The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-04
Tho Late Eiiab lx,nrmar.

The death of Mr.. kipgman at the age of
e'ghty-nve nearly closes the list OF highly inte-
gent ana influential class OF men-the old Washington
correspondents OF the American press MIR. King
man, although born in Rhode Island, was of a we'll
known and much respected family OF Bridgewater
In the old Colony OF Massachusetts,. lie was rradu
ated at Brown University In 1916 In the class with
John ca rter Brown, Robert II. Ives and other emf
nent men at the age OF nineteen and soon afterward
emigrated to Virginia, where In Fauquer County,
he entered as private tutor the family OF the father
OF Governor Henry s. Foote recorded IN that gen
ueman' "reminiscences. From Fauquier he went to
Caroline to the house of Francis Corbn OF the Reeds
agentleman who enjoyed the friendshipof of Washing
ton and Madison. and even commanded the respect OF
that drbtter eiegantiarun, John Randolph of Ro-
annke. Mr.. Corbn had been educated In Eng Ia nd
where he remained In the Temple until the
peace OF l7s3, when he returned TO Virginia
with letters from Henry Iautens to Gen Washing
ton, which he delivered In person at Rocky Ridge in
New Jersey. Mr.. oge Tayloe, who knew him we'll
describes him as gentleman whose cultivation OF
mind and manners, with graces that would have
charmed Chesterfield, would have made him an orna-
ment and man OF mark In any Court IN Europe
Mr. Corbin died In lS2O, and Mr.. Kingman removed
to Peckatone, on the Potomac, residence of the
Taliaferros, where lie met Miss Ewell, who sub
sequently became his wife. Miss Ewell was daugh-
ter of DIR. James EwelI virginian by birth, hut
Iune u OF the southern house IN CartOll'S
Row, on Capitol iii. In this house Mr. KIngman
was married. Through the Corblns and the Talia-
ferros, who were strongly attracted to the young
Rhode Islander by his intelligence, strong common
sense, and dignlned manners, Mr.. KiDgman acquired
large acquaintance among the influential people
In the tlde-water region OF Virginia and formed
friendships which continued to the third genera
ton. Mt. kingman removed TO Washington
In 1924, having secured place In the
House of RpnrnspntatIyas and bar hys
of newspaper correspondent, which he continued
with brief interval until 1861. That interval &C.
CURED In 1880, when lie purchased the old Ns,o Eng
una Pottddium, Boston sent weekly, and con-
Vefted 1t into daily. Not finding this enterprise
profitable, he sold out the Palladium 10 j. r.
Adams of the Columbian Csntinei and returned TO
Washington. In isiI he bought for abont 49, 900
the valuable estate Fourteenth street. on which he
resided until his death. This property was owned
at that time by clerk In the Treasury, Welsh by
name, from Philadelphia. Mr.. klngnan began to
sell lots In the triangular square below street as
early as 1882, from which he realized large profits
He discontinued his work correspondent On the
breaking out Of the war; when he was writing for the
Charleston Courier, New Orleans Picdyune BatI-
more SU,. and New York Journal Of Commerce.
The propretors Of the latter journal Informed him
that they were unable to pay him for his letters
Now the net income Of that journal Is $500 900 a
year. At the time OF his retirement from the press
MIR. Ringman's income from his profession was
about sl0O week. The loss OF this income COM
PEELED MIN to econOmize for n while aud to discon-
tnue the hospitalites for which his house had been
famous for twenty years. In 1868 he spent several
months in Europe, and on his revived the old
reputation Of his residence rational convlvIaty
which was maintained until the unfortunate acci-
dent In 1879, by which he was lamed. In the same
year Mrs. Kingman long an invalid, died, lamented
by very large circle Of friends.