Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Kincaid, A. 1800 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  A KINCAID, farmer, P. O. Morea, barn April 20, 1800, in Greene County, N. Y.
His father, Samuel Kincaid, was a shoe-maker by trade; he was born in Ireland,
where his father, Thomas Kincaid, fell a victim to the much-dreaded "Press
gang," which was then in vogue, and was sent with the Royal troops to this
country, and offered his services to Gen. Washington, he having previously
deserted the British flag. He was made an Orderly Sergeant, and participated in
the battle of Bunker Hill; his son, Samuel, was in the same battle, though he
was only fourteen years old; he acted as drummer boy; he afterward participated
in the war of 1812, being stationed at Cleveland. The father of our subject died
at the age of one hundred and three years, and his grandfather lived to be one
hundred and five years old. Samuel Kincaid married Marian Hungerford, born in
Massachusetts; she was the mother of eleven children. Our subject moved with his
father from New York to Pennsylvania, from there to Ohio, thence to Kentucky,
then north again to Indiana, and finally in 1840 he settled in this county. He
was married, July 6, 1826, to Lucinda Jenna; she had six children, of whom only
Lucy A., Lydia M. and Franklin are now living. He was married again, July 16,
1874, to Mrs. Hannah Cory, born May 3,1833; she is a daughter of Robert and
Sarah (Gogin) Young, and the mother of two daughters, who are now living —Sarah
Jane and Mary Electa. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat, and as far as earthly possessions are
concerned, he is well provided, having 386 acres of fine land, besides good town
property in Robinson.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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