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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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SAMUEL McKINSEY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Columbus, was born in Virginia, August 18, 1839. He was raised on a farm and received a business education. Joined the army in 1861, and was scout eighteen months; was wounded, and carries a buck shot in his left arm yet. Was mustered out in 1864 and returned to Indiana and worked on the railroad for a few months, and then farmed for three years, being afterwards in a store for three years and on a farm for five years. He came to Kansas in 1879 and bought land in Cherokee County, which he improved, and on which he is now raising stock and grain. He has a splendid line of all kinds of fruits set out. Mr. Kinsey’s farm is said to be fine coal land, the vein being four feet four inches thick, underlying about fifty acres. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is also Class-leader and Steward. He was married to Miss Anna A. Rash, of Indiana, in 1867, and has two children— George R. and Emma K.
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