Captain John Martin Kinard Annals of Newberry, Part Two by John A. Chapman, page 632 Of the Twentieth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, was a son of General H. H. Kinard. He was born in Newberry County, July 5, 1833. After some preparation at the Winns­boro High School, he attended the South Carolina College, leaving in his Junior year. He was twice married. His first. wife, Mary A. Ruff, daughter of Dr. P. B. Ruff, died early in life, leaving a daughter who is now the wife of Elbert H. Aull. His second wife, Lavinia E. Rook, who still lives, bore him two sons, John M., who is now Clerk of Court for New­berry County, and James P., who is a s'tudent at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Captain Kinard enlisted as First Lieutenant of Company F, and became Captain on the resignation of his uncle, John P. Kinard. The regiment was encamped around Charleston in 1862-3. They defended Morris Island during the bombard­ment. The regiment was ordered to Virginia in 1864. During a fight in the Shenandoah Valley, near Strasburg, and not far from Winchester, Va., Captain Kinard, while acting Lieu­tenant-Colonel, was shot through the heart, October 13, 1864. After the fight his faithful servant, Ham, secured the body and brought it home. At the breaking out of the war Captain Kinard was engaged in farming at his home, Kinard's, in the upper part of the county. In his country's call to arms he heard the voice of duty, and resigning the peaceful pleasures of home he poured out his heart's blood in defence of the cause he loved so well. His handsome features and gentle spirit endeared him greatly to his fellow soldiers. His personal popularity is shown by the loving manner in which the surviving members of his company speak of him. "And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fat.hers And the temples of his gods."