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538 Drayton, in his official report of the battle of Mobile bay, said : " To Lieut.-Com. Kimberly, the executive officer, I am indebted not only for the fine example of coolness and self-possession which he set to those around him, but also for the excel- lent condition to which he had brought everything belonging to the fighting department of the ship, in consequence of which there was no confusion anywhere, even when, from the terrible slaughter at some of the guns, it might have been looked for." Kimberly was commissioned commander, 25 July, 1866; captain, 3 Oct., 1874: commodore, 27 Sept., 1884; and rear-admiral, 26 Jan., 1887. He was on shore duty from 1878 till 1887, when he was ordered from the command of the Boston navy-yard to that of the Pacific station.

KINCAID, Eugenio (kin-kade'), missionary, b. in Westfield, Conn., in 1798 ; d. in Girard, Kan., 3 April, 1883. He was one of five students that formed the first class in Madison university, and became pastor of the Baptist church at Galway, N. Y., subsequently removing to Milton, Pa. In 1830 he was appointed a missionary to Burmah, where he labored with success at Rangoon, Ava, and Prome. In 1842 he returned to this country, and spent twelve years in home work, devoting a portion of his time to raising the endowment of the university at Lewisburg, Pa., but his efforts were chiefly directed to the development of a missionary spirit in the churches. In 1854 he again visited Burmah, and labored at Prome until compelled by his wife's impaired health to return to the United States in 1865. See " The Hero Missionarv," by Rev. Alfred S. Patton, D. D. (New York, 1858).

KINCAID, John, lawyer, b. near Danville, Ky., 15 Feb., 1791 ; d. 7 Feb., 1873. He was repeatedly elected to the legislature, was commonwealth's attorney, was in congress from 1829 till 1833, hav- ing been chosen as a Whig, and an elector on the Clay ticket in 1844. He was an ardent friend and admirer of Henry Clay, and enjoyed to a large degree his intimate confidence. He was over six feet two inches in height, erect in carriage, spare and sinewy, but graceful in action. His social qualities made him widely popular. He held high rank as a lawyer, and was effective as a public speaker. — His grandson, Charles K a si on, journalist, b. in Danville, Ky., in 1855, was gradu- ated at Centre college in 1878, took charge of the " Anderson News " at Lawrenceburg, and was elect- ed county judge the next year. Resigning, he was reporter and correspondent of the " Courier-Jour- nal," at Frankfort, and was then appointed on the first board of railroad commissioners for Kentucky, serving two years. He was selected by the gov- ernor to accompany to this country from Italy the remains of the sculptor Joel T. Hart. Since his return he has acted as Washington correspondent of the Louisville " Daily Times."

KING, Alonzo, clergyman, b. in Wilbraham, Mass., 1 April, 1796; d. in Westborough, Mass., 29 Nov., 1835. He was graduated at Waterville col- lege (now Colby university) in 1825, and was or- dained pastor of the Baptist church at Yarmouth, Me., 24 Jan., 1826. Impaired health compelled him to resign in 1831, but in 1832 he became pastor at Northborough, Mass., where he was also for some time agent of the Massachusetts Baptist conven- tion, and agent to raise funds for the endowment of the Newton theological institution. For a short time before his death he was pastor at Westbor- ough. Mass. He wrote some lyric poetry, and many of his productions are in circulation without his name. He also published a memoir of his friend, George Dana Boardman (Boston, 1835).

KING, Austin Augustus, statesman, b. in Sul- livan county, Tenn., 20 Sept., 1801 ; d. in St. Louis. Mo., 22 April, 1870. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822, and in 1830 removed to Mis- souri, where he continued to practise. In 1834 he was chosen to the legislature, and he was re-elected in 1836. In 1837 he was appointed judge of the circuit court, holding the office till 1848, when he was chosen governor of Missouri, his term expiring in 1853. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Demo- cratic national convention at Charleston, where he made an effective speech in behalf of Stephen A. Douglas. He subsequently took the ground that the war for the Union was unnecessary. In 1862 he was restored to his old place as circuit judge, but shortly afterward resigned to take a seat in the 38th congress, to which he had been elected, serv- ing from 7 Dec, 1863, till 3 March, 1865. He then devoted himself to the practice of his profession and the cultivation of his farm.

KING, Charles Bird, artist, b. in Newport, R. I., in 1785 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 19 March, 1862. He studied with Leslie and Allston in Lon- don, where he resided and painted portraits for several years. He finally established himself in Washington, D. C, in 1822, where he remained un- til his death. Here he numbered among his sit- ters eminent men of all countries. His pictures were prized for their truthfulness rather than for delicacy of finish. During his life and by bequest he presented to the Redwood library of his native city the sum of $9,000 in money, nearly three hun- dred valuable books, fourteen bound volumes of engravings, and over two hundred paintings.

KING, Dan, physician, b. in Mansfield, Conn., 27 Jan., 1791 ; d. in Smithfield, R. I., 13 Nov., 1864. Having studied medicine at New Haven and in his native town, he began its practice in Preston, Conn. After spending five years there and at Groton, he removed to Charlestown, R. I., where he continued to practise for eighteen years. He also took part in public affairs, both as a magis- trate and as a member of the general assembly, serving from 1828 till 1834. With Thomas W. Dorr (q. v.) he was active in the organization of the Suffrage party, and was nominated by it for first senator, and afterward for congress. Dr. King disapproved of the so-called Dorr war, and took no part in it. He was an earnest friend of the remnant of the Narragansett tribe of Indians, and with Benjamin B. Thurston was appointed by the Rhode Island house of representatives to report a plan of treating and governing the Indians. It was through his influence and exertions that a considerable annual appropriation was made by the state for the support of an Indian school. He afterward removed to Woonsocket and then to Taunton, Mass., but returned to Rhode Island, and soon afterward began writing his "Life and Times of Thomas Wilson Dorr, with Outlines of the Po- litical History of Rhode Island" (Boston, 1859). Dr. King invented a valuable surgical instrument for the adjusting of fractured bones, which he free- ly gave for the use of the profession. He contrib- uted frequently to professional periodicals, and published, among other books and pamphlets, " An Address on Spiritualism " (Taunton, 1857), " Quack- ery Unmasked " (Boston, 1858), and " Tobacco : What it Is and What it Does " (New York, 1861).

KING, Daniel Putnam, statesman, b. in Danvers, Mass., 8 Jan., 1801 ; d. there, 26 July, 1850. He was a descendant of William Kinge, who came in 1635 from England to Salem, Mass. Daniel was graduated at Harvard in 1823, and began the study of law, but found it uncongenial, and turned