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George O. Kinsman, a well known attorney-at-law of Oxford, with convenient offices located in the McKinsey Building, is one of the leading citizens of the village, of which he has been a resident since 1883. Mr. Kinsman was born at Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, in 1854, and is a son of John Kinsman, who was a farmer in Vermont. The family is an old and honorable one in New England, of English extraction, and has had many distinguished members.

Mr. Kinsman was reared in his native place and was prepared in his native town for Oberlin College. After completing his collegiate course, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in 1882. He then moved to Lorain, Ohio, and there entered the car shops, where he was engaged for a year in physical work, hardening his muscles and building up his physique. He then came to Oxford, Oakland County, and began the practice of his profession, which is of a general nature, and has become well and widely known in the community.

Mr. Kinsman has taken a leading part in the councils of the Republican party in Oakland County and has served in numerous official positions. He is always active during campaigns and is in demand as a public speaker. Fraternally he is a Mason of high degree, being high priest of the Oxford Chapter, R. A. M. He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and was formerly a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the Congregational Church.