Kincaid News
Winter 2005 Edition

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Kincaid, WV
By Sarah Kincaid
One item of interest in the community, the old home place of Emmit Kincaid was bought and torn down and has been landscaped. There are plans of a new home going up on that sight.
Also, the home of Olga Sinclair has had some work done on it and it is up for sale.
All the homes that were on the highway by the old R & O Grocery have been torn down along with the R & O Grocery. All of the Old Timers of Kincaid are gone now except two elderly women of the Methodist Church. One which is Charlie Kincaids wife, and Ruth Sinclair who goes to the Baptist Church at Page. There are others that are a little bit younger than they but these are the two oldest still living.
Sure wish you could talk to some of them for they really know the history around here.

KINCAID, KANSAS
By Morgan Research Group Ltd.
Kincaid was established in 1885. It originally was the sight called Ozark and was established to the north of the current town sight, and in 1873 a post office was put in.
However, the Ozark sight was abandoned with the post office moving to Kincaid. Kincaid drew its name from banker Robert Kincaid, who promoted the branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad to the town.
The town grew to a population of 400 residents. In 1889 a high school and grade school was built. The buildings are still used to house elementary and junior high students for Crest USD 479.
Kincaid boasts a branch of the Anderson County Co-op, a bank, post office, Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, city hall, fire barn, and has hosted its annual Free Fair for 86 years.
To contact Kincaid please write to:
City of Kincaid
City Clerk: Frankie Chapman
City Hall
Kincaid, KS 66039

City Council meets 7:00 p.m., the second Monday of each month

KINCAID TODAY
The population of Kincaid is approximately 170
The approximate number of families is 102
The amount of land area of Kincaid is 1,302 sq. kilometers.

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My father died when I was 10 years old while living in Beckley, West Virginia. My grandparents died before I was born or ever old enough to remember them. As a child I lived in East Beckley and attended Sylvia Elementary on South Kanawha. In my early teen years I graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School(1969). I had several relatives that lived in and around the Beckley area who today are all dead.

It seems that the Kincaid's married several times and had several families from the same father. Mine was no different, and I was also from a second family. What started on my quest to find my family history began as a child. My father was the baby of his family, and this was an old family. His father was born in the late 1800's and the age difference made it hard to know any of my older ancestors. My father died when I was ten years old. Before and after his death we never had much socializing with his side of the family. As a child West Virginia mountains gave me a rich childhood and memories to be treasured. There were many childhood adventures that would seem to make Huck Finn seem gentle. We ran the hillsides with our many child hood friends exploring her creeks, valleys, and mountain tops. I was amazed to run up on old cemeteries as a child that were long forgotten but nurtured in her green mountains. I wondered why they were forgotten with no one doing up keep to this sacred grounds.

As a young parent with three sons today attending public schools in North Carolina, they would have genealogy days at the start of each school years. For several years I made up the family history to satisfy them and their teachers. They continued to ask me about their ancestors and I was not able to answer them truthfully. After several years of their continued asking me about their grand parents, I decided it was time for us to learn of our family history. In 1995 I contacted my only known cousin in West Virginia. For many months I did not hear anything from him. Later I received a packet of information from his mother-in-law Gaye Whitehead, of Daniels, West Virginia. It was the first time I had ever seen a picture of my grandfather. This information started me on a hunger to answer many of the questions of the Kincaid genealogy. As I found many paper trails of my relatives, every time I found one answer this led me to five more questions that were unanswered. Today I am still seeking links to the rich Kincaid history across Southern West Virginia.

Today I have met many of my unknown cousins across many states in our great country and am still seeking to know ever more of you. This search has led me to know, visit and walk the ground that my ancestors once walked upon. This gives one such a high knowing that I too have seen sight and sounds that my ancestors cherished. Today I know why West Virginia attracted so many of my kin and kept them from birth to their death. As I researched my ancestry, it has awakened excitement for me to come back to West Virginia.

I now leave the legacy of my West Virginia/Scottish ancestry to my children and to their children's children. May they continue the rich history of our Kincaid's for many generations to learn from our generations.

-Toney Edward Kincaid-

Credits:

Web page design.
Timothy L. Kincaid

Genealogy and information gathering.
Toney E. Kincaid

Artwork.
Timothy L. Kincaid

Music.
Timothy L. Kincaid

Submitted Pictures.
Thanks to Sarah Kincaid and Leonard Kincaid for some of the pictures that are in the Scrap Book