Oliver Benjamin Kinnney was born 17 Jan 1849 in St Clair Illinois to James Kinney (1799-1885) and Clarissa Balcom Bennett (1814-1888), the 8th of 10 children. He moved with his family to Utah sometime between 1855 and 1859.
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1849 - 1992
Name: KINNEY, OLIVER BENJAMIN
Birth Date: 1/17/1849
Death Date: 10/20/1859
Burial Date: 10/20/1859
Place of Birth: ST.CLAIR,ILLINOIS
Place of Death: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Grave Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery , D_11_4SROD_1W
Source: Sexton Records
Grave is unmarked.
1850 US Census Dist. No 11 Centerville, St. Clair, Illinois
James Kenney M age 52 born Connecticut
Clarisa Kenney F age 37 born Connecticut
George Kenney M age 22 born New York
Jerome Kenney M age 15 born New York
Oliver Kenney M age 10 mo. born Illinois
Albina Kenney F age 8 born New York
Emma Kenney F age 6 born New York
Elvira Kenney F age 3 born New York
UTAH DEATH REGISTERS, 1947 - 1966
Nsme: Oliver Benj Kinney
Age: 10
Birth Date: 1849
Death Date: 20 Oct 1859
Death City: Salt Lake City
Death County: Salt Lake
Father: James
Mother: Clarrisa
Fatal Accident.--On Thursday last, Oct. 20, as Mr. William D. Hendricks was coming down Kimball's Kanyon, Davis county, with a load of wood, he took up a boy named Oliver Benjamin Kinney, about ten years of age, son of James Kinney of this city, who is a gate keeper in said kanyon, to ride with him a short distance. Soon after, the neck-yoke broke and the wagon ran off the dug-way, and was hurled into the creek some twenty or thirty feet below. The horses getting loosed from the wagon, were not injured, but Mr. Hendricks and the boy were precipitated down the bank, with the wagon and wood.
There were no other persons near to witness the occurrence, nor to render them assistance. It is supposed that Mr. Hendricks lay in the creek or ravine about an hour before he came to, so far as to get up, and then he was unconscious of what had transpired. the first that he remembers--he was in the road some distance from the scene of accident, coming homewards. He then returned, but thought not of the boy for some length of time, he was so badly injured himself.
Subsequently, the boy also revived and crawled up the bank into the road, where he was found and taken to his father's shanty, in the kanyon, where he died soon after.
Mr. Hendricks, tho' badly hurt, is recovering.
Accidents of a similar nature often occur on the mountains and in the kanyons where so many persons are engaged in getting down timber, wood, poles, &c., frequently, no doubt, the result of negligence or carelessness. How it was in this case, we do not know, but have been informed that it was known that the neck-yoke was a frail concern. (Deseret News 26 Oct 1859)
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1849 - 1992
Name: KINNEY, OLIVER BENJAMIN
Birth Date: 1/17/1849
Death Date: 10/20/1859
Burial Date: 10/20/1859
Place of Birth: ST.CLAIR,ILLINOIS
Place of Death: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Grave Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery , D_11_4SROD_1W
Source: Sexton Records
Grave is unmarked.
1850 US Census Dist. No 11 Centerville, St. Clair, Illinois
James Kenney M age 52 born Connecticut
Clarisa Kenney F age 37 born Connecticut
George Kenney M age 22 born New York
Jerome Kenney M age 15 born New York
Oliver Kenney M age 10 mo. born Illinois
Albina Kenney F age 8 born New York
Emma Kenney F age 6 born New York
Elvira Kenney F age 3 born New York
UTAH DEATH REGISTERS, 1947 - 1966
Nsme: Oliver Benj Kinney
Age: 10
Birth Date: 1849
Death Date: 20 Oct 1859
Death City: Salt Lake City
Death County: Salt Lake
Father: James
Mother: Clarrisa
Fatal Accident.--On Thursday last, Oct. 20, as Mr. William D. Hendricks was coming down Kimball's Kanyon, Davis county, with a load of wood, he took up a boy named Oliver Benjamin Kinney, about ten years of age, son of James Kinney of this city, who is a gate keeper in said kanyon, to ride with him a short distance. Soon after, the neck-yoke broke and the wagon ran off the dug-way, and was hurled into the creek some twenty or thirty feet below. The horses getting loosed from the wagon, were not injured, but Mr. Hendricks and the boy were precipitated down the bank, with the wagon and wood.
There were no other persons near to witness the occurrence, nor to render them assistance. It is supposed that Mr. Hendricks lay in the creek or ravine about an hour before he came to, so far as to get up, and then he was unconscious of what had transpired. the first that he remembers--he was in the road some distance from the scene of accident, coming homewards. He then returned, but thought not of the boy for some length of time, he was so badly injured himself.
Subsequently, the boy also revived and crawled up the bank into the road, where he was found and taken to his father's shanty, in the kanyon, where he died soon after.
Mr. Hendricks, tho' badly hurt, is recovering.
Accidents of a similar nature often occur on the mountains and in the kanyons where so many persons are engaged in getting down timber, wood, poles, &c., frequently, no doubt, the result of negligence or carelessness. How it was in this case, we do not know, but have been informed that it was known that the neck-yoke was a frail concern. (Deseret News 26 Oct 1859)
Oliver Benjamin Kinnney was born 17 Jan 1849 in St Clair Illinois to James Kinney (1799-1885) and Clarissa Balcom Bennett (1814-1888), the 8th of 10 children. He moved with his family to Utah sometime between 1855 and 1859.
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1849 - 1992
Name: KINNEY, OLIVER BENJAMIN
Birth Date: 1/17/1849
Death Date: 10/20/1859
Burial Date: 10/20/1859
Place of Birth: ST.CLAIR,ILLINOIS
Place of Death: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Grave Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery , D_11_4SROD_1W
Source: Sexton Records
Grave is unmarked.
1850 US Census Dist. No 11 Centerville, St. Clair, Illinois
James Kenney M age 52 born Connecticut
Clarisa Kenney F age 37 born Connecticut
George Kenney M age 22 born New York
Jerome Kenney M age 15 born New York
Oliver Kenney M age 10 mo. born Illinois
Albina Kenney F age 8 born New York
Emma Kenney F age 6 born New York
Elvira Kenney F age 3 born New York
UTAH DEATH REGISTERS, 1947 - 1966
Nsme: Oliver Benj Kinney
Age: 10
Birth Date: 1849
Death Date: 20 Oct 1859
Death City: Salt Lake City
Death County: Salt Lake
Father: James
Mother: Clarrisa
Fatal Accident.--On Thursday last, Oct. 20, as Mr. William D. Hendricks was coming down Kimball's Kanyon, Davis county, with a load of wood, he took up a boy named Oliver Benjamin Kinney, about ten years of age, son of James Kinney of this city, who is a gate keeper in said kanyon, to ride with him a short distance. Soon after, the neck-yoke broke and the wagon ran off the dug-way, and was hurled into the creek some twenty or thirty feet below. The horses getting loosed from the wagon, were not injured, but Mr. Hendricks and the boy were precipitated down the bank, with the wagon and wood.
There were no other persons near to witness the occurrence, nor to render them assistance. It is supposed that Mr. Hendricks lay in the creek or ravine about an hour before he came to, so far as to get up, and then he was unconscious of what had transpired. the first that he remembers--he was in the road some distance from the scene of accident, coming homewards. He then returned, but thought not of the boy for some length of time, he was so badly injured himself.
Subsequently, the boy also revived and crawled up the bank into the road, where he was found and taken to his father's shanty, in the kanyon, where he died soon after.
Mr. Hendricks, tho' badly hurt, is recovering.
Accidents of a similar nature often occur on the mountains and in the kanyons where so many persons are engaged in getting down timber, wood, poles, &c., frequently, no doubt, the result of negligence or carelessness. How it was in this case, we do not know, but have been informed that it was known that the neck-yoke was a frail concern. (Deseret News 26 Oct 1859)
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1849 - 1992
Name: KINNEY, OLIVER BENJAMIN
Birth Date: 1/17/1849
Death Date: 10/20/1859
Burial Date: 10/20/1859
Place of Birth: ST.CLAIR,ILLINOIS
Place of Death: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Grave Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery , D_11_4SROD_1W
Source: Sexton Records
Grave is unmarked.
1850 US Census Dist. No 11 Centerville, St. Clair, Illinois
James Kenney M age 52 born Connecticut
Clarisa Kenney F age 37 born Connecticut
George Kenney M age 22 born New York
Jerome Kenney M age 15 born New York
Oliver Kenney M age 10 mo. born Illinois
Albina Kenney F age 8 born New York
Emma Kenney F age 6 born New York
Elvira Kenney F age 3 born New York
UTAH DEATH REGISTERS, 1947 - 1966
Nsme: Oliver Benj Kinney
Age: 10
Birth Date: 1849
Death Date: 20 Oct 1859
Death City: Salt Lake City
Death County: Salt Lake
Father: James
Mother: Clarrisa
Fatal Accident.--On Thursday last, Oct. 20, as Mr. William D. Hendricks was coming down Kimball's Kanyon, Davis county, with a load of wood, he took up a boy named Oliver Benjamin Kinney, about ten years of age, son of James Kinney of this city, who is a gate keeper in said kanyon, to ride with him a short distance. Soon after, the neck-yoke broke and the wagon ran off the dug-way, and was hurled into the creek some twenty or thirty feet below. The horses getting loosed from the wagon, were not injured, but Mr. Hendricks and the boy were precipitated down the bank, with the wagon and wood.
There were no other persons near to witness the occurrence, nor to render them assistance. It is supposed that Mr. Hendricks lay in the creek or ravine about an hour before he came to, so far as to get up, and then he was unconscious of what had transpired. the first that he remembers--he was in the road some distance from the scene of accident, coming homewards. He then returned, but thought not of the boy for some length of time, he was so badly injured himself.
Subsequently, the boy also revived and crawled up the bank into the road, where he was found and taken to his father's shanty, in the kanyon, where he died soon after.
Mr. Hendricks, tho' badly hurt, is recovering.
Accidents of a similar nature often occur on the mountains and in the kanyons where so many persons are engaged in getting down timber, wood, poles, &c., frequently, no doubt, the result of negligence or carelessness. How it was in this case, we do not know, but have been informed that it was known that the neck-yoke was a frail concern. (Deseret News 26 Oct 1859)
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