Biographical Sketch of H. D. Kite, Lafayette County, MO

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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H. D. Kite, P. O. Wellington, Missouri.  Was born in Page county, 
Virginia, where he was raised and educated.  He is the son of Hiram
and Arana Kite, who came to Missouri in 1870, and settled in this
county.  He was married November 14, 1867, to Miss Emma Strickler,
of Virginia, by whom he had seven children, five of them now living:
Ida, Willie, Annie, Ella and Ernest.  His wife died July 22, 1881.
In 1862, he enlisted in Col. Ashley's regiment, C. S. A. and served
two years.  He was taken prisoner near the county seat of Page Co.,
Va., and shortly after exchanged.  Was in the battles of Harper's
Ferry, and the other fights in which his command was engaged.  In
1864, he was detailed to the quarter master's department, where he
served to the close of the war.

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