Husband: Benjamin Kinney
Born: Nov- 5-1829 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Mar-23-1879 at Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Co M, 6th WVa Inf, Civil War
Father: Snoden Slater Kinney (1803 - 1889)
Mother: Mary A. Sayre (1798 - 1875)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Almeda Adaline Thorn 7 Census name: Adaline Thorn Married: Sep- 7-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
Born: ca 1837 2 Died: bef Sep 1867 8 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Hiram Thorn (1817 - 1857) Mother: Kesiah Vanhorn (1816 - ) Notes
M Child 1: John S. Kinney Born: 1852 9 (see note 2) Died: 1914 9 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Sarah Tucker b. Jan- 8-1852 d. May-18-1938 Married: Mar-26-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Elizabeth Kinney Born: Apr- -1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11,12 Census: 1940 in Denver, Denver Co, CO Resided: 1904 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Jefferson Lee Davis b. Oct-29-1862 d. Jan- 3-1929 Married: Apr- 6-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
M Child 3: Benjamin W. Kinney Born: Nov- -1864 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15 Died: Feb-24-1935 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI 16,9 Buried: in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI 6 Resided: in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI 16 Census: 1920 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI Census: 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1890 in Lewis Co, WV 15 Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: gardener 16 Occupation: 1920 housing contractor 17 Occupation: 1900 telegrapher 18 Occupation: 1890 keeper at insane asylum 15 Wife: Lillie Fatima Davis b. 1865 d. 1947 Census name: Fatima L. Davis Married: May- 8-1890 in Harrison Co, WV 15
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benj. Kinney, white male, farmer, age 49, b. Va, son of S. S. Kinney; died Mar 23 1879 in Doddridge County, cause of death diabetes. Informant: Lenora Kinney, wife. DR p. 32 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046536&Type=Death. (4) Headstone. (5) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (6) Findagrave.com. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Record of husband's remarriage. (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John S. Kinney, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah Tucker, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 26 1874. MR p. 200. (11) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (13) City Directory. (14) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) 1920 Census. (18) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Nov 5 1839. But age at marriage and in census records would indicate an 1829 or 1830 birth year, and age 49 in death record also indicates an 1829 birth year. Benjamin and his brother John were thus twins, as both were listed as age 20 in the 1850 Census. There is still the discrepancy, however, in their reported place of birth, whether Harrison County or Tyler County, which probably stems from the fluctuating county boundaries of that time. Note (2) Age 15 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1855.