Lavisa was the daughter of Charles Steenbergen and Lavisa Lucas, the latter the sister of Robert Lucas, governor of Iowa Territory. She married George Washington Kinkaid 16 January 1838 in Pike County, Ohio.
--by Maggie, 2008
∼G.W Kincaid was married 18 January 1838 to Miss levisa STEENBERGEN, daughter of Charles and Levisa (Lucas) Steenbergen.
Her mother was a sister of Gov. Lucas, Iowa's first Governor, a native of Virginia who removed to Ohio prior to the War of 1812 in which he served as a Brigadier General. He was twice elected Governor of the Buckeye State and there resided until 1838 when he continued his journey westward to what is now Iowa. After its organization as a Territory he received the appointment as its Governor, and took an active part in the dispute and trouble which occurred between Missouri and this State, thereby earning the title of " the fighting Governor." He was living in Iowa City at the time of his death which occurred some years ago.
The parents of Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. and Mrs. Steenbergen, were natives of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio at an early day and engaged in farming and stock-raising, frequently driving his cattle over the mountains to Baltimore. His death occurred in the Buckeye State in 1824 and his wife departed this life forty-one years later in 1865 about the time of the close of the Civil War.
Their children were as follows:
~ Elizabeth married George Porter, a native of Ohio who died in Muscatine January 1867 and to them were born six children ~ Rebecca S. became the wife of William H. Miller and to them were born three sons and three daughters; her death occurred in 1880 and he died in 1885.
~ Mary B. who married H.Q. Jamison, a native of Vermont by whom she had four children; died in 1885 in Colorado where her husband's death also occurred,
~ Susan died in Ohio in infancy
~ Joanna L. is the wife of David R. Warfield whose sketch appears on another page of this work.
Mrs. Kincaid was the youngest of that family, born in November 1819 in Pike County, Ohio. She received the best educational advantages to be secured during those early days, and is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Muscatine. In 1838, as before stated, she became the wife of Mr. Kincaid, and by their union five children were born:
~ Joanna E. born February 1839, married George D. Magoon whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work
~ Margaret L. born September 1842, wife of J.A. Bishop, a grocer of Muscatine, and their union has been graced by the birth of one daughter;
~ Charles S. born November 1843, married Miss Rebecca Haywood of St. Louis, daughter of Thomas Haywood a native of England, and they have eight chldren, five boys and three girls; he resides on the home farm in Bloomington Township.
~ William M. born 24 Jan 1846, married Agnes Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, but in 1885 her death occurred leaving two children;
~ Warren E. born June 1861, united in marriage with Miss Mary Sheldon of Fairbury, Neb, and is a resident of Cheyenne County, Kan.
--from "History of Muscatine County Iowa", Biographical Section, 1879, page 628
Mrs. LAVISA S. KINCAID. Mrs. Lavisa S (nee Steenbergen), farmer, Sec. 5; daughter of Charles Steenbergen; born in Pike Co, Ohio in 1819; niece of Hon. Robert Lucas, ex-Governor of Ohio, subsequently Governor of Iowa and Brigadier General in the War of 1812. Both of her grandfathers fought through the Revolutionary war. On the 16th of January 1838 she married Mr. George W. Kincaid, a native of Ohio born at West Union, Adams Co. April 24, 1811, son of Thomas Kincaid and Margaret (nee Hanna), natives of Pennsylvania and Martinsville, Va., and descendants of Revolutionary stock; both of his grandfathers fought through the war of Independence; his father Thomas Kincaid was aide-de-camp to Gen. Ludwick in the war of 1812-1815 and took part in the battle of the Thames about the date of the birth of his son. George W. spent most of his boyhood in West Union, his father having been Sheriff of the county for twelve years, where he attended the public schools, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to learn the tanning business at Piketon, Ohio, where after serving his time he engaged in business for some years; in 1838, shortly after his marriage he moved to La Fayette, Ind., where he was engaged as a contractor on the public works for a year; in 1839 removed to Iowa settling in Muscatine Co., which was his home during the rest of his life; here he engaged in farming. Notwithstanding the educational disadvantages under which he labored, he was a man of great intelligence and sound judgment and soon took a leading position in the community. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Iowa and also the first Commissioner of the State school fund, and was one of the Trustees, having charge of the erection of the Iowa Insane Asylum at Mount Pleasant during 1860-1862, and held many other offices of trust and responsibility during his long and eventful career. He was not only a pioneer citizen of Muscatine to whose interest he was always devoted, but he was emphatically a patriot and loved his whole country; in politics, he had been a Whig; was a radical Republican, and ever an uncompromising foe to human slavery; he espoused the Union cause with all his heart and on every suitable occasion spoke out with the fervor of a deep devotion to the cause of his country. An incident published in the local papers at the time, shows how he seized every opportunity to inspire enthusiasm and good humor in his patriotic work. A public meeting was held at which a number of speeches were made, expressing the strongest allegiance to the "old flag." One polished orator with glowing and rounded periods said he "was born under the "stars and stripes" and expected to die under them." Col. Kincaid followed this speaker and said, "I, too, was born under the stars and stripes; I was born in a little log cabin in Ohio; the stars shone on me through the chinks between the logs and there was a striped quilt over me." This speech brought down the house in uproarious applause and tended to add to his popularity and influence. But he was not satisfied with speaking; he wanted to do as well as say, and he conceived the idea of raising a regiment of "Gray-Beards" to be composed of men, who like himself were past the legal age of military duty.
Accordingly, in 1862 he recruited what was afterward known as the 37th Iowa, or "Gray-Beard" Regiment, the recruits for which were mainly drawn from the Hawkeye State, but many of them were citizens of Illinois and other adjacent States, which he commanded till the close of the war in 1865. The regiment was mainly engaged on garrison or guard duty and in this capacity rendered important service in taking the place of able-bodied troops who were thereby placed at the front. The regiment was first ordered to St. Louis; thence to the line of the Pacific Railroad where they did guard duty for several months; from thence it was transferred to Alton, Ill., and placed on guard over the rebel prisoners incarcerated at that place where they remained for about a year; from thence, the command was transferred to Rock Island; in the spring of 1864 the Colonel with his "Gray-Beards" was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., where in command of the second brigade, district of West Tennessee, he took part in the battle on the 23d of August 1864; from Memphis, the regiment was transferred to Indianapolis and thence to Cincinnati where they mustered out May 22, 1865.
As a soldier, Col. Kincaid was a stranger to fear; no braver man ever wore the uniform of his country. As a commander he was kind and indulgent to men whom he saw willing to do their duty, but stern and severe to refractory subordinates. He was a man of rather striking appearance, being over six feet high and of remarkable physical strength and endurance; was one of the pioneers of Iowa, and like most men of that period he began life low down, and by his own energy and industry accumulated a competency; leaving his wife and family of three sonnies and two daughters, Joanna (now the wife of Mr. George Magoon of Muscatine), Margaret Lavisa, Charles S, William M. and Warren E., a fine home and farm consisting of 500 acres upon which Mrs. K. and that part of the family remaining at home reside, and which Col. K. improved from a rough and crude state. Mr. K. was for many years, a member of the M.E. Church, and was, through his life, a total abstainer and an indefatigable advocate of the cause of temperance. As a husband and father he was affectionate and indulgent and was beloved and revered by his family. He died at Muscatine on the 19th of October 1876 of typhoid pneumonia in his 65th year. Mrs. K. is a member of the M.E. Church and beloved by all who know her. She was one of a committee of three appointed by the Governor to visit and inspect the State Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant and Independence, which office she has held for a number of years.
--by Maggie, 2008
∼G.W Kincaid was married 18 January 1838 to Miss levisa STEENBERGEN, daughter of Charles and Levisa (Lucas) Steenbergen.
Her mother was a sister of Gov. Lucas, Iowa's first Governor, a native of Virginia who removed to Ohio prior to the War of 1812 in which he served as a Brigadier General. He was twice elected Governor of the Buckeye State and there resided until 1838 when he continued his journey westward to what is now Iowa. After its organization as a Territory he received the appointment as its Governor, and took an active part in the dispute and trouble which occurred between Missouri and this State, thereby earning the title of " the fighting Governor." He was living in Iowa City at the time of his death which occurred some years ago.
The parents of Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. and Mrs. Steenbergen, were natives of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio at an early day and engaged in farming and stock-raising, frequently driving his cattle over the mountains to Baltimore. His death occurred in the Buckeye State in 1824 and his wife departed this life forty-one years later in 1865 about the time of the close of the Civil War.
Their children were as follows:
~ Elizabeth married George Porter, a native of Ohio who died in Muscatine January 1867 and to them were born six children ~ Rebecca S. became the wife of William H. Miller and to them were born three sons and three daughters; her death occurred in 1880 and he died in 1885.
~ Mary B. who married H.Q. Jamison, a native of Vermont by whom she had four children; died in 1885 in Colorado where her husband's death also occurred,
~ Susan died in Ohio in infancy
~ Joanna L. is the wife of David R. Warfield whose sketch appears on another page of this work.
Mrs. Kincaid was the youngest of that family, born in November 1819 in Pike County, Ohio. She received the best educational advantages to be secured during those early days, and is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Muscatine. In 1838, as before stated, she became the wife of Mr. Kincaid, and by their union five children were born:
~ Joanna E. born February 1839, married George D. Magoon whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work
~ Margaret L. born September 1842, wife of J.A. Bishop, a grocer of Muscatine, and their union has been graced by the birth of one daughter;
~ Charles S. born November 1843, married Miss Rebecca Haywood of St. Louis, daughter of Thomas Haywood a native of England, and they have eight chldren, five boys and three girls; he resides on the home farm in Bloomington Township.
~ William M. born 24 Jan 1846, married Agnes Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, but in 1885 her death occurred leaving two children;
~ Warren E. born June 1861, united in marriage with Miss Mary Sheldon of Fairbury, Neb, and is a resident of Cheyenne County, Kan.
--from "History of Muscatine County Iowa", Biographical Section, 1879, page 628
Mrs. LAVISA S. KINCAID. Mrs. Lavisa S (nee Steenbergen), farmer, Sec. 5; daughter of Charles Steenbergen; born in Pike Co, Ohio in 1819; niece of Hon. Robert Lucas, ex-Governor of Ohio, subsequently Governor of Iowa and Brigadier General in the War of 1812. Both of her grandfathers fought through the Revolutionary war. On the 16th of January 1838 she married Mr. George W. Kincaid, a native of Ohio born at West Union, Adams Co. April 24, 1811, son of Thomas Kincaid and Margaret (nee Hanna), natives of Pennsylvania and Martinsville, Va., and descendants of Revolutionary stock; both of his grandfathers fought through the war of Independence; his father Thomas Kincaid was aide-de-camp to Gen. Ludwick in the war of 1812-1815 and took part in the battle of the Thames about the date of the birth of his son. George W. spent most of his boyhood in West Union, his father having been Sheriff of the county for twelve years, where he attended the public schools, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to learn the tanning business at Piketon, Ohio, where after serving his time he engaged in business for some years; in 1838, shortly after his marriage he moved to La Fayette, Ind., where he was engaged as a contractor on the public works for a year; in 1839 removed to Iowa settling in Muscatine Co., which was his home during the rest of his life; here he engaged in farming. Notwithstanding the educational disadvantages under which he labored, he was a man of great intelligence and sound judgment and soon took a leading position in the community. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Iowa and also the first Commissioner of the State school fund, and was one of the Trustees, having charge of the erection of the Iowa Insane Asylum at Mount Pleasant during 1860-1862, and held many other offices of trust and responsibility during his long and eventful career. He was not only a pioneer citizen of Muscatine to whose interest he was always devoted, but he was emphatically a patriot and loved his whole country; in politics, he had been a Whig; was a radical Republican, and ever an uncompromising foe to human slavery; he espoused the Union cause with all his heart and on every suitable occasion spoke out with the fervor of a deep devotion to the cause of his country. An incident published in the local papers at the time, shows how he seized every opportunity to inspire enthusiasm and good humor in his patriotic work. A public meeting was held at which a number of speeches were made, expressing the strongest allegiance to the "old flag." One polished orator with glowing and rounded periods said he "was born under the "stars and stripes" and expected to die under them." Col. Kincaid followed this speaker and said, "I, too, was born under the stars and stripes; I was born in a little log cabin in Ohio; the stars shone on me through the chinks between the logs and there was a striped quilt over me." This speech brought down the house in uproarious applause and tended to add to his popularity and influence. But he was not satisfied with speaking; he wanted to do as well as say, and he conceived the idea of raising a regiment of "Gray-Beards" to be composed of men, who like himself were past the legal age of military duty.
Accordingly, in 1862 he recruited what was afterward known as the 37th Iowa, or "Gray-Beard" Regiment, the recruits for which were mainly drawn from the Hawkeye State, but many of them were citizens of Illinois and other adjacent States, which he commanded till the close of the war in 1865. The regiment was mainly engaged on garrison or guard duty and in this capacity rendered important service in taking the place of able-bodied troops who were thereby placed at the front. The regiment was first ordered to St. Louis; thence to the line of the Pacific Railroad where they did guard duty for several months; from thence it was transferred to Alton, Ill., and placed on guard over the rebel prisoners incarcerated at that place where they remained for about a year; from thence, the command was transferred to Rock Island; in the spring of 1864 the Colonel with his "Gray-Beards" was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., where in command of the second brigade, district of West Tennessee, he took part in the battle on the 23d of August 1864; from Memphis, the regiment was transferred to Indianapolis and thence to Cincinnati where they mustered out May 22, 1865.
As a soldier, Col. Kincaid was a stranger to fear; no braver man ever wore the uniform of his country. As a commander he was kind and indulgent to men whom he saw willing to do their duty, but stern and severe to refractory subordinates. He was a man of rather striking appearance, being over six feet high and of remarkable physical strength and endurance; was one of the pioneers of Iowa, and like most men of that period he began life low down, and by his own energy and industry accumulated a competency; leaving his wife and family of three sonnies and two daughters, Joanna (now the wife of Mr. George Magoon of Muscatine), Margaret Lavisa, Charles S, William M. and Warren E., a fine home and farm consisting of 500 acres upon which Mrs. K. and that part of the family remaining at home reside, and which Col. K. improved from a rough and crude state. Mr. K. was for many years, a member of the M.E. Church, and was, through his life, a total abstainer and an indefatigable advocate of the cause of temperance. As a husband and father he was affectionate and indulgent and was beloved and revered by his family. He died at Muscatine on the 19th of October 1876 of typhoid pneumonia in his 65th year. Mrs. K. is a member of the M.E. Church and beloved by all who know her. She was one of a committee of three appointed by the Governor to visit and inspect the State Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant and Independence, which office she has held for a number of years.
Lavisa was the daughter of Charles Steenbergen and Lavisa Lucas, the latter the sister of Robert Lucas, governor of Iowa Territory. She married George Washington Kinkaid 16 January 1838 in Pike County, Ohio.
--by Maggie, 2008
∼G.W Kincaid was married 18 January 1838 to Miss levisa STEENBERGEN, daughter of Charles and Levisa (Lucas) Steenbergen.
Her mother was a sister of Gov. Lucas, Iowa's first Governor, a native of Virginia who removed to Ohio prior to the War of 1812 in which he served as a Brigadier General. He was twice elected Governor of the Buckeye State and there resided until 1838 when he continued his journey westward to what is now Iowa. After its organization as a Territory he received the appointment as its Governor, and took an active part in the dispute and trouble which occurred between Missouri and this State, thereby earning the title of " the fighting Governor." He was living in Iowa City at the time of his death which occurred some years ago.
The parents of Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. and Mrs. Steenbergen, were natives of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio at an early day and engaged in farming and stock-raising, frequently driving his cattle over the mountains to Baltimore. His death occurred in the Buckeye State in 1824 and his wife departed this life forty-one years later in 1865 about the time of the close of the Civil War.
Their children were as follows:
~ Elizabeth married George Porter, a native of Ohio who died in Muscatine January 1867 and to them were born six children ~ Rebecca S. became the wife of William H. Miller and to them were born three sons and three daughters; her death occurred in 1880 and he died in 1885.
~ Mary B. who married H.Q. Jamison, a native of Vermont by whom she had four children; died in 1885 in Colorado where her husband's death also occurred,
~ Susan died in Ohio in infancy
~ Joanna L. is the wife of David R. Warfield whose sketch appears on another page of this work.
Mrs. Kincaid was the youngest of that family, born in November 1819 in Pike County, Ohio. She received the best educational advantages to be secured during those early days, and is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Muscatine. In 1838, as before stated, she became the wife of Mr. Kincaid, and by their union five children were born:
~ Joanna E. born February 1839, married George D. Magoon whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work
~ Margaret L. born September 1842, wife of J.A. Bishop, a grocer of Muscatine, and their union has been graced by the birth of one daughter;
~ Charles S. born November 1843, married Miss Rebecca Haywood of St. Louis, daughter of Thomas Haywood a native of England, and they have eight chldren, five boys and three girls; he resides on the home farm in Bloomington Township.
~ William M. born 24 Jan 1846, married Agnes Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, but in 1885 her death occurred leaving two children;
~ Warren E. born June 1861, united in marriage with Miss Mary Sheldon of Fairbury, Neb, and is a resident of Cheyenne County, Kan.
--from "History of Muscatine County Iowa", Biographical Section, 1879, page 628
Mrs. LAVISA S. KINCAID. Mrs. Lavisa S (nee Steenbergen), farmer, Sec. 5; daughter of Charles Steenbergen; born in Pike Co, Ohio in 1819; niece of Hon. Robert Lucas, ex-Governor of Ohio, subsequently Governor of Iowa and Brigadier General in the War of 1812. Both of her grandfathers fought through the Revolutionary war. On the 16th of January 1838 she married Mr. George W. Kincaid, a native of Ohio born at West Union, Adams Co. April 24, 1811, son of Thomas Kincaid and Margaret (nee Hanna), natives of Pennsylvania and Martinsville, Va., and descendants of Revolutionary stock; both of his grandfathers fought through the war of Independence; his father Thomas Kincaid was aide-de-camp to Gen. Ludwick in the war of 1812-1815 and took part in the battle of the Thames about the date of the birth of his son. George W. spent most of his boyhood in West Union, his father having been Sheriff of the county for twelve years, where he attended the public schools, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to learn the tanning business at Piketon, Ohio, where after serving his time he engaged in business for some years; in 1838, shortly after his marriage he moved to La Fayette, Ind., where he was engaged as a contractor on the public works for a year; in 1839 removed to Iowa settling in Muscatine Co., which was his home during the rest of his life; here he engaged in farming. Notwithstanding the educational disadvantages under which he labored, he was a man of great intelligence and sound judgment and soon took a leading position in the community. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Iowa and also the first Commissioner of the State school fund, and was one of the Trustees, having charge of the erection of the Iowa Insane Asylum at Mount Pleasant during 1860-1862, and held many other offices of trust and responsibility during his long and eventful career. He was not only a pioneer citizen of Muscatine to whose interest he was always devoted, but he was emphatically a patriot and loved his whole country; in politics, he had been a Whig; was a radical Republican, and ever an uncompromising foe to human slavery; he espoused the Union cause with all his heart and on every suitable occasion spoke out with the fervor of a deep devotion to the cause of his country. An incident published in the local papers at the time, shows how he seized every opportunity to inspire enthusiasm and good humor in his patriotic work. A public meeting was held at which a number of speeches were made, expressing the strongest allegiance to the "old flag." One polished orator with glowing and rounded periods said he "was born under the "stars and stripes" and expected to die under them." Col. Kincaid followed this speaker and said, "I, too, was born under the stars and stripes; I was born in a little log cabin in Ohio; the stars shone on me through the chinks between the logs and there was a striped quilt over me." This speech brought down the house in uproarious applause and tended to add to his popularity and influence. But he was not satisfied with speaking; he wanted to do as well as say, and he conceived the idea of raising a regiment of "Gray-Beards" to be composed of men, who like himself were past the legal age of military duty.
Accordingly, in 1862 he recruited what was afterward known as the 37th Iowa, or "Gray-Beard" Regiment, the recruits for which were mainly drawn from the Hawkeye State, but many of them were citizens of Illinois and other adjacent States, which he commanded till the close of the war in 1865. The regiment was mainly engaged on garrison or guard duty and in this capacity rendered important service in taking the place of able-bodied troops who were thereby placed at the front. The regiment was first ordered to St. Louis; thence to the line of the Pacific Railroad where they did guard duty for several months; from thence it was transferred to Alton, Ill., and placed on guard over the rebel prisoners incarcerated at that place where they remained for about a year; from thence, the command was transferred to Rock Island; in the spring of 1864 the Colonel with his "Gray-Beards" was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., where in command of the second brigade, district of West Tennessee, he took part in the battle on the 23d of August 1864; from Memphis, the regiment was transferred to Indianapolis and thence to Cincinnati where they mustered out May 22, 1865.
As a soldier, Col. Kincaid was a stranger to fear; no braver man ever wore the uniform of his country. As a commander he was kind and indulgent to men whom he saw willing to do their duty, but stern and severe to refractory subordinates. He was a man of rather striking appearance, being over six feet high and of remarkable physical strength and endurance; was one of the pioneers of Iowa, and like most men of that period he began life low down, and by his own energy and industry accumulated a competency; leaving his wife and family of three sonnies and two daughters, Joanna (now the wife of Mr. George Magoon of Muscatine), Margaret Lavisa, Charles S, William M. and Warren E., a fine home and farm consisting of 500 acres upon which Mrs. K. and that part of the family remaining at home reside, and which Col. K. improved from a rough and crude state. Mr. K. was for many years, a member of the M.E. Church, and was, through his life, a total abstainer and an indefatigable advocate of the cause of temperance. As a husband and father he was affectionate and indulgent and was beloved and revered by his family. He died at Muscatine on the 19th of October 1876 of typhoid pneumonia in his 65th year. Mrs. K. is a member of the M.E. Church and beloved by all who know her. She was one of a committee of three appointed by the Governor to visit and inspect the State Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant and Independence, which office she has held for a number of years.
--by Maggie, 2008
∼G.W Kincaid was married 18 January 1838 to Miss levisa STEENBERGEN, daughter of Charles and Levisa (Lucas) Steenbergen.
Her mother was a sister of Gov. Lucas, Iowa's first Governor, a native of Virginia who removed to Ohio prior to the War of 1812 in which he served as a Brigadier General. He was twice elected Governor of the Buckeye State and there resided until 1838 when he continued his journey westward to what is now Iowa. After its organization as a Territory he received the appointment as its Governor, and took an active part in the dispute and trouble which occurred between Missouri and this State, thereby earning the title of " the fighting Governor." He was living in Iowa City at the time of his death which occurred some years ago.
The parents of Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. and Mrs. Steenbergen, were natives of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio at an early day and engaged in farming and stock-raising, frequently driving his cattle over the mountains to Baltimore. His death occurred in the Buckeye State in 1824 and his wife departed this life forty-one years later in 1865 about the time of the close of the Civil War.
Their children were as follows:
~ Elizabeth married George Porter, a native of Ohio who died in Muscatine January 1867 and to them were born six children ~ Rebecca S. became the wife of William H. Miller and to them were born three sons and three daughters; her death occurred in 1880 and he died in 1885.
~ Mary B. who married H.Q. Jamison, a native of Vermont by whom she had four children; died in 1885 in Colorado where her husband's death also occurred,
~ Susan died in Ohio in infancy
~ Joanna L. is the wife of David R. Warfield whose sketch appears on another page of this work.
Mrs. Kincaid was the youngest of that family, born in November 1819 in Pike County, Ohio. She received the best educational advantages to be secured during those early days, and is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Muscatine. In 1838, as before stated, she became the wife of Mr. Kincaid, and by their union five children were born:
~ Joanna E. born February 1839, married George D. Magoon whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work
~ Margaret L. born September 1842, wife of J.A. Bishop, a grocer of Muscatine, and their union has been graced by the birth of one daughter;
~ Charles S. born November 1843, married Miss Rebecca Haywood of St. Louis, daughter of Thomas Haywood a native of England, and they have eight chldren, five boys and three girls; he resides on the home farm in Bloomington Township.
~ William M. born 24 Jan 1846, married Agnes Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, but in 1885 her death occurred leaving two children;
~ Warren E. born June 1861, united in marriage with Miss Mary Sheldon of Fairbury, Neb, and is a resident of Cheyenne County, Kan.
--from "History of Muscatine County Iowa", Biographical Section, 1879, page 628
Mrs. LAVISA S. KINCAID. Mrs. Lavisa S (nee Steenbergen), farmer, Sec. 5; daughter of Charles Steenbergen; born in Pike Co, Ohio in 1819; niece of Hon. Robert Lucas, ex-Governor of Ohio, subsequently Governor of Iowa and Brigadier General in the War of 1812. Both of her grandfathers fought through the Revolutionary war. On the 16th of January 1838 she married Mr. George W. Kincaid, a native of Ohio born at West Union, Adams Co. April 24, 1811, son of Thomas Kincaid and Margaret (nee Hanna), natives of Pennsylvania and Martinsville, Va., and descendants of Revolutionary stock; both of his grandfathers fought through the war of Independence; his father Thomas Kincaid was aide-de-camp to Gen. Ludwick in the war of 1812-1815 and took part in the battle of the Thames about the date of the birth of his son. George W. spent most of his boyhood in West Union, his father having been Sheriff of the county for twelve years, where he attended the public schools, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to learn the tanning business at Piketon, Ohio, where after serving his time he engaged in business for some years; in 1838, shortly after his marriage he moved to La Fayette, Ind., where he was engaged as a contractor on the public works for a year; in 1839 removed to Iowa settling in Muscatine Co., which was his home during the rest of his life; here he engaged in farming. Notwithstanding the educational disadvantages under which he labored, he was a man of great intelligence and sound judgment and soon took a leading position in the community. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Iowa and also the first Commissioner of the State school fund, and was one of the Trustees, having charge of the erection of the Iowa Insane Asylum at Mount Pleasant during 1860-1862, and held many other offices of trust and responsibility during his long and eventful career. He was not only a pioneer citizen of Muscatine to whose interest he was always devoted, but he was emphatically a patriot and loved his whole country; in politics, he had been a Whig; was a radical Republican, and ever an uncompromising foe to human slavery; he espoused the Union cause with all his heart and on every suitable occasion spoke out with the fervor of a deep devotion to the cause of his country. An incident published in the local papers at the time, shows how he seized every opportunity to inspire enthusiasm and good humor in his patriotic work. A public meeting was held at which a number of speeches were made, expressing the strongest allegiance to the "old flag." One polished orator with glowing and rounded periods said he "was born under the "stars and stripes" and expected to die under them." Col. Kincaid followed this speaker and said, "I, too, was born under the stars and stripes; I was born in a little log cabin in Ohio; the stars shone on me through the chinks between the logs and there was a striped quilt over me." This speech brought down the house in uproarious applause and tended to add to his popularity and influence. But he was not satisfied with speaking; he wanted to do as well as say, and he conceived the idea of raising a regiment of "Gray-Beards" to be composed of men, who like himself were past the legal age of military duty.
Accordingly, in 1862 he recruited what was afterward known as the 37th Iowa, or "Gray-Beard" Regiment, the recruits for which were mainly drawn from the Hawkeye State, but many of them were citizens of Illinois and other adjacent States, which he commanded till the close of the war in 1865. The regiment was mainly engaged on garrison or guard duty and in this capacity rendered important service in taking the place of able-bodied troops who were thereby placed at the front. The regiment was first ordered to St. Louis; thence to the line of the Pacific Railroad where they did guard duty for several months; from thence it was transferred to Alton, Ill., and placed on guard over the rebel prisoners incarcerated at that place where they remained for about a year; from thence, the command was transferred to Rock Island; in the spring of 1864 the Colonel with his "Gray-Beards" was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., where in command of the second brigade, district of West Tennessee, he took part in the battle on the 23d of August 1864; from Memphis, the regiment was transferred to Indianapolis and thence to Cincinnati where they mustered out May 22, 1865.
As a soldier, Col. Kincaid was a stranger to fear; no braver man ever wore the uniform of his country. As a commander he was kind and indulgent to men whom he saw willing to do their duty, but stern and severe to refractory subordinates. He was a man of rather striking appearance, being over six feet high and of remarkable physical strength and endurance; was one of the pioneers of Iowa, and like most men of that period he began life low down, and by his own energy and industry accumulated a competency; leaving his wife and family of three sonnies and two daughters, Joanna (now the wife of Mr. George Magoon of Muscatine), Margaret Lavisa, Charles S, William M. and Warren E., a fine home and farm consisting of 500 acres upon which Mrs. K. and that part of the family remaining at home reside, and which Col. K. improved from a rough and crude state. Mr. K. was for many years, a member of the M.E. Church, and was, through his life, a total abstainer and an indefatigable advocate of the cause of temperance. As a husband and father he was affectionate and indulgent and was beloved and revered by his family. He died at Muscatine on the 19th of October 1876 of typhoid pneumonia in his 65th year. Mrs. K. is a member of the M.E. Church and beloved by all who know her. She was one of a committee of three appointed by the Governor to visit and inspect the State Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant and Independence, which office she has held for a number of years.
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