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that body to n convontion at Phihuh'lphia whifli oryani/eil the naticMial hoard of trade. He died in IIMK) in Newark. N..I. Kinney, Narcissa Edith White, educator,

temperance worker, was born .Iiily 24, IS.")4. in Grove City, Pa. She receiveti her educathe (Jrove at state mal school. Pa. has Ix'en teacher

tion

in

academy and KdinlMiro

8Uperintendent

in

City the

nor-

She an«l the

department training of the Pennsylvania Rtate normal 8chcM)l; and for several years was institute instructor. .She is a national lecturer and or<,'anizer of the Woman's cliristian lemp»~rancc tinion; has been state secretary of the ('hautaui|ua association; director of the Oregon Summer school; and pH'sident of the state V<»raan's christian temperance union of Oregon. Kinney, Troy, illustrator,

artist,

was born

Dec. 1, 1871. in Kansas City. Mo. He has illustrated The Ward of King Canute; and The Gates of Kant.

Kinney, William Burnet, journalist, dipSept. 4, 17!*0. in Speed-

lomat, was born

well. .Y. He was coniwcted with tin- press f New .lersey and in IH."*!*-.),"} was eliarge

i



. near Portsmouth. Maine. He the revolutionary war; and also terved through the war of 1812. For eight years he was engaged in farming sav. nct'Ve service in

in Danville. the Hoston l8.'»I,

't.

tea

in ('hi<'ago.

Kin::e,

He was

the last

He

party.

survivor of Feb. 24,

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repreHentatie in the New York state legislature: and has hvvn a member of various state commissions. In I8!I7-U>(HJ he was county judge of Cattaraugus county, N.Y. In H'lMi tM-came a justice of the supreme court of New York for the term ending in I!n4.

Kinsella, M. Joseph, publisher and founder of liuHalo. N.Y.. was born in lS(i8 in Medina. N.Y, He graduati-d from the liulFalo

state normal school and from Cornell univ«'rsity. He practiced law for a short time in Huiralo; and lat«'r IxH-ame a jniblisher of standard relerence books. He is the f«>under, priiicipiil owner, general manager and presidfiit of Tiie Frontier Press company of IJuf-

N.Y.

Kinsella,

Kinsella, William

Hanley and Kinsella Coffee and Spice company,

jnurnalist, congrossmnn,

lit'

also vice-president of the Indus-

is

Loan company, known as the Poor Man's bank: vice-pn-^ident of the American bank and a director of the St. I^uis United railways and other corporations. He is ^ memlN-r of the board of governors of Fathei Dunne's newsboys' home. Kinsey, Charles, congressman, was born trial

in Paterson, N..I. In 1817-21 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fifteenth an«l si.teenth congresses. He died in N'.

w

.Jersey.

jurist, congress1731, in Philadel1774-75 he was a delegate from New .lersey to the continental congress. In 178!)- 1803 he was chief justice of tile supreme cojirt of New Jersey. He died Jan. 3, 1802. in Hurlington, N.Y.* Kinsey, John, jurist, jotirnalist. state legislntor. autiior. was liorn in lGn3, in Philadelphia. Pa. rp to 1730 Kinsey resided in Nesv .Irrsey. where he served in the assembly: but after this date he lived in PliihKh'Iphia. an0,

He

chief justice.

N.J.

Kinsey, William Baker, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 18»52 he was first lieutenant adjutant in the one hundred and sixty-lirst regiment New Y'ork infantry; and in 18fio was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was honorably mustered out in ISfM. Kinsey, William M., lawyer, congressman, was born in Mount Pleasant. Ohio. Since 187.'» he has be«'n engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis. Mo. In 1889-91 he was a representative from Missouri to the fiftylirst congrrss as a n-publican. Kinsley, Martin, soldier, jurist, congressmar, was b«»rn Jujie 2, 17."»4. in Bridgewater, Mass. H«' serve<I in the legislature of Massacliusi'tts about thirty years; was also at dilTi-rent periods a memWr of the state council, a judge of the court of common pleas, and judge of probate; and in 1819-21 iif was a representative from Massachusetts to the sixteenth congress. 18.3'),

Thomas,

business president of

J.,

St. Louis, Mo., was born June 8, 184."), in Carlow, Ireland. He has been a resident of St. Louis since 1870; and is president of the

1733.

HI.

Frederick W., lawyer, jurist, was

born .lune 2.>, 1S.V2, in Germany. He was brought to America when a year old; and receivi'd his education in Sprijigville, N.Y. In 1877 he began the practici* of law in Arcade and Olean. N.Y. in 1SS4-87 was a

falo.

was born in 1832 in Ireland. He attended the coi'Miion schools; was engaged in newspaper work; and in 18(i3 became editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. In 18r>6 he was postmaster of Urooklyn, N.Y. In 1871-73 he was a representative from New York to the fortv-second congress as a democrat. He died* Feb. 11. 1844, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

in

He

died .Tune 20,

Massachusetts.

Kinsley, William Wirt, soldier, educator,

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