JAMES KINDRED
James Kindred, who is living
retired in Pleasanton after many years devoted to agricultural pursuits, was
born in Owen township, Jackson county, Indiana, in March, 1834, of the marriage
of William and Rachel (Woods) Kindred.
The father was a native of Kentucky and was by occupation a farmer and
blacksmith. He removed to Indiana in an
early day in the history of that state and at first concentrated his attention
upon blacksmithing. Later he purchased
land in Jackson county, which he operated until 1856, when he moved to
Missouri. He continued to do
blacksmithing in connection with his farm work until he was seventy years of
age, his demise occurring in 1895, when he was eighty years old. His wife, who was a native of Indiana, has
also passed away.
James Kindred received his
education in the district schools of the Hoosier state, but when fourteen years
of age left home and began to provide for his own support, going to Illinois,
where he worked as a farm hand for eight years.
At the end of that time he removed to Mercer county, Missouri, where he
bought land which he improved and operated.
In the meantime he had learned the blacksmith’s trade and erected a shop
upon his farm, doing blacksmithing for thirteen years. He was actively engaged in farming for
fifty-three years, but at the end of that time felt that he had accumulated
sufficient of this world’s good and in May, 1910, he removed to Pleasanton,
where he is now living retired. He still
owns, however, two hundred and eighty-three acres of excellent land and at one
time held title to four hundred acres.
On the 16th of
March, 1856, Mr. Kindred was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Easton, a
daughter of John J. and Nancy (Thorp) Easton, both natives of Kentucky. The father, who followed the occupation of
farming, removed to Indiana in the early days of the history of that state, and
after residing there for a number of years went to Illinois, whence he removed
to Mercer county, Missouri. He died when
sixty-seven years of age and his wife is also deceased. Mr. And Mrs. Kindred have become the parents
of twelve children, namely: Nancy C.,
the deceased wife of Phil Kindred; John William, who is living in Colorado;
Delanie, deceased; Mary F. the wife of Jack Kindred, a resident of Harrison
county, Missouri; Rebecca, who married Charles Edwards, residing in Colorado;
Robert R., deceased; Susan E., the wife of Andrew Moore, who operates the farm
belonging to our subject; Janet C., who married Emmett Hilton, of Mercer
county, Missouri; Beverly, deceased; Charles C. and Albert, who have also
passed away; and Bertie E., the wife of Henry Hill, of Mercer county, Missouri.
Mr. Kindred is a democrat and is a faithful worker in the ranks of the party. During the Civil war he was for twenty-two days at the front. He has made many friends in Pleasanton since removing here and is accounted one of the valuable citizens of the town, as he takes a keen interest in the general welfare.