Introduction

Biography

John was the hus­band of Emi­ly Zim­mer­man.

At one time, he was a col­lege mu­sic di­rect­or (prob­abl­y in Ohio). Some re­cords re­fer to him as Pro­fess­or Kin­sey.

He moved from Ohio to La­fay­ette, In­di­ana, around 1885. He found­ed and was head of the Ec­ho Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, one of the lead­ing publish­ers in the Am­eri­can Mid­west. For ma­ny years, he al­so ed­it­ed The Ec­ho, a month­ly mu­sic­al jour­nal.

He lived in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, for some time, and oc­ca­sion­al­ly spent win­ters in Ca­li­for­nia.

Around 1903, he re­tired from Echo Mu­sic, turned the com­pa­ny ov­er to his son, Carl De­lmo Kin­sey, and op­ened a mu­sic store in Fort Wayne, In­di­ana. That ven­ture was short lived, and he soon closed it due to fail­ing health.

Works

Kinsey pro­duced ov­er 30 books, in­clud­ing:

• Golden Shore (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: F. W. Hel­mick, 1878)
• Convention King (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1879)
• Bouquet of Me­lo­dy (Fort Wayne, In­di­ana: Keil & Bro­thers, 1882)
• Living Gems (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: J. F. Kin­sey & S. C. Han­son, 1886)
• The Am­eri­can An­them Book (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1887)
• Echoes of Glo­ry, with John Mc­Pher­son (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1888)
• Apples of Gold, with John Mc­Pher­son (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1890)
• The Hum­mer, with Sam­uel Coff­man (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1890)
• The Bu­sy Bee (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1891)
• Columbia’s Pride (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1892)
• Pearls and Dia­monds (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1892)
• The Cap Sheaf (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1893)
• Liberty’s Chief (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1893)
• Golden Glean­ings (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1894)
• The New Singer’s De­light (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Ec­ho Mu­sic, 1896)
• Sunshine in Song (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Echo Mu­sic, 1902)