Bertine Pinckney

Bertine B. Pinckney (April 26, 1824 – December 26, 1909) was an American politician.

He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. He was a member of the Assembly in 1850 before representing the 4th district of the Senate in 1852 and the 20th district in 1853.[1] He was a member of the Whig Party.

Born in New York City, he moved to Rosendale, Wisconsin Territory in 1847. During the American Civil War, Pinckney enlisted in the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was appointed major. Then in 1862, he was commissioned colonel in the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Pinckney suffered a stroke and had to resign his commission. In 1864, he served as mayor of Ripon, Wisconsin.

Pinckney moved to Peabody, Kansas in 1871.[2][3] In 1875, Pinckley served as a Republican in the Kansas House of Representatives as a representative of Marion County,[2] and starting in 1877 was the postmaster of Peabody, Kansas.[4][5][6] He died in Peabody[2] and is buried at Prairie Lawn Cemetery there.

References
  1. "Pinckney". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. "Civil War Colonel Is Dead". The Salina Evening Journal. December 31, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. This Day in Wisconsin History-April 26
  4. 'History of the State of Kansas' William G. Cutler, A.T. Andreas, Chicago. Illinois: 1883, Marion County, Kansas, Part 6.
  5. "The Peabody Post-Office". Marion County Record. March 15, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Washington Notes". The Daily Commonwealth. June 28, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

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