Emanuel Kinder Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Emanuel Kinder was born on June 17,
1840, and is the first child born
to Israel and Sarah E. (Lincoln) Kinder. Israel was a native of
North
Carolina, and was a farmer by vocation. When a young man he
immigrated
to Missouri, after which he was married. His wife was a native
of
Southeast Missouri, and was the mother of nine children, two of
whom are
living. Mr. Kinder died, and she married again. Emanuel Kinder
worked
in a shop with his stepfather until fourteen years of age, when,
with
his mother and stepfather, he removed to Bollinger County, Mo.,
where,
for the first time, he attended school. August 3, 1861, he was
united
in marriage with Mrs. Caroline (Cato) Ladd. To them were born
two
children, who are now dead. The mother also died, after which
Mr.
Kinder married Matilda E. George, a native of Southeast
Missouri, born
in 1849. They have four children who are living: James R.,
Jesse,
Luther A. and William F. Having dealt liberally with his family
in
deeding them land, Mr. Kinder still has 137 acres. He is one of
the
patriotic Union men who answered the call of his Government by
taking up
arms to fight in the Civil War for the preservation of the
Union. He
served in Company A, Seventy-ninth Missouri Cavalry. Mr. Kinder
and
some of his family are consistent members of the Methodist
Episcopal
Church. [p. 835]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 835]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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