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156 . He was educated as a civil engineer, and spent some years in the English army, accompany- ing tlie 1st dragoon guards to Canada. On leav- ing the service in 1841, he was employed in the city surveyor's office, Montreal, and in 1849 was engaged in the construction of the Hudson river railway. Later Mr. Kingsford was employed on the Grand Trunk railway, and was chief engineer of Toronto. Still later, and up to 1880, he was in charge of the harbors in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. His taste had always been literary, frequently contributing to periodicals, and in 1887 the first volume appeared of his " History of Can- ada," which he completed in ten annual volumes.

KINSOLVING, Lucien Lee. P. E. bishop, b. in Loudoun county, Virginia, 14 May, 1863. He is a brother of the bishop of Texas, and was grad- uated from the theological seminary of his native state. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Whittle in June, 1889, and was advanced to the priesthood the following August. He sailed for Brazil in the same month, soon acquired a knowledge of the language, and began his work in the fertile state of Rio Grande do Sul, where he has labored for nine years. At the general convention in October, 1898, he was elected bishop of Rio Grande do Sul.

KINZIE, John Harris, pioneer, b. in Sand- wich, Canada. 7 July. 1803; d. on the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne railroad, 31 June, 1865. He was the son of John Kinzie (q. v.), removed with his father to Chicago in 1803, and in 1816 settled in Detroit. He became a clerk in the employ of the American fur company in 1818, was proficient in many Indian languages, and in 1839 was govern- ment agent for all the northwestern Indians. He returned to Chicago in 1834, was first president of the village, register of public lands in 1841, and receiver of public money in 1849. He was made paymaster of the U. S. army in 1861, and in 1865 was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. Col. Kinzie was the first president of the Chicago historical society, and built the first Episcopal church in that city. — His wife, Juliette Augusta, author, b. in Middle- town, Conn., 11 Sept., 1806; d. in Amagansett, Long Island, N. Y., 15 Sept., 1870, was the daugh- ter of Arthur W. Magill. She married Mr. Kinzie in 1830, accompanied him to Fort Winnebago, Wis., and subsequently to Chicago. She was the author of " Wau-bun, or the Early Day in the Northwest," an interesting history of Chicago (New York, 1856), and two novels, entitled " Walter Ogilbv " (Phila- delphia, 1869) and " Mark Logan " (1887).

KIPLING, Rudyard, English author, b. in Bombay, India, 30 Dec, 1865. He was educated at the United Services college, England, and in 1883 became assistant editor of the " Military Gazette and Pioneer " in India, in which position he continued for seven years. lie then travelled extensively in Africa, Asia, and Australia, and later he visited the United States, where he mar- ried an American lady and resided for several years in Brattleboro, Vt. After a serious illness in New York, he returned in 1899 to England, where he has a residence on the south coast near Brighton. Mr. Kipling, who is a member of the American and English society of authors, has been a prolific writer, and in some of his popular works, such as " Captain Courageous," his scenes are laid in the New World. His latest work, issued in 1899, is entitled " Starkey & Co." ; and in the same year a complete edition of his writings was issued in New York in fifteen volumes, with a biographical sketch by Charles Eliot Norton. See " Kipling- iana" (New York, 1899) and "The Kipling Guide- Book" (Birmingham, England, 1899).

KIRKLAND, William A., naval officer, b. in North Carolina. 3 Julv, 1836; d. in San Francisco, Cal., 13 Aug., 1898. He entered the navy in 18.50, and after studying one year at the U. S. naval academy he was attached to thesloop "Portsmouth," and later to the frigate " St. Lawrence." He saw active service during the civil war, and from 1866 to 1882 he commanded several vessels in the .South Atlantic squadron. He was attached to the Nor- folk navy-yard in 1883, and was at the Brooklyn navy-yard from October, 1884,tol886, inclusive and during the first part of that time was in command. Prom October, 1889, to July. 1891, he was supervisor of New York harbor, when he became commandant of the League island navy-yard, at Philadelphia. He was commissioned as commodore in June, 1893, and rear-admiral in March, 1894. He was then placed in command of the European station, a place which he retained until November, 1895, when ordered home. His next assignment did not come till June, 1896, when he was given com- mand of the Mare island navy-yard, where he re- mained until prevented from further service by the illness and the operation which resulted in his death. He was retired in July, 1898, but was to have continued his command until the termination of the war permitted his relief by an officer on the active list. lie was at his retirement the senior ranking officer of the navy. Admiral Kirkland's name was brought into prominence at the time of his detachment from tlie European squadron in October, 1895. Dissatisfaction was first caused by the action of the admiral in sending a letter of congratulation on his election to President Faure of France. He was reprimanded by Secretary Herbert, who held that the place of the admiral, representing the dignity of the United States navy in European waters, precluded him from making anv comment on French politics.

KIRKPATRICK, Andrew, jurist, b. in Wash- ington, D. C, 8 Oct., 1844. He is the eldest son of John Bayard Kirkpatrick, and grandson of Andrew Kirkpatrick (q. v.), for twenty-one years chief jus- tice of New Jersey. He was graduated from Union college in 1863. was admitted to the bar three years later, and for many years practised in Newark in partnership with Frederick T. Frelinghuysen(1817- 85). In 1885 he was appointed judge of Essex county court of common pleas, and in 1896 he was advanced to the office of U. S. judge for the district of New Jersey. Judge Kirkpatrick has resided in Newark during the past three decades.

KIRKPATRICK, William Sebring, lawyer, b. in Easton. Pa., 31 April, 1844, was graduated at Lafayette college, and admitted to the bar in 1865. He was president judge of the 3d judicial district in 1874-'5, and was a delegate to the national Re- publican convention at Chicago in 1884. Gov. Beaver appointed him in 1887 attorney-general of Pennsylvania, serving as such for four years. Mr. Kirkpatrick is a trustee, and was also a lecturer on municipal law in Lafayette college, and was elected as a Republican to the 55th congress, repre- senting the 8th district, composed of the counties of Carbon. Monroe. Northampton, and Pike.

'''KITTRIDGE. Walter''', composer, b. at Reed's Ferry, N. H., Oct., 1834. lie early became a eon- cert singer, and at intervals during twenty years sang with the Hutchinsons. In 1863 he composed his most successful song, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," which a Boston publisher declined at the price of $15. A year later, when it was issued, 10,000 copies were sold in three months, and it became among the most popular of the civil war songs, and from it the composer still receives