Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Kinne, Charles

Born: 1816-06-19 Germany

Alternate name: Kuenne, Kinny

Carl Kinne, who also went by Karl and Charles, was a saddle and harness maker, postmaster, and Republican. He lived in Urbach, Germany, before relocating to Louisville, Kentucky, in the late-1830s with others from Germany. Kinne was one of several immigrants and immigrant families who did not like conditions in Louisville, particularly with regard to the institution of slavery. He and others moved from Louisville to Highland, Illinois, in 1840. In June 1841, he married Salome Suppiger, with whom he had eight children. In 1850, he was working as a saddler in Highland and owned $1,500 in real property. He was a member of the Highland Republican Club at least as early as 1858. On May 8, 1861, he started his tenure as postmaster for Highland, remaining in the position until after the Civil War.

Joseph E. Suppiger, The Suppigers: A Family History (n.p.: n.p., 1985), 56-57; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Madison County, 18 June 1841, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Highland, Madison County, IL, 587; Amos P. Spencer, Centennial History of Highland, Illinois: 1837-1937 (Highland, IL: Highland Centennial Association, [1937]), 42; John Blattner and Others to Abraham Lincoln and Lyman Trumbull; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1861 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1862), 364*; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1863 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1864), 341; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1865 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1866), *62; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1867 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1868), 373; Salome Suppiger Kinne, Gravestone, Highland Cemetery, Highland, IL; Carl A. Kinne, Gravestone, Highland Cemetery, Highland, IL.