Bio of KINNARD, Oscar Brooke Sr. (b.1853), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 545-546
O. BROOKE KINNARD (Oscar Brooke Kinnard Sr.)
O. Brooke Kinnard, president of the Kinnard & Sons Manufacturing Company, was
born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1853, his parents being John H.
and Elizabeth (Dunwoody) Kinnard, also natives of the Keystone state, the latter
being an own cousin of W. H. Dunwoody, one of the pioneer settlers and early
philanthropists of Minneapolis. The family removed from Pennsylvania to Indiana
in 1858 and there the father engaged in farming until his death in 1890, his
wife surviving him until 1891. In their family were seven sons and two
daughters.
O. Brooke Kinnard, who was the fourth child in order of birth, was educated in
the country schools of Indiana, being but five years of age at the time the
family home was established in that state. When his textbooks were put aside he
entered upon an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade and later was with the
Atlas Engineering Works of Indianapolis, remaining in that employ for several
years. In 1878 he was made the northwestern representative of the Atlas Company,
with headquarters at Minneapolis, and held the position until 1882, when,
desirous of engaging in business on his own account that his labors might more
directly benefit himself, he organized the Kinnard & Haines Foundry & Machine
Company, under which style business was continued for thirty-five years or until
1917, when the name was changed to the Kinnard & Sons Manufacturing Company. Mr.
Kinnard has from the beginning been president of the company, with his son,
Oscar B. Kinnard, as secretary. They engage in the manufacture of tractors for
farming purposes and are controlling a constantly developing and growing
business, the excellence of their output being such as to firmly establish their
position in the market.
In Ohio, on the 30th of May, 1877, Mr. Kinnard was married to Miss Mary Belle
Haines, a daughter of Clark and Margaret Haines, representatives of an old
family of Pendleton, Indiana. Mrs. Kinnard passed away in 1918. Their children
were: Chester H., who was vice president of the Kinnard & Sons Manufacturing
Company but who died in 1920, leaving a wife who in her maidenhood was Miss
Agnes Griswold; Bertha C., now the wife of Dr. Walter Lafans of Minneapolis;
Blanche E., the wife of Harlan D. Barry, who is treasurer of the Kinnard & Sons
Manufacturing Company; and Oscar B., who is secretary of the company and who
married Miss Mildred Mynderes. The family residence is at No. 2750 Dupont
avenue, South. Mr. Kinnard is fond of fishing and motoring, finding his
recreation along those lines. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the
day but does not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. He is
identified with several business associations, including the National Metal
Trades, the National Foundrymen's Asso­ciation and the Twin City Foundrymen's
Association. He was for many years a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and
he now has membership in the Lincoln Club and the Citizens Alliance. He has long
been an active and faithful worker in the Calvary Baptist church, of which he
has served as a trustee for twenty-eight years, and its teachings have ever been
the guiding principles in his life.