Edward Kinne

Regions: Chenango and Dutchess Co., NY; Walworth Co., WI

From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, publ. 1912, Page 1261-1263 EDWARD KINNE, M.D. Among the physicians of Walworth county who have risen to eminence in their chosen field of endeavor is Dr. Edward KINNE, of Elkhorn, whose career has been that of a broad-minded, conscientious worker in the sphere to which his life and energies have been devoted and whose profound knowledge of his profession has won for him a leading place among the distinguished medical men of his day and generation in southern Wisconsin. Doctor KINNE was born in Sugar Creek township, this county, June 29, 1856, and is the son of Augustus C. and Cecilia (ROSENKRANS) KINNE. The KINNE family came from England, probably through Holland, and located in Salem, Massachusetts about 1650. Henry KINNE (born 1624) was the progenitor of the family in America. His second son, Thomas KINNE, who married Elizabeth KNIGHT, was the ancestor of the family of this name in Walworth county. The latter's son, Thomas KINNE, Jr., married Martha COX and in 1715 moved to Preston, Connecticut, and there his death occurred in 1756. His third child, Stephen KINNE, was born in Salem in 1705, went to Preston in 1715, and in 1740 moved to Amenia, Dutchess county, New York. Nathaniel, his fourth son, was born in 1739 in Connecticut, had a son, Elias, born in Amenia in 1764, who married Lydia RUNDELL, in North Norwich, Chenango county, New York. The RUNDELLS were from an old Connecticut family. Elias came to this county and died when nearly ninety-three years old. Of the RESENGRANS family not so much is known; they came from Holland to New Amsterdam, now New York in 1658 and in 1715 a descendant, Alexander, went over to Sussex county, New Jersey. Alexander's son, Col John ROSENKRANS, was colonel of a New Jersey regiment during the Revolutionary war. Augustus C. KINNE, son of Elias KINNE, was born at North Norwich, Chenango county, New York, in 1808 and came to Walworth county, Wisconsin, in 1838, among the early settlers. He spent a winter or two at Troy at Major Meacham's. He lived on Sugar Creek prairie and on Heart prairie until 1850, then bought a farm in section 1, Sugar Creek township, and there until his death in 1863. He represented this county in the second constitutional convention, and was a prominent man in the early days of the county, holding various local offices for many years. His wife, Cecilia ROSENKRANS, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1830, and in 1850 accompanied her parents, James O. and Susannah (VANCAMPEN) ROSENKRANS, to Walworth county, Wisconsin. The family located in Sugar Creek township, and there she was married in 1854. This union resulted in the birth of four children: Mary, who married Walter E. LAUDERDALE, lives at Lauderdale Lakes; Herbert is a lawyer in Milwaukee; Harriet N. is the wife of Herbert C. HENDERSON and lives at Santa Paula, California; Edward, of this sketch, was second in order of birth. The mother of these children passed away in 1892. Dr. Edward KINNE spent most of his boyhood on the farm and he received his primary education in the district schools, later attending the State Normal School at Whitewater from which he was graduated in 1878. He then took a medical course in the University of Virginia, from which institution he was graduated in 1896. He practiced near Richmond, Virginia about three years, and there he was married to Lulu M. COLVIN, daughter of Charles W. and Catherine P. (McMURTRIE) COLVIN. She was a native of Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Virginia, her father having been interested in coal mines in the latter state. In 1899 Doctor KINNE returned to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and here has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession to the present time, having built up an extensive practice which has ever been on the increase. He has resided meanwhile at Elkhorn. His name is well known throughout the county, and he ranks high with his professional brethren in southern Wisconsin. He has ever been a profound student of medical science and has kept fully abreast of the times. He stands well in the community both as a man and physician. Fraternally, he is a Mason, a member of the blue lodge and the chapter. The Doctor's wife was called to her reward in Elkhorn in 1903, leaving two children, Constance, born in 1900, and Augustus C., born in 1902, both living in Elkhorn. Submitted by Carol