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Born 1848
From The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884)
WILLIAM KINLEY was born in Tymochtee Township February 28,
1848; he is a son of and Susanna (Sheneberger) Kinley, whose sketch appears in the Eden Township division of this work. Mr. Kinley was married, August 19, 1869, to Miss Laura A. Swinehart, a native of this township, daughter of Samuel P. and Jane (Milligan) Swinehart. Two children have blessed this union — Jerusha M. and Willard C. Mr. Kinley began housekeeping on moderate means; he rented land about seven years, and then (1876) purchased his father's homestead of forty acres (in Crane Township), which he sold in 1877; purchased forty acres in same township, and soon after sold out; purchased forty-seven acres in Tymochtee Township, and sold out in 1879, buying a farm of seventy acres in the same year. In 1882, he disposed of thirty acres to H. Griffith, leaving forty acres, which he values at 170 per acre; he has personal property to the amount of $1,500 to $2,000, all of which has been obtained by industry and economy; he has served his township in several offices, and is regarded as one of the reliable citizens of his community; he and Mrs. Kinley are members of the United Brethren Church, with which he is officially connected; he is also Superintendent of the Sabbath School.
As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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