Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Charles KINLEY, deceased; was born in Nova Scotia, 1821, and the son of William KINLEY, 
who was a farmer; Mr. KINLEY was brought up on his father's farm, and engaged in farming 
through life; he came to Will Co. about 1843, and settled on the present homestead with 
his father and mother and eight children; his father, William KINLEY, died in Oswego, IL, 
aged 84 years and 7 months; Mr. Charles KINLEY was a man who was loved and honored by his 
fellow-men; he died June, 1861, leaving an estate of 200 acres of land, which had been 
made by hard labor and good management, to his wife and five children. He married in 
1849 Miss Mary VINSON, born in Prince Edward Island, in 1831, daughter of William and 
Mary (CORY) VINSON, of England, who emigrated to America 1845; now residents of 
Plainfield, Will Co., IL.