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JACOB G. KINSEY. Heinrich Kinsey, the first of the family in this country, and grandfather of Jacob G. Kinsey, emigrated from Germany to the United States and located in Rockhill township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer by occupation, industrious and thrifty, like so large a proportion of the German settlers. He died in Rock Hill township, Bucks county, near Sellersville.

Among the children of Heinrich Kinsey was Jacob (father) born near Quakertown, Bucks county, in the year 1812. He died in 1885. He was educated in the schools of the vicinity, and on relinquishing school studies, engaged in the occupation of farming, which he followed through life. He was successful, and amassed considerable money. He was a Republican in politics, but never sought or held office. He married Phebe Garges, who was a native of Montgomery county, Lower Salford township. She survived him some time, dying in March, 1902, at an advanced age. Jacob and Phebe Kinsey had the following children: Eliza, Catharine and Henry (both deceased); Lavina, Samuel (deceased) and Jacob G., the subject of this sketch.

Jacob G. Kinsey was born on the family homestead in Lower Salford, on March 13, 1858. He was educated in Bucks county, concluding with a course at the state normal school at Millersville, in Lancaster county. He had looked forward to becoming a teacher, and engaged in that occupation, teaching four years in Bucks county. He then went into a creamery, where he was employed until 1887, when, he operated on his own account, owning three creameries which he sold in 1891, and removing to his present home in Limerick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, near Linfield where he built a distillery and a warehouse capable of containing 2,000 barrels of whisky. He later increased the capacity to 20,000 barrels, and is still engaged in this business. He has been very successful, and his distillery is regarded as one of the most flourishing in Pennsylvania, the plant being operated about eight months in each year, and employing from six to ten men.

Mr. Kinsey married in 1885 Miss Elizabeth Longaker, daughter of Abraham Longaker, a farmer near Schwenksville, and the couple have the following children: Edna E., Laura and Isaac N.

Mr. Kinsey is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Masonic order.