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Born 1843, Ray county
From History of Ray County, Mo. (1881)
ALFRED C. KINCAID.
Was born in Ray county, Missouri, December 31, 1843, and educated and reared here. He began work on his father's farm early in life, and has followed farming ever since as the chosen calling of his life. He served thirteen months in the Federal army during the civil war, under compulsion, having been drafted. Alfred C. Kincaid was married on the 16th day of April, 1866, to Miss Rachel Grimes. They became the parents of six children, only two. of whom, both girls, are now living.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Millville. He is also a member of the King Hiram Lode. A. F. & A. M., at Knoxville.
As printed in History of Ray County, Mo. (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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