James Wesley Kinnear and Edith M. Rich

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Husband James Wesley Kinnear ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1859 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Kinnear (1814-1902) 3 4
         Mother: Jeanette Stratton Parshall (1822-1906) 5 6

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       Marriage: 12 May 1886 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Edith M. Rich ^{1 7}

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           Born: 23 Apr 1861 - Font Hill, Ontario, Canada 7
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         Father: John Street Rich (1837-1879) 1
         Mother: Hannah L. Robertson (1835-1924) 1 7

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Children

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1 F Jeannette Kinnear ⁷

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           Born: 16 Jul 1891 7
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2 F Esther Kinnear ⁷

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           Born: 8 Jul 1893 7
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3 M James Wesley Kinnear, Jr. ⁷

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           Born: 6 Mar 1898 7
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General Notes: Husband - James Wesley Kinnear

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He received his primary education in the public schools of his native village, passing thence to the high school and graduating, in 1878. He then entered Allegheny College, receiving from that institution, in 1882, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1885, that of Master of Arts. Subsequently he registered as a law student with the firm of Brown & Stone, of Warren, Pennsylvania, and after spending a year in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, was admitted, in 1885, to practice in Warren. After spending two years in general practice, Mr. Kinnear moved, in 1887, to Pittsburgh, and rapidly built up an extensive civil practice in the County, State and Federal courts. He was attorney for the Firth-Sterling Steel Company, the Western Savings & Deposit Bank, the Keystone National Bank and many other companies of Pittsburgh. In all concerns relative to the City's welfare, Mr. Kinnear ever manifested a deep and sincere interest, giving substantial aid to any project which he deemed calculated to further the public good. His executive ability and keen business sense found exercise in the industrial world and in the realms of finance. He was vice-president of the Washington Steel and Ordinance Company, Washington, District of Columbia; director of the Pittsburg Cold Rolled Steel Company, Wolf-Tongue Mining Company, Chemical Products Company, the Firth-Sterling Steel Company and the Keystone National Bank. He was also a director of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and president of the American Fuse Company. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party, but his professional work and business enterprises so occupied his time that he never became a candidate for office, although frequently urged to do so.
While at college Mr. Kinnear was prominent in literary circles, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities. In 1894, he was appointed a trustee of his alma mater. He was an official member of the Emory Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh. He gave much time and attention to Sunday School work, and was the teacher of an adult Bible class numbering over four hundred. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sunday School Association, the World's Sunday School Association, the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association, and the Allegheny County Sunday School Association.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 510.

2 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 124.

3 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 458, BP liv.

4 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 115.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 391.

6 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 116.

7 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 133.