FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: KINNEAR, Josiah (published 1880)
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History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties,  Ohio
Pub by Williams Bros.,  1880

JOSIAH KINNEAR,

sheriff,  is the second child of Samuel and Ellen Kinnear.  He was born
in Clinton Township,  this county,  on June 27,  1834.  His father came
to Ohio,  from Pennsylvania,  in 1806,  first settling in Pickaway
County,  where he lived until 1833.  He then removed to this county, 
and opened a hotel in what is now North Columbus.  He was a justice of
the peace some 38 years,  and died March 6,  1867.  The mother,  Ellen
Hill,  came with her fathers family,  from Virginia,  in 1813.  She was
then ten years of age,  and rode the entire distance on horseback.  Her
parents located near Darbyville,  in Pickaway County.  Mrs. Kinnear is
now living in Columbus.  Sheriff Kinnear began his education in the
Columbus public schools,  attended the university at Westerville some
time,  and finished at the Capital university,  Columbus,  Ohio.  He
began life as a farmer and surveyor,  and in the latter capacity,  laid
out,  in 1854,  North Columbus.  In 1870,  he was elected surveyor for
Franklin County,  and at the end of three years was elected city
engineer.  In the fall of 1877,  he was elected sheriff,  his term of
office expiring in the fall of 1879.  He is a Democrat,  a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,  and the Ancient Order of workman,  of
which he has been treasurer since its organization.  His wife is
josephine,  a daughter of captain Alexander and Flora Shattuck,  of
locust Grove,  this county,  by whom four children were born;  Samuel
A.,  William S.,  Edgar F.,  and Lizzie.
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