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Born in Vincennes, Indiana, November 22, 1877. Graduated from Vincennes University '97. Served in the Spanish-American War and reenlisted in the Infantry a month after being discharged. Except for brief intervals, he was almost continuously in military service, rising from the rank of private to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry. He was a member of the faculty at Culver Military Academy from 1905 until his retirement in June 1944. Married Helen Hens in 1908; had four children, one daughter and three sons. Died December 5, 1944.
Born in Lawrence County, Illinois, January 8, 1877, son of Robert W. and Josephine (Thompson) Kingsbury. Descended from Kingsburys who settled in Massachusetts in 1615. Graduated from Vincennes in '97, A.B. Illinois '99, LL.B. '02. Married Grace Hicks, 1912; three children: James Thompson Kingsbury, Jr., Mary Josephine, and Marjorie Jane. Practiced law in Bisbee, Arizona. He was a member of the Christian Church and of Masonic Lodges in Tombstone and Phoenix. Died October 1, 1950.
Born November 7, 1877, in Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana, on a farm which now adjoins his family residence. His ancestors, of Irish and German stock, settled in the vicinity of Vincennes before Indiana became a state and played a prominent part in the development of that section of the country. For six years following his graduation from Vincennes in '97, he served as Deputy Recorder of Knox County and then returned to the vocation of his father -- farming. His residence, Rose Hill, has been in the family nearly two centuries and handed down through five generations. In 1906, married Mattie M. Purcell, a sister of the late Brother Lee Purcell, member of the Alpha Chapter. Children: two daughters, Marion L. and Martha.
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