Wisner Kinne (1859 - 1938)

Born 28 Oct 1859 in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States

Husband of Margaret May (Payne) Kinne — married 30 Jun 1890 in Ovid, Seneca, New York, United States

Died 19 Apr 1938 at age 78 in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States

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Biography

Wisner was born in 1859, the son of David W. and Mary L. Stone Kinne. He passed away in 1938 and was buried in Ovid Union Cemetery. His wife was Margaret Payne, children Dean and Paul.

Seneca County News, April 28, 1938
Rev. Wisner Kinne
The Rev. Wisner Kinne, former pastor of the Kendaia Baptist Church, died Tuesday night, April 19, in his home on the Kendaia-Ovid road.

Several years ago, the Rev. Mr. Kinne gave up his pastorate in Hornell and has since resided on his Seneca County farm.

Surviving are two sons, Paul Kinne, Kendaia, and Dean Kinne, Muncie, Ind.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Friday in the home, the Rev. B. A. Wagner, pastor of West Fayette Baptist Church officiating, with burial in Kendaia cemetery. [sic – Ovid Union with family]

Also in: Ovid Gazette & Independent, April 22, 1938; Ithaca Journal, Saturday, April 23, 1938; Trumansburg Free Press, Friday, April 29, 1938.

Ovid Gazette & Independent, April 29, 1938
In Memoriam
A noble Churchman has passed on and through the gates into the City in the transition of Rev. Wisner Kinne, of Ovid, N. Y., born on October 28, 1859, the child of David W. and Mary L. Stone Kinne. His training was received in Ovid Union School, Cazenovia Seminary and the Missionary Training School of New York City. He was married June 3, 1890 to Margaret May Payne, who survives him. Ordained to the Gospel Ministry at the Gospel Tabernacle Church in New York City January 12, 1893.

He preached at Chappaqua, Westchester Co. in 1888 and in Westbury, Long Island from 1889 to 1891. At Ovid Center 1892 to 1893. Then in Troopsburg, then in Kendaia 1895 to 1901. At Hornell 1901-1906. A nervous breakdown while at Hornell resulted in his being treated at Clifton Springs Sanitarium for four months during the winter of 1903 and 1904, but he never regained the wanted strength, and retired from the more active pastorate, settling at Trumansburg during the education of their two sons, Dean and Paul, and supplying nearby churches at Searsburg, Perry City and other points, returning to the present home farm in 1918.

In this personality was wrapped a manhood of unusual qualities. Perhaps his two outstanding pastorates were at Kendaia and Hornell. While at Kendaia two horses were needed to do his driving in his pastoral work, and his field was from lake to lake. The Kendaia Church was built up into one of the strongest country parishes.

At Hornell the foundation of a strong and permanent development was laid. His whole ministry was characterized by unusual poise and good judgment. In this he was a specialist. In the home of which he was the head, angels might have been entertained unawares and not found themselves out of their element, as many a person who tarried there can testify. His study was a mecca for many a life, needing counsel and guidance, and this ministry always seemed his special endowment. To many a sick home and invalid’s retreat his unique ministry was marked by other aids besides prayer and sympathy.

There was always a group who were conscious of his very personal interest and prayerful solicitation, even years after his strenuous activities relaxed. He seemed every inch a man, not only to those of his fellow churchmen, but to those of other creeds and faiths. He was a wizard as a churchman and neighbor.

To those of us most in his presence, there seemed a halo about him that inspired in us a desire to be like his Master, and a quality in him that bolstered us to genuine endeavor. We often missed him at moments which brought him back to us from the presence of his Lord, for we knew he had walked and talked with Him.

Through the lenses of our tears we see him in the post mortem ashes blooming big with life and living as in the early days of his successful ministry. He is not dead, he lives and will live on, unshaken in this transition.

His faith in God was a life gifted in human ministry and ministering, forgetting self for others’ sake. No one can fully take his place, but we still have his presence with us and in us and as a part of those of us who were fortunate enough to come within the influence of his radiant personality. He has been crowned by the Lord he loved and served, and his mantle is our inheritance.

Rev. B. A. Wagner, his pastor, officiated at the largely attended funeral at 2:30 p. m., April 22nd, at the home assisted by members of his choir and the local ministry. --R. V.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237036217/wisner-kinne
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/94Z7-Z3H
• Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York, Chapman Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 435-6. https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph00chafi