Individual Details

Kinchen and Harriet were first cousins.

By the time of the 1860 Census, Kinchen and family were lived in Madison Co MO, near Saco on the Big St. Francois River. Kinch farmed, operated a distillery and was a JP.

Civil War Soldiers of Madison County MO and Surrounding Counties by Geraldine Sanders Smith:
Pippin, Kinchen. Born 1828, Jackson Co TN. Son of Henry Pippin & Elizabeth (Lawson). Married Harriet Finn in Tenn. Enl: Union on 1 Oct 1862, Greenville, MO. Company K, 68th Regt; Enrolled MO Militia.
On Enrollment list July 1865 of Madison County, Company C, Missouri Militia.
Description: 37 yrs. 5 ft 11. Light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Married. Farmer
Died 19 Jul6 1878. Buried Brewington Cemetery near Saco, Madison Co MO.

Kinchen returned to Putnam Co TN about 1869 and was counted there on the 1870 census. Son Andrew was born there, but they had gone back to Madison Co MO when Harvey was born. Kinchen's nephew John Whitley Pippin & his family went to Missouri with them.
Kinchen, 42, b. TN
Harriet, 33, b. TN
James B., 10. William B. 9. Sarah E., 7. Margrett J. 6. Henry 5. General P. 3. Andrew, 8 months.


Kinchen operated a still along with William Peyton Brewington who bought the still after Kinchen died in 1878. Harriet died the following year and they are buried Brewington Cemeter in Saco. He has a Civil War tombstone placed by descendants. The 1880 census for Madison Co MO shows the children all still at home.

A narrative from FindAGrave:
Kinchen was born in Pippin Community,Jackson County, Tennessee. Around 1856 he married his first cousin Hariett Finn. He moved his family to Missouri by the 1860 census where they lived near Saco on the Big St. Francois River. He farmed, operated a distillery and served as JP. He enrolled in Company K (Captain Powers'Co.)68th Regt. Missouri Militia,Union at Greenville, Missouri on October 1,1862. he served as a scout and performed engineering duty building roads with his company when they were ordered to Pilot Knob December 1 1862 until his release March 26 1863. He enrolled in Company C, 47th Regt. Missouri Infantry, Union July 1864. He was decribed as 5'11 light hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, 37 years old married; occpuation: farmer. He returned to Putman County, Tennessee about 1869 and then back to Missouri by 1871.They made the trip to Madison County with two teams of oxen and wagons.
Kinchen and Harriet reared their family in Saco where he owned and operated a still. William Peyton Brewington worked with him and purchased the still upon Kinchen's death

Birth	1828	Jackson County, Tennessee
Marriage	Abt 1856	Jackson County, Tennessee - Harriet Finn
Death	29 Jul 1878	Madison, Missouri

Spouse	Harriet Finn (1837 - 1879)
Child	James Buchanan "Buck" Pippin (1856 - 1909)
Child	Benjamin F. Pippin (1859 - )
Child	William Bradford "Deedo" Pippin (1859 - 1936)
Child	Sarah Evelyn "Duley" Pippin (1862 - 1899)
Child	Margaret Josephine Pippin (1865 - 1935)
Child	John Henry "Jack" Pippin (1866 - 1917)
Child	William Peyton "Pate" Pippin (1867 - 1926)
Child	Andrew "Andy" Pippin (1869 - 1899)
Child	Harvey Leslie Pippin (1871 - 1960)
Child	Simeon Pippin (1873 - 1899)
Child	George Washington Pippin (1877 - 1920)

Father	HENRY PIPPIN (1801 - 1879)
Mother	ELIZABETH LAWSON (1809 - 1891)
Sibling	ANDREW PIPPIN (1825 - 1913)
Sibling	Hulda Jane Pippin (1829 - 1857)
Sibling	Mary Margaret Pippin (1830 - 1889)
Sibling	Simeon "Sim" Pippin (1832 - 1915)
Sibling	Sarah Catherine Pippin (1834 - 1924)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Pippin (1837 - 1920)
Sibling	Eliza L. Pippin (1841 - 1917)