William Kincaid (1841-1897) was born in London, England on March 8, 1841. When he was a small boy, his family moved to Glenwood, New York and became members of the local Congregational Church. Kincaid attended Oberlin College, where he met and married Martha J. Chapman in 1865. In 1868 he graduated from Oberlin Theological Seminary. He was ordained at the Congregational Church in Rushville, New York, and served as minister there from 1867-1870. From Rushville, he accepted a position at the First Congregational Church and Society of Leavenworth, Kansas, where he served as minister from 1870-1876. He was then appointed the first pastor of the new Second Congregational Church at Oberlin from 1876-1882. The family then moved to New York State where he accepted a brief pastorate at the Congregational Church in Oswego, N.Y., after which he became the Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He held that post from 1885-1888, moving on to become the Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society from 1888 until his death in 1897. He died of anemia in Brooklyn, N.Y. on February 12, 1897. Upon his death, Martha Kincaid (1843-1913) continued his charitable work, becoming President of the Women’s Home Missionary Union of New York until her death on October 5, 1913.