who lives on the Kinkaid farm, started for town and found Kinkaid’s hat and a bundle of sacks on the ice where he went down.

Kinkaid started for his farm at 7 o’clock yesterday morning. It is supposed that he thought the ice strong enough to bear his weight all the way across the lake. One the opposite side from where he started the ice had been taken out and only recently froze over again.

Boss immediately communicated with the police department. After a consultation with relatives, it was decided that no attempt would be made to recover the body until this morning. Deputy Sheriff James Halliday, with several assistants, will go to the lake early this morning and attempt to recover the body.

Mr. Kinkaid was born in Londonderry, County Cork, Ireland, in March 1838. He was 75 years old last Sunday. Mr. Kinkaid came to Sioux City direct from Ireland in 1873. For some years he was a resident of McCook, Neb., but always called Sioux City his home. Besides a widow he is survived by five children, two stepchildren and one brother. They are Orien, Jennie and Rodney Kinkaid, Mrs. Mary Boss, Mrs. Ray Poston, Mrs. Angie Colvin, Mrs. Ellen Wheelock, of Elk Point, S.D., and James Kinkaid.

The Sioux City Journal, Sat. March 29, 1913

BODY TAKEN FROM WATERS.

Searching Party Finds Kinkaid’s Corpse in Lake.

The body of William (“Scotty”) Kinkaid, 1503 Center street, a retired farmer, who was drowned in McCook lake Thursday, was recovered at 8 o’clock yesterday morning by Ernest Boss, a son-in-law and Elmer Flurie and John Mack. It was found at the point where he fell into the lake. The body was removed to the Westcott undertaking parlors.

Mr. Kinkaid broke through the thin ice while walking across the lake to his farm. The accident was not discovered until early in the evening, when William Kinkaid, a nephew, found Mr. Kinkaid’s hat and a bundle of sacks on the ice where he went down.

Funeral services for Mr. Kinkaid will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the family residence. Rev. E. H. Stevens, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Floyd cemetery.

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~Transcribed by Linda Ziemann, Iowa Old Press Editor