"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 121.
 
MARSHALL J. KINNEY

     the fourth son of R. C. Kinney, was an infant when the family came to
Oregon in 1847. He was educated in the public schools of the state and in the
McMinnville Academy.  After the completion of his education he entered into the
employ of his father, where he soon mastered the details of the business. In
1868 he went to San Francisco to take charge of a branch office there.  Though
barely twenty-one years of age the business, running into many hundreds of
thousands of dollars per annum, and extending across both the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, was conducted with such good judgment as to command the
confidence of his business associates of all classes in San Francisco, as well
as the entire approval of his father in Oregon.
     The death of his father, in 1875, and of his older brother soon after, and
the consequent sale of the Salem mills, recalled him to Oregon, where, in 1876,
he became interested in the salmon packing business in Astoria. Through his
enterprise there was built up what was at the time the largest salmon cannery in
the world. Not satisfied with the methods of canning then in vogue, he
introduced improved machinery and methods, and in this way brought the business
up to a high plane of activity and success.  About seventy-five thousand cases
were packed annually, and the Kinney brand of salmon became known in every part
of the world. In addition to his Astoria business, he established canneries at
Chilcoot and Cape Fox, in Alaska, and started the cannery at Fairhaven, Wash.,
of which he is still president.
     In addition to his canning interests, which continue to be large and
valuable, for twenty years or more Mr. Kinney has engaged in the lumber
manufacturing business with his brother. William, president of the Clatsop Mills
Company.  The mills have a large capacity, manufacturing lumber from the timber
fields of Oregon. The company owns valuable tracts on the Columbia river and in
the coast counties, which are especially adapted to the purpose of the concern.
In 1899 Mr. Kinney removed his office to Portland, where he has since made his
home and his business headquarters.
     Mr. Kinney is a life member of the Occidental Lodge of Masons in San
Francisco. Among the other organizations with which he is connected are the
Oregon Pioneer Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and others of a
similar nature.  In San Francisco he married Margaret Morgan, who was born in
that city and died there, leaving a daughter, Harriet M. His second marriage
united him with Narcissa White of Pennsylvania, who gained a national reputation
through her distinguished services in the cause of temperance.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.