Biographical Sketch of Ivan J. Kinney, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Ivan J. Kinney, the highly respected and widely-known minister of the Christian church residing on a farm near Warrensburg, was born February 5, 1883, in Guthrie county, Iowa, son of Henry J. and Martha E. (Simp- son) Kinney. Henry J. Kinney was born April 11, 1859 in Cedar county, Iowa, a member of one of the honored pioneer families of that state. Mr. Kinney was reared and educated and married in Cedar county, Iowa. His marriage with Miss Martha E. Simpson occurred in 1881 and to them were born four children: Ivan J., of this review; Fred O., Big Sandy, Choteau county, Montana; Nellie L., Big Sandy, Montana; and Edith J., the wife of Mr. Campbell, of Big Sandy, Montana. In 1887, the Kinney family moved from Iowa to Missouri, where they settled in Washington territory. Henry J. Kinney engaged in farming and stock raising and in 1906, on the home place, his death occurred. Mr. Kinney was an honor- able, upright, nobleminded citizen, a man of countless friends, who have missed him sadly. Ivan J. Kinney is a graduate of Olympia High School. He was a student at the University of Washington and of Trans- ylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky. At the latter institution, he completed the Bible course and after preaching two years at Raleigh, Missouri and two years at East Lynne, Missouri, he took post graduate work in Philip's Bible School, Canton, Ohio. Mr. Kinney spent seven years in obtaining a collegiate education. He is now an ordained pastor of the Christian church and at the present time is minister, of the Gunn City, East Lynne, and Prairie View Christian churches. He is deeply interested in agricultural pursuits and much prefers to reside in the country, where he believes he can do more good. His farm com- prises 220 acres of land and on this place he is raising good grade cattle. His stock is not now pure bred, but he is gradually improving his herd and will in time devote his entire attention in the stock business to raising registered cattle. Reverend Ivan J. Kinney was united in marriage with Mrs. Alma (Hays) Bigley, of Cass county. Mrs. Kinney's parents are noble pioneers of Cass county, where they settled on land which the father entered from the government immediately after the Civil War. They came from Tennessee and are still living at the homestead, a place embracing 540 acres of land known as "Walnut Valley Stock Farm." Mrs. Kinney's father is widely known throughout Missouri as a prosperous and successful breeder of pure-bred Shorthorns. By a former marriage, Mrs. Kinney is the mother of one child, a son, Adrian Bigley. Reverend Kinney and his wife are popular, highly valued, young people, who are doing much good in the world. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================