Biographical Sketch: MRS. ABZINA aka Alzina KINYON, Section 19, is a native of New York State. Her parents were both natives of that State. Her father, Asher Tappan, was born in 1785, and her mother, Polly Simpson Tappan, was born in 1793. They came to Michigan in 1837, and settled in this county, on Belle River, in the town of China. Mrs. Tappan (*Polly), better known as Grandma Tappan, survives her husband and is ninety years of age. In 1837, Abzina, her second daughter, married Sidney Kinyon; he was a native of New York State, and came to this county with his father's family in 1832, and was a brother of, Capt. Kinyon [Phineas II], and Miron Kinyon of this town. He died July 16, 1876 (1879), leaving two daughters - Mary E., now Mrs. Maj. Baker, and Emma, at home with her mother. Mrs. Kinyon owns her farm and has lived here on the river forty-four years. Her mother, Mrs. Tappan, makes her home with her; Source: History of St. Clair Co., by A. T. Andreas, publ. 1883, pg 727
Biographical Sketch: MRS. ABZINA aka Alzina KINYON, Section 19, is a native of New York State. Her parents were both natives of that State. Her father, Asher Tappan, was born in 1785, and her mother, Polly Simpson Tappan, was born in 1793. They came to Michigan in 1837, and settled in this county, on Belle River, in the town of China. Mrs. Tappan (*Polly), better known as Grandma Tappan, survives her husband and is ninety years of age. In 1837, Abzina, her second daughter, married Sidney Kinyon; he was a native of New York State, and came to this county with his father's family in 1832, and was a brother of, Capt. Kinyon [Phineas II], and Miron Kinyon of this town. He died July 16, 1876 (1879), leaving two daughters - Mary E., now Mrs. Maj. Baker, and Emma, at home with her mother. Mrs. Kinyon owns her farm and has lived here on the river forty-four years. Her mother, Mrs. Tappan, makes her home with her; Source: History of St. Clair Co., by A. T. Andreas, publ. 1883, pg 727
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