Thomas T. Kinney, the eldest son of William B. Kinney and his first wife, Mary (Chandler) Kinney, graduated from Princeton University in 1841. Kinney studied law with Joseph P. Bradley and was admitted to the bar in 1844. When his father retired from the Newark Daily Advertiser in 1851, Thomas Kinney took over as editor and manager of the paper. He managed the Newark Daily Advertiser until his own retirement in 1895. Thomas T. Kinney was also active in other areas. He was a founder of the Newark Board of Trade and a delegate to the convention that organized the national board; an organizer and president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a trustee and manager of the Asylum for Handicapped Deaf-Dumb Children; president of the Board of Agriculture (1878-1882); president of the Fidelity Title and Guarantee Company of Newark; one of the oldest stockholders in the Morris and Essex Railroad; and a board member of the National State Bank of Newark, the Newark City Ice Company, the Stephens & Condit Transportation Company, and the Newark Electric Light and Power Company.
In 1863, Thomas T. Kinney married Estelle Condit, a daughter of Joel W. and Margaret (Harrison) Condit, with whom he had five children: Mary Clementine (b. Aug. 12, 1864), Margaret Condit (b. Oct. 28, 1865), Estelle Burnet (b. July 9, 1868), William Burnet Kinney, Jr. (b. April 29, 1871) and Thomas Talmadge Kinney, Jr. (b. Oct. 24, 1872).
From the description of Manuscript Group 785, Kinney Family (Newark, NJ) Papers, 1783-1900 (Bulk dates: 1850-1900). (New Jersey Historical Society Library).
