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P. R. KINCAID, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. O. Sardinia, was born hear the village of his residence, on the old Kincaid homestead, December 16, 1823. His father, Matthew Kincaid, was born in Pennsylvania July 16, 1793, and was a son of Samuel Kincaid, who removed with his family to Adams County, Ohio, in 1797. He was killed by the Indians at Fort Meigs, May 5, 1813. Mr. Kincaid, the father of our subject, was reared and brought up on a farm. He served in the war of 1812, as Sergeant, and, in 1817, came to Brown County, and located near Sardinia, where he purchased fifty acres. He was a tanner by trade, and erected a tanning establishment, which he operated for about twenty years, then retired to farming, which he pursued till his death, January 9, 1871. Mrs. Kincaid departed this life in August, 1838. Mr. Kincaid, the subject of this sketch, is the third son and fourth child of a family of eight children, of whom three survive. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his training in the common schools of the times. In 1853, he engaged in butchering, which he followed successfully up to 1880. November 28, 1878, he removed to Sardinia, and, for the last two years, has dealt in livestock. He was married, August 9, 1847, to Miss Ruhamah Dunn, a native of Washington Township, where she was born December 27, 1824. Four sons and four daughters were the fruits of this union — Didama I., wife of A. W. Dunn; Thirza A., wife of Robert Marshall, of New Richmond, Ohio; George L.; Angeline; William I.; Elmer M. and Emmett, twins, and Janette. Mrs. Kincaid is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and the children of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Kincaid is identified with the Masonic fraternity of Buford. Politically, he is a Republican. He has served his township in various official capacities with the utmost fidelity and ability. In 1874, he was chosen to the office of Justice of the Peace, and has since served his constituents in that capacity. He filled the office of Township Assessor for sixteen consecutive years, and as Land Assessor in 1880. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees two terms. He owns a farm of sixty acres in Washington Township, and the Methodist parsonage in Sardinia, as his residence. Mr. Kincaid is an honest, upright citizen, and a man of worthy enterprise.