Asa Kinney

Asa Kinney
Asa Kinney
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 18th district
	In office; June 5, 1848 – January 7, 1850
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Duncan Reed
Member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory from Milwaukee County
	In office; February 7, 1848 – May 29, 1848 Serving with Isaac P. Walker & James Holliday
Preceded by	William Shew, Andrew Sullivan, & William W. Brown
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	May 21, 1810; Homer, New York, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1886 (aged 76); Russell, Kansas, U.S.
Resting place	Russell City Cemetery, Russell, Kansas
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Diana Spicer (m. 1830; died 1834); Lucretia Grinnel (m. 1835; died 1836); Delia Ann Rawson (m. 1837, divorced); Rachel Chinneth (m. 1878⁠–⁠1886);
Children	Tyler Asa Kinney; (b. 1831; died 1833); Alura (Stearns); (b. 1833; died 1910); Abel Frink Kinney; (b. 1837; died 1890); Asa Tyler Kinney; (b. 1839; died 1861); Electa R. Kinney; (b. 1841; died 1926); Oliver Rawson Kinney; (b. 1843; died 1875); Sarah Kinney; (b. 1845; died 1845); Athelia Kinney; (b. 1846; died 1846); Francis Loammi Kinney; (b. 1847; died 1862); Martin Palmer Kinney; (b. 1849; died 1928); Mary M. (Lewis); (b. 1851; died 1917); Charles J. Fremont Kinney; (b. 1856; died 1913); John C. Kinney; (b. 1859; died 1913);
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army; Union Army
Rank	Quartermaster
Unit	4th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry; 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Asa Kinney (May 21, 1810 – October 3, 1886)^[1] was an American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented southern Milwaukee County in the Wisconsin State Senate during the 1st and 2nd legislatures (1848, 1849).

Biography

Born in Homer, New York, Kinney moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, in 1836 and settled in Oak Creek where he had a farm. Kinney served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention. Then, in 1847–1848, Kinney served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives. He served in the first Wisconsin State Senate in 1848-1849 as a Democrat.^[2] He moved to Plumas County, California to mine in 1852 and was elected as the first member of the California State Assembly from Plumas County in 1854, again as a Democrat.^[3]^[4] Kinney moved back to Wisconsin after the Assembly adjourned (without even going back to Plumas County) and settled in Ripon, Wisconsin. He served on the Ripon Common Council and was street commissioner. He also served as sergeant at arms in the Wisconsin Senate. In 1861, Kinney served as quartermaster in the 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.^[5] He was discharged because of health.^[5] He then enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and was commissioned a lieutenant and assigned to quartermaster. He stayed in the regiment until the end of the Civil War.^[5]^[6] In 1871, Kinney moved with some colonists from Ripon, Wisconsin, to Kansas where they helped plat the community of Russell, Kansas. Kinney served as a local judge in Russell and was in the banking and insurance businesses in Kansas and Wisconsin. Kinney died in Russell, Kansas.^[5]^[7]^[8]

References

^ 'The Convention of 1846,' vol. 27, Milo Milton Quaife, Wisconsin State Historical Society: 1919, pg. 781
^ 'Memorial Record of the Founders of Wisconsin,' David Atwood, 1880, pg. 110-113
^ Biographies of Plumas County, California
^ Join California.com-Asa Kinney
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mustered Out: Col. Asa Kinney". The Atchinson Daily Champion. October 16, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved January 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 'Memorial Record of the Founders of Wisconsin, David Atwood: 1880, pg. 110-113
^ Russell County, Kansas history
^ City of Russell, Kansas biographies-Asa Kinney