Kinyoun, John H. (1825-1903), Account Books, 1859-1898 (C3863)

7 volumes, 1 folder

INTRODUCTION

Ledgers, cash book and miscellaneous receipts, bills and advertisements of John Hendricks Kinyoun, a doctor in Centerview, Johnson County, Missouri.

DONOR INFORMATION

The John H. Kinyoun record books were donated to the State Historical Society by Alice K. Houts on December 31, 1970 (Accession No. 728).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Kinyoun was born on October 4, 1825, on a farm in Davie County, North Carolina. At twenty he entered the Jonesville Academy where he studied for five months. Kinyoun then went to Mocksville Academy for two years, then spent one year at Wake Forest College in North Carolina. He attended the Columbia College in Washington D.C., for one year and graduated from Union College, the State University of New York, with honors. He taught school in North Carolina for four years while studying law with Chief Justice Pearson.

After passing the bar Kinyoun found he did not like practicing law so subsequently studied medicine at the Belleview Medical School in New York. Kinyoun graduated with honors in 1859 and returned to North Carolina to begin practice on March 12, 1859. He enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Company F, 28th Regiment, Artillery, North Carolina, in 1861. Kinyoun later served as assistant surgeon general. After the Civil War Kinyoun returned to North Carolina until he moved to Post Oak, Missouri, three miles south of Centerview, in 1866. He made rails until his medical practice began to grow. By the second year he had a thriving practice.

He married Bettie A. Conrad on December 18, 1856, and they had five children: Joseph J., Lulu A., Flora R., Stella K., and John. His wife died in 1872. He married Mrs. Martha A. Hammond in 1877. He died in 1903.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The account books of John Kinyoun consist of six general ledger books, one cash book and a folder of miscellaneous material. The six general ledgers are arranged in roughly chronological order and have indexes. Within each ledger the accounts of visits are listed by patient name. Accounts record the type of illness and the doctor's fee. Kinyoun treated medical, dental, and veterinary illnesses. The ledgers show water damage and have blank and missing pages.

Volume one has an inscription, "commenced in pract. of med. March 12, 1859" and also contains recipes for paint, ink and medicine. Volume four includes records of Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun, John Kinyoun's son. The cash book of Drs. John H. Kinyoun and Joseph J. Kinyoun lists debits and settlements to each doctor. Folder one contains loose material from volumes two and six including bills, receipts, certificates, and advertisements.

CONTAINER LIST

v. 1General ledger, 1859-1861, 1865-1869, 1871, 1878
v. 2General ledger, 1870-1879
v. 3General ledger, 1877-1888, 1891
v. 4General ledger, 1882-1886
v. 5General ledger, 1884-1898
v. 6General ledger, 1884-1898
v. 7Cash book, 1882-1885
f. 1Miscellaneous material, 1881-1898

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