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SAMUEL B. KINSEY, farmer; P. O. McLean; was born in Highland Co. Ohio, Sept. 19, 1826, of Quaker parents; he moved, in 1843, to Logan Co , Ill., where his time was occupied with teaching in winter and farming in summer. In 1850, he was elected as Assessor and Treasurer of Logan Co., which responsible position he held for two years. Soon after the expiration of his term of official service in Logan Co., he entered with a land-warrant a quarter-section of prairie land in Mt. Hope Township, to which he has added another quarter-section since, together with twenty-five acres of timber land. Mr. Kinsey was united in marriage with Miss Mary Stephens in December, 1848; they had one son — G. H., who died upon fairly arriving at the age of manhood, and a daughter who died in infancy; his wife died after but a few years of married life; in August, 1854, he was married to Miss Melicent Stephens, a sister of his first wife, and who still lives; this union resulted in five children — John A., Jervis H., Nathan L., Effie and Maud. In the first organization of Mt. Hope Township, Mr. K. was elected Assessor, and, two years after, Supervisor, and continued on the Board until 1862, when he resigned, having received from Gov. Yates authority to organize a company of infantry for the United States service, which he succeeded in doing; he raised ninety men in six days and was at once elected Captain; his company entered the service as Co. A, 117th I. V. I.; he resigned his commission on account of failing health on the 10th of May, 1864, and returned home. In 1869, he was elected Commissioner of Highways and School Trustee, and, in 1876, was elected Supervisor, all of which offices he now holds.