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Havana, Cuba, by special act of congress. On April 17, iy3:i, he reti'irned to Cahaba, Dallas county, Ala. where he died, April 18, 1853.

KINGSBURY, Charics People, soldier, was born in New York cit}' in 18iy. He was gradu- ated from the U.S. Military academy in 1840, and was promoted 2d lieutenant of ordnance. He was assistant ordnance officer at "Watervliet, N.Y., 1840-42, ordnance officer at Detroit, Mich., 1842-44, and assistant inspector of armories and arsenals, 1844-4.5. He served in Texas, 1845-4G; in the war with Mexico as chief ordnance officer on General Wool's staff, 1846-47, and was engaged in the battle of Buena Vista as additional aide-de- camp to General Taylor, Feb. 22-23, 1847. He was brevetted 1st lieutenant, Feb. 23, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico; was promoted 1st lieuten- ant of ordnance, March 3, 1847; was ordnance officer at North Carolina arsenal, 1847-48; assistant inspector of armories and arsenals, 1848-49; and ordnance officer at Allegheny, Pa., 1849-50, St. Louis, Mo., 1851, Little Rock, Ark., 1851-53, and Charleston, S.C, 1853-58. He was promoted captain of ordnance, July 1, 1854, for fourteen years' continuous service; and was on foundry duty, 1858-Gl. He was super- intendent of Harper's Ferry armory when it was destroyed, April 18-19, 1861; was chief of ordnance of the Department of the Ohio, 1861, and was promoted staff colonel and additional aide-de-camp, Sept. 28, 1861. He was chief of the ordnance department of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-62; was inspector of heavy ord- nance at Pittsburg, Pa., 1862-63, was promoted major of ordnance, March 3, 1863; and super- vised the building of the Rock Island arsenal, 111., 1863-65. He was brevetted lieutenant-colo- nel, colonel and brigadier-general in the U.S. army, ^larch 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the civil war, was promoted lieu- tenant-colonel of ordnance, Dec. 22, 1866, and was retired December, 1870. He is the author of Elementary Treatise on Artillery and Infantry (1849). He died in Brooklyn, N.Y^, Dec. 25, 1879.

KINGSBURY, Cyrus, missionary to the In- dians, was born in Alstead, N.H., Nov. 22, 1786. He was graduated from Brown university. A.B. 1812, A.M., 1815, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1815. He was ordained, Sept. 29, 1815, and was home missionary in Virginia and East Tennessee, 1815-17. In September, 1816, he purciiased a plantation at Brainard, Tenn., and engaged in missionarj' work among the Cherokee and Creek Indians under the auspices of the A.B.C.F.M., 1817-18, and among the Choctaw Indians at Elliot, Miss., 1818-32. He then went with them to Indian Territory, and continued his missionary work. In 1859 the Presbyterian

and Soutliern Presbyterian boards took up the work left by the A.B.C.F.M., and he continued his work under their direction, 1859-70. He re- ceived the degree of D.D. from Brown in 1854. He dierl at Boggy Depot, Ind. Ty., June 27, 1870.

KINGSLEY, Calvin, M.E. bishop, was born in Annsville, N.Y., in 1812. He removed with his parents to Ellington, N.Y''., in 1826, where he joined the Methodist Episcopal church, taught school and prepared for college. He was grad- uated from Allegheny college, A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844, and was professor of matliematics and civil engineering there, 1840-57, financial agent for the college, 1843-44, and vice-president of the faculty, 1855-57. He was admittel to the Erie conference in 1841, and was a delegate to the general con- ferences, 18.52. 1856, 1860 and 1864. He was editor of the Western Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio, 18.56-64; and ascliairman of the committee on slavery at the general conference of 1860 shaped the policy of the church on that question. He was elected bisliop of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1864; held the conference of the Pacitio coast, 1865-66, and in 1867 visited the missions of Europe. He visited California and Oregon iu 1869, and from there went to China and India. He received the degree of D.D. from Genesee college in 1854. He is the author of: Bush on the Resurrection (1847); Round the World (1870). He died in Beirut. Syria, April 6, 1870.

KINGSLEY, Chester Ward, philanthropist, was born in Brighton, Mass., June 9, 1824; son of Moses and Mary (ilontague) Kingsley; grandson of Nathaniel and Sarah M. (Hadlej-) Montague of Hadley, Mass., and a descendant of the Kings- leys of England and the Montagues of France. His early education was obtained in the schools of Brighton. He resided in Michigan, 1835-40, and then returned to Brighton, where he was graduated at the high school in 1843. He was married in May, 1846, to Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel Todd of Brighton. He obtained employ- ment in the Brigliton bank, became teller in 1848, and was cashier of the Cambridge Market bank, 1851-.56. He then engaged in the whole- sale provision business, from which he retired in 1865, to became treasurer of the Anthracite Coal Mining company. He served on the Cam- bridge board of aldermen and as a member of the school board; was a representative in the Massa- chusetts legislature, 1882-84: a state senator, 1888-89, a member of the Cambridge water board, 1865, and its president, 1873-76, 1883-94, en- larging and greatly improving the water system of that city during his service. He was elected a trustee of the Newton Theological institution in 1880. of Colby university, 1893, of Worcester academy, 1890, and a member of the Cambridge, Colonial and Massachusetts clubs. He equipped