The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
A WOMAN'S
ROMANTIC STORY
SIX TIMES MARRIED. MRS.
KINGERY FINDS JOY IN
THE TWILIGHT OF
LIFE AND MAKES
HUSBAND
HAPPY.

liar L L.
Considerable interest will BIT
felt, and especially in the south
east portion of this county, over
the romantic story of Mrs. Izors
kingery, formerly of ROCKFORD
Colo, who has just married her
sixth husband. Thursday, Feb
ruary q, at l o'clock at Mobiles.
willie Mrs. Kingery was married
to the Rev. George H. Kiplinger
OF Cicero, Ind. The brid is about
sixty years of age, and her matri.
monial experiences have beer
quite out OF the ordinary. Her
father, David Smith, was well
known farmer living near the Kos
ciusko county line in Wabash
county. Izora was a handsome
girl, devoted to her home and in
cllned to religion. She was con,
scientious, with deep convictions
about helping distressed persons
She was married when about
twenty-five years old to a Mr..
Hines, a highly respected young
man. Two children were born
and Mr.. Hines died after a short
married life. These children are
living and are among the most re-
spected people. Mrs. Hines did
not remain widow long. She
was courted by Abraham Houser,
whose deformitieS gave him a
wide reputation. He was hunch-
back of the most pronounced type
with large body and undevelop-
ed lower limbs. His long arms
and peculiar movements in walk
ing made him noticeable person
age. The married life of the
couple was made up of devotion
on the part of the wife and a large
capacity for favors on the part
of the husband, but no one ever
said that the union was not a hap
Dy one. Mr.. Houser did not live
long enough to enjoy the unset
fish devotion of his faithful wife,
and when he died her mourning
was sincere.
The next matrimonial venture
of this remarkable woman was
with an old man far advanced in
senilty, Mr.. Roher, whose char
acter was excellent, but whose
physical capacities were totally
inadequate to support wife. She
cared for him in his last sickness,
which occurred within few
years after the marriage.
These peculiar matrimonial ex.
Deriences begun to attract atten-
ton to this young woman. who
was thrice a widow before she
was forty and before her beauty
had materially faded.
But her previous actions were
tame and uninteresting compared
% what followed. One day a ped
der came to her door selling laces
and odds and ends. She consented
to look over his wares and cor
lialiy invited him into her parlor
ifter selecting a few purchases.
among which were some rem
nants Of lace, she babe her visitor
good morning and returned to
her work. She found a note wrap
ped in bit of lace. This note
was a prayer addressed to the
finder. whatsoever she might be,
that she would undertake to do
something for the relief of the
writer. who was bed-ridden, an
incurable cripple, who made his
living by knitting laccs which he
sold to peddlers. 1t was signed
Oscar Pierson and his address
was a town in New Jersey. Mrs.
Roher wept in sympathy for this
unfortunate man and quickly sent
letter flying on its way to him.
In due time they were married.
When he died Mrs. Pierson re-
turned to her former home, where
she was welcomed by her many
friends. She resumed her former
way of life and quietly spent her
days in useful work.
One day she received a letter
signed S. Fl. Kingery and written
at Rockford. O. The writer ex-
blamed that he had heard of Mrs.
Pierson through minister in the
Dunkard church, to which de-
nomination they both belonged.
He explained further that he was
eligible to matrimony. Mrs. Pier
son replied, and their marriage
was celebrated at ROCKFORD,
where she had travelled to meet
her fifth affinity. Mr.. Kingery
proved to be well-to-do, slightly
advanced in years, but possessed
of enough worldly goods to sup
port them both i'll comfort. This
was different from her previous
experiences and the newly made
Ebride enjoyed it, but not for long.
The husband was killed by light
ming and the widow returned to
her old home in Hagerstown. The
calls upon her to act as nurse or
housekeeper were far more Num-