History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county . B. andFrank E. Kinne, deceased. Lucius B. Kinne grew up at Paw Paw, Mich-igan, and acquired his education in the public schools. Among his firstefforts were those of a farmer, first as hired man and second as a was engaged in business as a druggist in Texas, Michigan, for a timeand upon coming to Allen county he put in the first stock of drugs inMoran. Mr. Kinne was early
History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas : embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county . B. andFrank E. Kinne, deceased. Lucius B. Kinne grew up at Paw Paw, Mich-igan, and acquired his education in the public schools. Among his firstefforts were those of a farmer, first as hired man and second as a was engaged in business as a druggist in Texas, Michigan, for a timeand upon coming to Allen county he put in the first stock of drugs inMoran. Mr. Kinne was early recognized as a man of sound judgment and ofcorrect business principles. In spite of the opposition and of jealousy en-gendered because of success, he prospered and maintained his commercialstanding unimpaired. This record, together with his known integrity hadmuch to do with securing his appointment as receiver of the Moran Bankin 1898. His political activity and his intense loyalty to Republicanismand to McKinley, especially, placed him in line for the appointment aspost master and in June 1897 he succeeded Charles Mendell as chief of theMoran post office. For many years he was a member of the Republican. rs WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 203 County Central Committee and the direction of matters political for Marma-lon township has been left to the care of him and his advisors. February 15, 1876, Mr. Kinne was married in Kalamazoo, Michigan,to Esther, a daughter of John S. Harrison, of the line of the first BenjaminHarrison, of Virginia. Mr. and Mis. Kinnes children are: Clare B., bornOctober 7, 1877, is a registered pharmacist and looks after the drug depart-ment of the store; Lulu, born April 23, 18S1; Bessie, born June 22, 18S5,and Verle, born June 17, 1890. In reviewing the life of a citizen for this work it is only possible totouch upon the chief events therein and to impress posterity with the domi-nant elements of his mental makeup. It will be seen that Mr. Kinne wasa son
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