Imperial County, CA Biographies

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, January, 2007.

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ROLAND D. KINNEY
 
                    Roland D. Kinney is an enterprising and enthusiastic 
business man of Calexico. Roland D. Kinney is intimately associated with the 
automobile business in Imperial County. He traveled extensively and devoted his 
energies to this line of endeavor. He is a native of Austin, Texas; his birth 
occurred July 27, 1890, a son of Daniel and Beulah H. Kinney. He acquired his 
education in the public and high schools, after which he studied the automobile 
business and became proficient at his trade. He worked in Dallas, Texas, and 
later engaged in business in that city. In 1914 he left Dallas and came to 
California, locating in Long Beach, where he had the management of the Mission 
Garage for a period of three years. Coming to Calexico he became identified with 
the motor service garage with Samuel Dick, now in the United States Army, and C. 
J. Medberry, Jr., of Los Angeles, California. Mr. Medberry is president and Mr. 
Kinney is a member of the B. P. O. E. of Long, Beach, California. He was united 
in marriage in Colorado Springs, to Miss Adeline Price, a native of Colorado, 
January 25, 1910, a daughter of Thomas A. and Mary Price. Her mother is deceased 
and her father is a resident of Wyoming. Mr. Kinney is a thorough business man 
and a public-spirited citizen, and is held in the highest esteem by his 
associates. 
 
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California," Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 
1918, pp. 399-400.