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 J5.8 KING. KINGMAN. chusetts Total Abstinence Society, and was a member of the Temperance Alliance while it existed. GEORGE KING While serving in the army of the Poto- mac he was captured, and while at Peters- burgh, Ya., acted as hospital-surgeon, hav- ing care of the Union prisoners there. He was thence transferred to Libby Prison, from which he was exchanged, and re- ceived an honorable discharge from the army, May 15, 1865. KING, JAMES PUTNAM, son of Samuel and Hannah (Goodell) King, was born in that part of Danvers which is now Peabody, Essex county, November 8, 1817. He attended the district school until seventeen years of age, then worked on his father's farm until the age of twenty- two, when he commenced his career as a farmer on his own account, by working on shares a most excellent farm in the neigh- borhood. By his great physical powers, temperate habits, industry and prudence, he became one of the most successful farmers in the county, and his life has answered emphatically in the affirmative that question so often asked by agricultural writers and speakers, " Does farming pay ?" For twenty-five years he contributed his own vegetable products to the Salem market. Mr. King early took an interest in the Abolition cause, was a Whig in politics, and has been a strong Republican since the formation of that party. He was a member of the lower branch of the Legis- lature in 1S54 ; has been overseer of the poor for thirty-four consecutive years, and a trustee or vice-president of the Essex Agricultural Society for more than twenty years. Mr. King is a forcible and effective speaker, and his long practical experience enables him to add much interest to the discussions at farmers' institutes, and being a strictly temperate man in principle and practice, he renders efficient aid to the temperance cause. His judgment of farm property is valued so highly that his services are in frequent demand as an appraiser. On April 2, 1840, he married Wealthy M., daughter of James and Sally (Coombs) Ferrin, of Madison, N. H., by whom he had two sons : James A. and Samuel W. Mrs. King died August 7, 1878. He was again united in marriage, at Peabody, on December 2, 1880, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bancroft, a sister of his first wife. KINGMAN, HOSEA, son of Philip D. and Betsey (Washburn) Kingman, was born in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, April 1 1, 1843- After his early training in the public schools, he attended Bridgewater Academy, also Appleton Academy, Ipswich, N. H. He then entered Dartmouth College, but when the war of the rebellion broke out, he enlisted in company K, 3d regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, and was mus- tered into service, September 22, 1862. After serving one year, he returned to col- lege, made up his junior work during his senior year, and was graduated with his class in 1864. He studied law with William Latham, with whom, after his admission to the bar, he went into partnership, under the linn name of Latham & Kingman. When Mr. Latham retired (1871) Mr. Kingman re- tained the business, and is now in practice. January, 1887, he began his term as dis- trict attorney. Mr. Kingman was married in Carver, June 23, 1866, to Carrie, daughter of Heze- kiah and Deborah (Freeman) Cole. Of this union is one child : Agnes C. King- man. Mr. Kingman is a trustee of Plymouth County Pilgrim Historical Society, also trustee of Bridgewater Academy. He re- ceived the appointment of special justice of