Biography

12/15/1819 - 09/25/1893

KINNEY, Oliver H. Perry, a Representative from Bradford County; born, December 15, 1819 in Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pa.; attended, Academy of Towanda; lawyer; unsuccessful campaign, District Attorney, Bradford County (1847); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1859 and 1860 terms; owner and editor, Waverly Advocate (1864-1876); elected, delegate, New York Constitutional Convention (1867); elected, New York House of Representatives representing Tioga County (1868); assistant postmaster, United States Postal Service, Waverly, NY (1869-1875); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Waverly, NY (1875-1877); died, September 25, 1893 in Waverly, Tioga County, New York; interred, Forest Home Cemetery, Waverly, Tioga County, New York.