THOMAS V. KINSEY
Thomas V. Kinsey, the present teacher in district No.1, of Pymosa township, is a son of Thomas J. and Catharine (Vaughn) Kinsey. He was born in South Wales, in 1843, and came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Illyria township, Fayette county, Iowa. Thomas V. Kinsey came to Cass county about 1870, and purchased a farm in section 20, of Pymosa township. He purchased his present farm in 1880, of Clarkson Brothers. It is located on section 8, of the same township. The first improvements upon this land were made by Absalom Lynch. Mr. Kinsey was married to Stella Hipley, a daughter of John Hipley of Atlantic township. They have one son...Harry V., born September 10, 1878. Mr. Kinsey is a teacher by profession, in which he is very successful. He has taught seventeen terms. His parents, after coming to Iowa, lived in Illyria township, Fayette county, until their death. They had a family of eight children, four of whom are now living. Mrs. Mary Ann Stevens, living in Fayette county, Mrs. Jane White, living in Valley county, Nebraska, William, in Fayette county, and Thomas V.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 572.
