Biographical Sketch of C. M. Kingsbury, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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C. M. Kingsbury, carpenter and millwright, was born in Gebron, Toland
County, Connecticut, June 6, 1818, and was there raised until he
attained his seventeenth year, and partially learned the carpenter's
trade. He then removed to New York, remaining until 1848, when he
came West, locating in Columbia County, Wisconsin. For a number of
years was on the improvements of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. In
1864, he went to Montana and engaged in mining, and became a resident
of St. Joseph, Missouri in 1865. During his sojourn here, he has
been closely associated with the progress of the city, and has con-
tributed amply towards its development. As a mechanic he is among
the first in the country. He was married in 1844, to Miss Mary Gay,
of Monroe County, New York. Mr. Kingsbury is a Royal Arch Mason,
becoming a Mason in 1844.

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