About Charles Kinney
Lived 1850 – 1918 (aged 68). Charles Kinney was an American printer and politician.
Charles Kinney (July 7, 1850 – September 15, 1918) was a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1897 to 1901.
Life and career Kinney was born July 7, 1850, in Springville, Kentucky. When his father died in 1861, he moved to Columbus, Indiana, with his mother and brother, where he stayed until 1872. He graduated from high school there in 1866. He practiced the printer's trade until moving to Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1872. He was in mercantile for four years, until taking up printing again.
Kinney was married October 8, 1879, to Letitia H. Yoakley of Portsmouth.
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American writer and politician (1850–1918)
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Charles Kinney was born on 7 July 1850 in South Shore.
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Charles Kinney died on 15 September 1918.
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Charles Kinney was a printer and politician.
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