Simon KINNEY, born August 26, 1784, was one of the first two children born in Sheshequin. His early life was spent in assisting in clearing up a heavily timbered farm, receiving in the meantime a careful, moral and intellectual training.
At his majority he married Phebe CASH and took up the study of the law. In January, 1814, he was admitted to practice in the several courts of Bradford county and located in Towanda. He was a man of unquestioned legal ability and soon became one of the foremost lawyers in Northern Pennsylvania.
He was elected to the State legislature from the Bradford—Tioga district in 1820 and re-elected in 1821. He was also county treasurer in 1816-'17. He was a man of strong mind, and his service is favorably remembered by active participators in the political affairs of the time. The great David Wilmot completed his law studies in the office of Mr Kinney, who was his first associate after entering the profession.
Mr Kinney's wife died May 31, 1835, aged fifty years, and in 1836 he removed to Illinois with the rest of his family. He identified himself with the interests of the "Prairie State," and was one of the founders of her State government. He died at Indiantown, Bureau county, September 11, 1859.
The children of Simon and Phoebe Kinney were: Harriet (Mrs Charles Whitehead), Henry Lawrence, Joseph Warren, Emily, Sarah and Anna. Source: History of Sheshequin 1777 - 1902, Author: C. F. Heverly - Pub.1902, Towanda, Pa. - Chapter 2.
At his majority he married Phebe CASH and took up the study of the law. In January, 1814, he was admitted to practice in the several courts of Bradford county and located in Towanda. He was a man of unquestioned legal ability and soon became one of the foremost lawyers in Northern Pennsylvania.
He was elected to the State legislature from the Bradford—Tioga district in 1820 and re-elected in 1821. He was also county treasurer in 1816-'17. He was a man of strong mind, and his service is favorably remembered by active participators in the political affairs of the time. The great David Wilmot completed his law studies in the office of Mr Kinney, who was his first associate after entering the profession.
Mr Kinney's wife died May 31, 1835, aged fifty years, and in 1836 he removed to Illinois with the rest of his family. He identified himself with the interests of the "Prairie State," and was one of the founders of her State government. He died at Indiantown, Bureau county, September 11, 1859.
The children of Simon and Phoebe Kinney were: Harriet (Mrs Charles Whitehead), Henry Lawrence, Joseph Warren, Emily, Sarah and Anna. Source: History of Sheshequin 1777 - 1902, Author: C. F. Heverly - Pub.1902, Towanda, Pa. - Chapter 2.
Simon KINNEY, born August 26, 1784, was one of the first two children born in Sheshequin. His early life was spent in assisting in clearing up a heavily timbered farm, receiving in the meantime a careful, moral and intellectual training.
At his majority he married Phebe CASH and took up the study of the law. In January, 1814, he was admitted to practice in the several courts of Bradford county and located in Towanda. He was a man of unquestioned legal ability and soon became one of the foremost lawyers in Northern Pennsylvania.
He was elected to the State legislature from the Bradford—Tioga district in 1820 and re-elected in 1821. He was also county treasurer in 1816-'17. He was a man of strong mind, and his service is favorably remembered by active participators in the political affairs of the time. The great David Wilmot completed his law studies in the office of Mr Kinney, who was his first associate after entering the profession.
Mr Kinney's wife died May 31, 1835, aged fifty years, and in 1836 he removed to Illinois with the rest of his family. He identified himself with the interests of the "Prairie State," and was one of the founders of her State government. He died at Indiantown, Bureau county, September 11, 1859.
The children of Simon and Phoebe Kinney were: Harriet (Mrs Charles Whitehead), Henry Lawrence, Joseph Warren, Emily, Sarah and Anna. Source: History of Sheshequin 1777 - 1902, Author: C. F. Heverly - Pub.1902, Towanda, Pa. - Chapter 2.
At his majority he married Phebe CASH and took up the study of the law. In January, 1814, he was admitted to practice in the several courts of Bradford county and located in Towanda. He was a man of unquestioned legal ability and soon became one of the foremost lawyers in Northern Pennsylvania.
He was elected to the State legislature from the Bradford—Tioga district in 1820 and re-elected in 1821. He was also county treasurer in 1816-'17. He was a man of strong mind, and his service is favorably remembered by active participators in the political affairs of the time. The great David Wilmot completed his law studies in the office of Mr Kinney, who was his first associate after entering the profession.
Mr Kinney's wife died May 31, 1835, aged fifty years, and in 1836 he removed to Illinois with the rest of his family. He identified himself with the interests of the "Prairie State," and was one of the founders of her State government. He died at Indiantown, Bureau county, September 11, 1859.
The children of Simon and Phoebe Kinney were: Harriet (Mrs Charles Whitehead), Henry Lawrence, Joseph Warren, Emily, Sarah and Anna. Source: History of Sheshequin 1777 - 1902, Author: C. F. Heverly - Pub.1902, Towanda, Pa. - Chapter 2.
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