Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-04
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At this place, Sunday, November q
1890, al about o'clock p NJ OF asoplexr
Calvin !, Kingsley. aged GS years, 6
months and II days
The people of this place were deeply
.adtlened last Sunday morning, about Z
O'Clock, on learning that Mr.. Kingsley.
who the eveaing before, was 4. joviai as
isuab and apparently IN good healih, was
| lying At the point of death. He was dis
covered By Mrs. Kingsley's niece-Miss
| Ia;tie Parsons-:lt ihoui Z o'clnck, lying
o, the floor in one of the room, of his
residence, in an unconscious condition
| Jus, how long he had been lying there is
noi known He never spoke and never
| regained consciousness.
Mr. Kingsley was born in New York
OH April y, l,s22 From there lie Went
with his folks To Michigan when small
| BOY, and graduated al The University of
Michigan in 1873 He was married in
that State and in 1850. with Mrs Kings
ley, went TO Oregon, where he was sent
rs a missionary by the Me hodist Church,
and preached throughout the State, was
| in the book business l., Portland for some
/ time in Partnership with A r Shiptey :;
was al ene time Presiding Elder If Port
land district, and also editor of the Pacif-
lc Christian Ad. ocate, AID was the found
er anf pin lpal OF the Portland Semina
ry. While in Portland he was one of the
| principal Stockholders of a steam navig's
ton company, then running in opposition
to tile Oregon Stram Navigation compa-
~ He C. me. with lis family, with the
e.rly pioneers to this place, i'll 'he spring
| f 1858. and has resided here continually
since that time. lie was The tirst Meth"-
dist minister OF this place, and whipsaw
ed the lumber for the first frame building
j.. .dahD City. This he did in the mid
die ot winter, and troze his ieel severely
while engaged IN The work. The build
ing WAS erectea for Il Methodist ehu. ch-
|, was few years afterwards purchased
by iil. unty, aud has ever since been
used as court house. He engaged in
the merchandising business here Ia 1864
and continued in this business ill 1911
meeting With the SUCCESSES and IeyerseS
Incident To husii.ess enterprises of ey
, cry des escriptiou in those days, ole OF his
, heaviest lo>ses being b. fire. He put vi
The largest building III Idaho City-ths
Drick now occupied by' J0h.i hennaly ii
the hardware pdSldess. tie Was admi'tee
10 the baf iii lr0o or 90, and aner reslr
ia wnlcn Ii, Was actively engaged up Il
LAST SATURDAY nIg,t-,ns lsh. uetofe hi'
dea.h. ne nas served two lernls as Ills
net Attorney vi .nis county.
Mrs IL has beeu an Invaiia for a mum
| bel of years, aud his bsen gradually grow
( ing wuise Duiing ,he past lev mon,ii
care and anxiety ior Eer had tentiene
to break down his naturally rugged cot
stitulion, and have perhaps has.ened III,
y end.
e C. s. Kingsley, since 1868, has been ON
It of the iurcnl,Ist citizens CT buise eouatS
!, and any thing for the benefit OF his town
county ur fur Idaho. has always receive
Ills hearty cooperation. lie was ma
of broa,i, liberal views, and he nevt
hat room in his manly makeup for petl
spites, animosities or jealousies. No oil
in Boise county could be more sadly mis-
e Ell than O. ), kingsl y.
d. The people of Boise county viii nev'
forget how, tor many, many years, he Ia
;" stood besi e the sill forms of their rel
III tives AID friends, and preached their Il
D. neral sermons. The last sad sermon
this kind he preached, he gazed over Il
audience, and 5, eing so many old phone
IN remarked that they would soon pass AVA
4ald that the places that now know the