Rev. Gideon Draper Kinnear and Matilda Gray

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Husband Rev. Gideon Draper Kinnear ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Apr 1809 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 8 Sep 1875 - Ohio 3
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         Father: William Kinnear (1778-1844) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Allender (1784-1855) 6 7

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       Marriage: Jun 1873 - Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, PA 2

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Wife Matilda Gray ²

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           Born: 1820 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Rev. James Gray (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Gideon Draper Kinnear

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He was converted and united with the Church in boyhood. In 1831 he was employed by the presiding elder of the Erie District to labor on the Youngsville Circuit, and the next year entered the regular itinerant ranks in the Pittsburg Conference, and was appointed to the Ridgeway Mission in 1834. The general minutes give Salem as his appointment in 1833. Gregg mentions neither Mr. Kinnear or Salem. He superannuated in 1874, but continued to labor as his strength would permit. At the Hollow Rock Camp meeting, on a Sunday evening, Brother Kinnear fell while preaching with great power in the tabernacle. To those who ran to support him, he said; 'Let the meeting go on, let me die at my post' and a little later he became unconscious and passed to his reward.
The following list of appointments will give some idea of the importance of the work of Gideon Draper Kinnear: 1832 Dover; 1833, Salem; 1835, Birmingham; 1836, Bradocksfield; 1837, Blairsville; 1838, Mooreville; 1839-40, Deersville; 1841-42, Salem; 1843-44, Brighton; 1845, Agent for Allegheny College; 1846, Beaver Creek Mission; 1847, Barnsville District; 1856, Temperanceville; 1857-58, Columbian; 186465, Springdale; 1866-67, Elkton; 1868, Bloomfield; 186970, New Somerset; 1871, Greenstown; 1872-73, Philadelphia Plains; 1874, superannuated, but appointed as supply to Unionville and Concord."

He was probably named for Bishop Gideon Draper, of the M. E. Church.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448, 481.

2 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 18.

3 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 17.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 481.

5 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 10.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 457, 481.

7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 373.