Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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ANDREW KINNIS

Andrew KINNIS, who departed this life in February, 1864, at the age of seventy-eight years, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and was a son of Andrew of the same shire, who passed his entire life on his native land and gave his attention, throughout his days, to gardening. The subject of this memoir was married on April 18, 1826, to Mary MCCLAREN, of the north highlands of Scotland. He was a weaver of fine cloth in Perthshire.

In 1844 the family removed to Glasgow, where they remained for ten years, and in 1854 emigrated to America. They landed in New York City and four years later came to Harrison county, Iowa, where they settled about three miles north of Woodbine, where the father engaged in farming for some time.

There were seven children in the family, namely: Andrew, born June 4, 1827, died in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 7, 1895. The second child was John MCCLAREN, born October 28, 1831, who died while in service at the time of the Civil War. His death occurred at Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 13, 1864. He was a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Iowa volunteer Infantry. Jane, the first daughter of the family, was born on October 3, 1833, and was married in May of 1855 to George Ewing, a machinist of New York City. He died in 1867 while still a resident of that city and the widow continued to live there for fifteen years longer, when she came to Harrison county, where she has since made her home. The fourth child of the family was Christopher A., born November 24, 1835, and died in Brooklyn, New York, on April 16, 1900. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served three years as a member of Company C, Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry. Mary Ann was born on February 18, 1838, and died in Quincy, Illinois, in 1906. Daniel M. was born on July 24, 1840, and Jessie, the youngest of the family, was born on June 16, 1843. She is the wife of J. COE, banker, of Woodbine.

Andrew KINNIS had retired from the active labors of life and was living with his children at the time of his death. His widow survived him a number of years, her death occurring on January 22, 1884, while in her eighty-fifty year. Andrew KINNIS was a devout member of the Christian church and a man worthy of the respect and honor which he inspired in the hearts of others.

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