Kinsey, Stephen bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 855, Pleasant Township
Stephen Kinsey, farmer, sec. 6; P. O., Ipava. To Richard and Sarah Kinsey, while residents of Ohio there was born a son upon the 1st of Nov., 21, whom they christened Stephen, the subject of this sketch. Until he reached his majority he passed life upon the farm, at which time he began the teaching of school and has taught steadily for about 8 years. He came to this township in 1842, and has held many local offices of the township; was married in 1848 to Phoebe Bogue, who was born in Ohio in 1828. They have 4 children living of a family of 8 born to them, Daniel, Stewart, Eli and Joel, deceased, Jesse, Charles, Harry and Mary.
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