Biographical Sketch of Thomas Kincaid, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Thomas Kincaid, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, Post office Saxton;
was born October 12, 1821, in Adams County, Ohio, and was take to Mont-
gomery County, Indiana, when about twelve years of age. There he was
principally raised; his father was a blacksmith, and Thomas worked con-
siderable at that trade. He received the benefits of a common school
education, and by self application has obtained a thorough knowledge of
the events of the day. In 1851 he emigrated Fayette County, Iowa, and
remained there for twenty three years engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He came to this county in the spring of 1874 and settled where he now
resides; his farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, improved,
containing three good springs. He also owns three hundred and forty
four acres in Tremont Township. During the late war he espoused the
Union cause, and twice enrolled his township. He has been married
three times: first, in 1843, to Miss Margaret Danner, a native of Ohio.
She died December, 1846. His second marriage was in 1848 to Miss
Catharine Danner, a sister of the former wife, whose death occurred in
December, 1875. She left six children: Frederick, Franklin, Margaret,
now Mrs. George Cliff; Horace G., Ida and Ella. He was married again
June 14, 1877, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bedford. She has seven children by
her former marriage. By the last union there is one child, Thomas.
They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Kin-
caid holds the office of Recording Steward of the St. Joseph circuit.
He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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