JOHN R. KINCAID, post office, Cotton Hill, is a son of James and Mary (Gwin) Kincaid, who were natives of Virginia, and were married about 1829. They had three sons and one daughter; all are living except one - James W. - who died as a soldier, in the late war. The subject of this sketch was the second child, and was born in Virginia, November 14, 1833. He was taken by his parents to Ohio, and came to this State April 15, 1857. He taught school in the winter, and broke prairie during the summer months, for several years. He was married January 1, 1863, to Miss Mary J. Meredith, daughter of Davis and Mary Meredith, who came from Ohio to this county in 1829. Mrs. Kincaid was born December 3, 1842. They are the parents of eight children, five of whom survive, viz: Luther E., born March 23, 1864; Mary J., born December 28, 1865, and died September 4, 1867; James W., born September 25, 1868; Louisa A., born August 28, 1870, and died August 11, 1871; Margaret E., born June 14, 1872, and died July 20, 1873; Catalina M., born May 30, 1874; Fred C., born June 29, 1876; Charles J., born October 12, 1878. Mr. Kincaid purchased land in this county in 1874, and has resided on it since. He received his education principally in the common schools of Ohio, and attended the academy at Gallipolis, Ohio, two years. He owns a large farm of two hundred and fifty acres, valued at $50 an acre, and has a neat, commodious frame dwelling house. Mrs. Kincaid is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. K. votes with the Republican party.