The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-09
Death OF Mrs. L G kirgIsys


Mrs Cornsiis Roberts X ossIey. wife Of
Gen. l.. @ Kinsley. died suddenly 81 hei
home 10 Rotlsnd late 10 the afternoon oil
Wednesday. Oct. Let. Mrs Kioasley bsd
been silus for msny sseks, bot her condi
ton occssiontd DO alarm smopR her many
friends and her sudden death vas shook
to oil OF them. Ga the day Of her death.
she felt stronger thsa usual. going for .
drive 10 the morning and vas ont for .
shvrt time 10 the afternoon,
Mrs Kingsley IVES horn 10 Manchester
10 1884, and ws The d.uebler OF Bepjs
min Roberto and Sophis Hodges Roberts,
the youngest Of seven cbildreo. Ill nov
dead. Mrs ,KinRsiey's fsther died when
she vas . youna child. and she lived 10
Manchester With her mother until Mrs
Roberts des,h 10 1858; then she msds her
home With her sister, Mrs Il. II. Baxter 10
Rutland until she was msrried to Gen
Kinsley 10 1865
Mu Kingsley's great grandfather. John
Roberts. came from Nine Partners, N. Y.
where be had lived for sixteen years. to
Manchester With our first settlers 10 1894.
He vas liz long friend and associate OF
Bepj smin Purdy, smother pioneer, and
these two men are common ancestors Of
hundreds OF descendants. Their bodies
lie side by side near the road opposite the
residence Of Mr. Augustus Purdy Jobp
Roberts was = veteran OF the Colonisl ware
snd Vas 10 the battles OF Hobbsrd,on end
Bennington. With bis Eve sons. He &c
Warner and Allen on their Gen
sdisn expeditions, While serving with
Warner 10 Csnsds, he was captured and
remained . prisoner stversl months UpI
on bis return 10 1.-The Grants 10 l777. |
the treatment be received while 9 prisoner |
so intensified bic patriotism, that lie ep
lifted 10 Warmers regiment to serve ''dn'
ine the whole war until it tbsll end" the
Only man 10 the regiment Who did 90.
Christopher Roberts, 500 OF John Rob
sris and Mn Kinglsys grandfather. We,
Identified With Wsrner and Allen 10 oil
The operations OF the Green Mountain
Boys He YES the 6rst man to enter II
,oudeross after Allen and Arnold. The
boy Who guided Allsu across the lake and
INTO The fort, Nathan Bsmsu, stewards
married. Christopher Roberts lister. Cbris
ophev Roberts msiried Mary Pordy. .
isusblsr OF bis fathers friend, Bspj. Pur
y. aud lived 10 Manchester until bic
lesih. He owned several different farms.
ook IN sciivs part 10 ell public sfsirs.
nd boil, the 6rst irsue house in town.
George T. Rsbeits, . brother OF Mn
Kingsley. vas . Colonel OF the 7th w. Reg
u'ut md vss killed 10 the Civil War.
Mr. Kingsley vas 9 mem Der Of the Msn
hester Historical Society snd took sres,
interest 10 the local mstters Of her pstive !
own. where her ancestors, sturdy pion
srs, had helped TO transform. 10 less thso
generation. . rampant wilderness into .
hrivipa populous CONS onssslsb.
Nu Kingsley ss . prsmissnt mem Der
Trinity church, Ro,lsnd. among the
'remost 10 psroehisl activities. and there
70 lev 10 Rutlsnd whose loss voald be
lore kesnly felt 10 oil religious and chsri, a
bic work. She vas . director OF the Ra, !,
nd Missionary Associations; . director OF h
ae Rutland Free Library; vss . mem Der /,
Roberts Relief Corps. No. 80. also OF
10 Vermont Society Of Colonisl Dame,
ID OF The Ana Story Chapter, Daughter, .
The Amsriesn Revelation. D
Besidss her husband. Mrs Kisssleyi Ii
10 sons. Henry b and Harvey r both .,
ko,lsnd. snrvive her te
Lues aunbsts OF sorfovins rslstives. s.
lends and nsiehbon attended Mn Kipss v
10 funeral .. Trinity church. Saturday si
Il. Alb. snd accom- psnied Der body 10 II, nc
'iins plsee 10 Pine Hill Cemetery. u
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