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There are but two establishinients of importance for the manufacture of this kind of nails in the United States. One is located at Kceseville and the other in Chicago. There are other horse-nail manufactories, but the nails are not forged. In 1862, Mr. Dodge sold to J. D. Kingsland, at Chicago, twenty-five of these machines. A joint stock
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company was soon after formed, called the Northwestern Horse-Nail Company ; A. B. Kingsland, son of J. D. Kings- land, is secretary of this company, and a large stockholder.
These machines are manufactured and used in Canada, the patent laws having no force therc. But the duties arc so heavy that there is no competition. There are several large manufactories at and near Montreal. Mr. Woodford, Mr. Mooney, and perhaps others from Keescville, are en- gaged in the business. A few machines have been shipped to England, Austria, and Prussia. They are in operation at Vienna and Berlin.
DANIEL DODGE
was born in 1820, at Monkton, Vt. He removed with his father to Essex Co., N. Y., in 1838. His father, Rev. John A. Dodge, was the son of Rev. Jordan Dodge, of English descent, who resided in New England.
The subject of this sketch at an early age manifested a predilection for mechanics, an aptitude for comprehending the action of machinery. During his minority he worked at blacksmithing, confining himself chiefly to ironing of harness hamcs.
In 1845, Mr. Dodge entered Madison University, but from fceble health resigned his connection therewith before graduation, returning to his home at Taylor Hill, a few miles west of Keeseville, Clinton Co , N. Y., where his father then resided. At this time he deliberately sought to economize labor by the invention of a mechanical device. In this pursuit he exhibited one of his peculiar characteristics, viz., a power of reflection, a careful study of the ways and means by which a certain desirable result was to be secured.
He one day observed a man making horseshoe-nails by hand-labor. He herc recognized his opportunity ; here was a useful article of general necessity ; the reduction of its cost by the aid of machinery was at once desirable and im- portant. In the progress of his experiments he was never granted a vision in his sleeping hours of the desired com- bination ; the form of his mind forbade it. All his reasoning powers and skill in comparison of methods were called into exercise. The result was exhibited in his first working- model, made by his own hands, of iron and stcel, at his father's house on Taylor Hill. This model machine made nails of small size of copper or lead.
This same year (1848) he finished a full-sized machine, after the plan of his model. When tested it made full- sized iron nails ; but it was practically a failure. It was so expensive to keep in repair that all profits were absorbed. This machine was patented in 1852. For the next four ycars a series of experiments were tried with great per- sistence and patience; but no success was reached until Mr. Dodge had abandoned the theory and methods pur- sued heretofore, and, commencing de novo, he sought an entirely different and original method, which was crowned with success in 1856, when was produced the first suc- cessful machine for making forged horseshoe-nails in the United States. This improved machine, with added inven- tions which have since been patented, is the machine now in successful use by the " Ausable Horse-Nail Company," at Kecseville, at Chicago, Ill., and at Abington, Mass.
From the royalties paid by these several companies and
firms, Mr. Dodge has reaped a liberal compensation for his years of persistent and thoughtful labor.
To Keeseville Mr. Dodge has been its greatest benefactor. Two hundred persons find employment in the works of Ausable Nail Company, while a number of families have been enriched from the profits of this industry. The citi- zens cheerfully admit that Mr. Dodge has made Keeseville what it is,-a thriving industrial village. Like other suc- cessful business men, Mr. Dodge has had many calls to fill public office, but has declined, except in one instance. He became the first president of the town organization, and filled the office one year, giving to this work the benefit of his sound judgment and intelligent direction.
With a strong bias towards intellectual pursuits, he has ever shown a preference for quiet retirement, and finds in his well-stocked library more satisfaction than in the hurry of business or strife of political life. He is regarded by those who know him best as a man of clear and compre- hensive thought, possessing a wide range of culture and sound judgment. He possesses a fine sense of justice, is kindly and considerate in his bearing towards others, faith- ful to duty in all his relations.
As a member of the Baptist Church for thirty-five years, he has for many years filled the office of deacon. He is also a trustee of the society, and has brought his prompt and practical methods to be adopted in all the financial business of the society.
Mr. Dodge's attractive home is beautifully located on rising ground overlooking the village. It commands a beautiful and extended view. It is filled with the modern appliances of comfort and luxury. No citizen possesses more fully the respect and kind regards of the community in which he lives and which he has labored so much to benefit.
THE AUSABLE HORSE-NAIL COMPANY.
The Ausable Horse-Nail Company was formed in Octo- ber, 1863, with a capital of $40,000. The stock was in- creased in 1865 to $80,000. They commenced with ten machines, and sold during the first year only about 100 tons of horse-nails.
The business has been superintended during the whole time (ten years) by Edmund Kingsland, one of the mem- bers of the old firm of E. & J. D. Kingsland & Co. The company does a cash business.
Their . nail-works are located upon thirec dams, two of which are in the village of Keeseville, and one about a mile and a half below where the rolling-mill is located. The iron used by the company comes from Norway, in bars one and one-cighth inches square, and at the rolling-mill the bars are rolled into nail-rods. At the lower dam is a factory containing 10 machines. On the middle dam stands the original factory, which contains 35 nail-machines and 30 pointing machines, and on the upper dam is another factory in which are 9 machines, making 54 all told. On this dam also is a saw-mill, by which the material for making pack- ing boxes is cut from the log, and these are made in a fac- tory on the same dam.
The company gives constant employment to about 200 hands, and the average yearly product is about 1000 tons of finished nails. To accommodate this immense business
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ten separate buildings are required, which cover an aggre- gate of nearly two acres.
The nails are of the finest quality, and find a ready sale in all parts of the United States. About 1000 tons of hard or anthracite and 1000 tons of bituminous coal are used annually. The nails are put up in boxes containing 25 pounds eaeh, made on the spot.
The officers of the Horse-Nail Company are as follows : Edmund Kingsland, President and Superintendent ; Nelson Kingsland, Vice-President ; J. R. Romeyn, of Keeseville, A. Bussing, of New York, Seeretaries ; Edmund K. Baber, Treasurer.
RUFUS PRESCOTT'S FURNITURE-, SASH-, DOOR-, AND BLIND- MANUFACTORY, KEESEVILLE.
This establishment is situated in the village of Keese- ville, on the Essex County side of the Ausable River, a short distance above the stone bridge.
Mr. Prescott commenced the business in 1864, buying the property, which had formerly belonged to Potter & Richardson, of the Kingsland family. He continued the business until 1868, when a partner, Mr. Weston, eamne into the business, and remained until November, 1878, when he disposed of his interest to Mr. Prescott, who is now the sole proprietor. The firm engaged largely in the building of bridges, houses, and other structures, in addition to the manufacture of all grades of furniture and house- fitting work.
On March 24, 1878, a disastrous fire destroyed the entire property of the firm ; but business was shortly after resumed in the Thomas factory, up the river. The "old woolen- mill," built in 1836, was then fitted up for their use, and is now occupied by Rufus Prescott, who is carrying on a successful and prosperous business.
The furniture-establishment is as complete a one as can be found. There is an abundance of water-power at nearly every season of the year, and they have all the improve- ments in the way of machinery that are usually found in such establishments. The upholstery department is under the supervision of competent and experienced workmen.
Besides these prominent industries at Kcescville, various others of different kinds have existed therc. Kingsland, Houghton & Co. commeneed the manufacture, and for a time earried it on, of twine, carpet-warp, and wicking, and the Messrs. Boynton engaged in the fabrication of cotton hosiery. Flouring-, plaster-, and planing-mills have been in continual operation, some carriages and sleighs have been manufactured, and other branches of mechanical art have received attention.
At the village of Birmingham the immense water-power was early utilized. The privilege at that point is now occu- pied by a paper-mill, two starch-factories, a grist-mill, and a large nail-factory.
ADGATE'S PAPER-MILL, BIRMINGHAM.
This mill was erected in the year 1842 by Messrs. Gold- win & Parks, who placed in it the machinery which it still contains. The enterprise subsequently became financially embarrassed, and business was suspended until 1863, when Messrs. Adgate & Spencer purchased the property.
It was then carried on by George Adgate. He formerly manufactured wall-paper principally, but later on made almost exclusively brown wrapping-paper. Mr. Adgate died in the year 1879, and the enterprise is now earried on by his administrator. The materials used were straw. cot- tou or woolen rags, fragments of old roping, and an inferior quality of wool. Rye straw is considered the best, the fibre being tougher than that of wheat or oat straw, the quality of the two latter being about equal. The process of manufacture is rather a mechanieal than a historieal sub- ject, and is elearly understood by all. Two qualities of paper are made here,-the "straw wrapping," which is made from straw alone, and the " straw packing," in which the eotton, woolen, or hemp fibre is mixed. The latter is the superior article. From 100 to 125 tons of paper are annually manufactured here, and, on an average, 3 hands are employed. The excellent quality of paper manufactured by Mr. Adgate has seeured for it a good reputation, and he finds a ready market for all he can turn off.
The water-power here is finc, and the location is not excelled in natural advantages by any other upon the Ausable River.
THE AUSABLE CHASM HORSE-NAIL WORKS
are on the Essex side of the river, near the Birmingham Falls. They were erected in 1876-77, and are owned by W. M. Mooney & Co. The main structure is two stories high, 100 by 50 feet inside, with wing 30 by 30 fcet, and is built of the beautiful sandstone quarried from the founda- tion on which it stands. The power is unlimited, and the works capable of producing many thousand pounds of finished nails per day. Workmen are pledged to secrecy, and the works are closed to all visitors. The wheel-house is 106 feet in height and 16 feet square inside; the walls are 5} feet thick at its base and for 18 feet above, from which point they gradually taper to 18 inches at the top. It is of the same stone as the other buildings.
MILITARY.
The military history of the town is highly creditable. During the war of 1812 the territory of the town was in- cluded in that of Peru, where many incidents of interest regarding that conflict will be found.
In the suppression of the Rebellion of 1861-65 the town took an active part, and by the prompt and liberal payment of bounties filled her quota of men with alacrity.
The following list of the persons who performed active service in the army from or in behalf of the town* is com- piled from a collection of loose papers in the town clerk's office :
Between July 9, 1863, and Oct. 10, 1863 .- Nelson Bruyer, Thomas Barker, Oliver Brown, John Donnigan, James Henry, Elbridge Olcutt, Thomas O'Neal, Samuel HI. Ranson, William Bouville, Serael La Modge, William Teroy, 2d Vet. Cav .; James I. Reed, Joseph Ashton, 16th N. Y. Cav.
Between Dec. 11, 1863, and Dec. 21, 1863 .- William Ells, Frederick Sueley, Jos. Ritchie, Alanson Call, James P. Gove, Malcom E. Colby, James Woll, Eli T. Arnold, Horatio N. Sheen, Michael Floyd, Samuel II. Brady, Henry Huntington, William Fitzgerald, Leslie W. Beardsley, Thomas Hawkitt, Charles Webb, Frank Culver, Joseph W. Mooney, George W. Fisher.
Mustered in Jan. 19, 1865 .- Nelson Tromble, John Bailey, Hiram Daby, Charles Ormsbee, Otis Dow, Henry Akie, Edward Hawley, Napoleon Fredet,
$ A portion of them may have belonged on the other side of the river, and some repetitions necessarily occur.
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Charles Anderson, Charles Kavanaugh, John Callapy, Ethan A. Valen- tine, Amasa Thompson, John Eyott, Bartlett Wilson, Hiram Shute, Jr., Franklin Guyott, Frank Gordon, Jolin B. Martin, Newell Ahare.
Census Enumeration List, District No. 1 .- Horatio S. Thomas, Calvin L. Nortou, Nathan Maxfield, Ezbon W. Hindes, Andrew Colvin, Josephus F. Arnold, Erastus L. Carpenter, Patrick Chine, Valentine R. Goodrich, Jr., Adolphus Bonville, James P. Gove, J. Howard, John Clodgo, Elbridge S. Olentt, Fitzgreene Hallock, Joseph Shortstaves, Jr., Frank Lamar, Louis Besyo, Francis Sabrake, Nelson Bruzette, Mitchell Brnzette, Henry Perry, Geo. Ansell, Philip V. N. McLean, H. J. Northrup, Mitchell Gardner, Francis Dupris, Henry M. Mould, Martin Murray, Ahner Sheldon, Milton Sheldon, Joseph McDonald, James Foy, Louis Rando, Louis Frazier, Jos. Robear, Edward Laflut, John Frazier, Joseph, William, and Thomas Ashton, Alexander Labare, Edward Frazier, Wm. Tromble, Mata Twine, Gregory Bosaley, John D. Wilkinson, Joseph Dragoon, Franklin C. Morey, James O'Neal, Joseph Hall, John Frazier, Wm. Langwell, Oliver D. Peabody, Joshua Barber, William Toro, Charles Frechette, Henry C. Collins.
Census Enumeration List, District No. 2 .- Andrew J .. Brown, Joseph Wood, Wm. B. Hodgson, Thomas Keese, Jolin Keese, Daniel McDonongh, Henry L. Allen, Thomas Healy, John Corrigan, Thomas Corrigan, Owen Marvin, Albert Vosburgh, John H. Thwaits, Thomas McDonough, John Leban, James Booth, Joseph Bigwood, Alexander Johntree, George Elliot, Minor Henry, Richard McAuliff, John Brisett, Hugh Dougherty, Ransom Ken- nedy, Jos. Blackbird, James and Wynn Richardson, William Goodnow, Oliver Bowen, Charles Cota, Ashael White, Jarael Gaskill, Wm. Edwards, Edwin B. Bullis, Edwards Elhridge, Edgar L. Gaskill, Wallace O. Gaskill, Richard Sanders, Robert Ames, Warren Docum, Robert Chatterton, Leslie Beardsley, Seth M. (or Thomas) Beardsley, David Beau, George W. Kinney, Moses Saltmarsh, Allen (or Thomas E.) Beardsley, Louis Gravel, Hiram Havens, Philo Strong, John Macomher, Harry J. Arnold, Joseph Strong, Martin Grandy, Joseph Baker, James and Jerome Baker, John D. Baker, Gilbert A. Calkins, Albert Shatzel, Casper W. and Benj. F. Baker, Wilson Allen, Jr., Charles Demarer, Thomas O'Neal, David Allen, John Donnegan, Johu Charade, Richard Charade, Wm. H. Bowen, George White, Henry Beardsley, George W. Kenny, Erastus Beardsley, Jeremiah Buckley, Samuel Baxter.
Additional Names (some repeated) .- Gorton T. Thomas, capt., 22d N. Y. Regt. ; enl. May 6, 1861; pro. to lient .- col. Sept. 3, 1862; wounded and died. Pembroke Datnau, 118th N. Y. Regt .; enl. Ang. 29, 1862; died in camp.
Nicholas Datnau, 118th N. Y. Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; died at home, May 10, 1864.
Myron A. Arnold, 118th N. Y. Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; died May 16, 1864, at battle of Drury's Bluff.
Felix Gatchell, 153d N. Y. Regt .; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; killed at Winchester, Sept. 3, 1864.
S. B. Arnold, 153d N. Y. Regt. ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862; died at home May 8, 1864. William Otis, 153d N. Y. Regt .; enl. Sept. 10, 1862; died at West Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 8, 1864.
Henry Shortsleeves, 153d N. Y. Regt .; enl. Jan. 15, 1864; died in Louisiana, July 24, 1864.
Israel Paro, 153d N. Y. Regt .; enl. Ang. 19, 1862.
John Ashton, 12th N. Y. Regt .; enl. Aug. 12, 1861; killed at Gettysburg, July 8, 1863.
Alexander Lafleur, 46th N. Y. Regt .; enl. Aug. 3, 1864; killed at Petersburg, March 20, 1865.
Henry Arnold, Henry Aikin, Charles Anderson, Newell Abare, Joseph Ashton, Joseph Armstrong, Eli F. Arnold, John Bailey, James Booth, China Beach, Nelson Bruyer, Thomas Barker, Oliver Brown, Henry Bombard, Thomas Booth, Samuel II. Bailey, Leslie W. Beardsley, Napoleon Bene- dict, John Brown, Charles Berry, Thomas Bondy, Charles Cavanagh, John Callapy, Lewis Cross, John Clodgo, Alanson Call, Malcom E. Colby, Frank Calver, Isaac N. Collins, Hiram Daby, Otis Dow, Joseph Detour, James Donnegan, Philip H. Denal, John Eyott, William Ells, Henry C. Earl, Napoleon Frett, Michael Floyd, William Fitzgerald, George W. Fisher, Franklin Guyott, Frank Gordon, Aaron Guiness, Charles Golan, Louis Gonyer, Jolin Gebo, Jas. P. Gove, Dennis Gravel, Edward Hawley, James H. Hart, De Byron Hayes, James Henry, Henry Huntingdon, Thomas Haley, Gilbert Jesse, Ransom Kennedy, Charles Lamkin, Wm. Lafountain, Warren Lyon, Peter Lavaly, Henry Louis, Isaac Lyon, Alfred Lyon, Serael Lamodge, Thomas Lamar, John Lehan, John B. Martin, Richard McCormick, Joseph Mooney, William D. Merrill, Henry Minor, Michael Maldoon, Samuel S. Norcross, Charles Ormsby, John O'Brien, Josephi Parody, Edward Powers, Stephen Passino, Felix Rielle, James Ichabod Reed, Josephi Ritchie, Hiram Shute, Jr., Frederick Sweeley, Horatio N. Sheen, Albert Shelley, Nelson Tromblee, Amasa Thomson, William Teraw, John Tagne, Alexander Turnbull, Bartlett Wilson, John C. Walker, Truman P. Wallace, James Wolff, Charles Webb, Samuel Washer, Ethan A. Valentine, Nelson Tromblee, John Bailey, Hiram Daby, Charles Ormsbee, Otis Dow, llenry Aikie, Edward Hawley, Napo- leon Fredet, Charles Anderson, Charles Cavanaugh, John Callapy, Ethan A. Valentiue, Amasa Thompson, John Eyott, Bartlette Wilson, Hiram Shnte, Jr., Franklin Guyot, Frank Gordon, John B. Martin, Newell Abare, Aaron Guinness, James Booth, Ranson Kennedy, Charles Lam- kins, James H. Hart, De Byron Hayes, Edward Laflut, Charles Golen, Louis Gonga, Jolin C. Walker, Felix Reille, Warren Lyon, Samuel S. Norcross, Louis Cross, Peter Lavaly, Richard McCormick, Owen Marror, China Beach, Henry Lewis, John Gebo, Gilbert Jesse, Isaac Lyon, Alfred
Lyon, Edward Powers, Truman P. Wallace, John Clodgo, Nelson Bruyer, Thomas Barker, Oliver Brown, John Donnegan, James Henry, Elbridge Olcott, Thomas O'Neal, Samuel H. Ranson, William Bonville, Serael Lamodge, William Tero, James I. Reed, Joseph Ashton, Henry Bom- bard, Joseph Detour, Joseph Armstrong, Thomas Boos, John O'Brien, John Tagne, William Ells, Frederick Sweeley, Joseph Ritchie, Alanson Call, James P. Gove, Malcolm E. Colby, James Wolf, Eli F. Arnold, Ho- ratio N. Sheen, Michael Floyd, Samuel H. Brady, Heury Huntington, William Fitzgerald, Leslie W. Beardsley, Thos. Hawkett, Charles Wehb, Frank Culver, Joseph W. Mooney, George W. Fisher, Stephen Passino, Isaac N. Collins, William B. Merrill, James Donnegan, Henry Minor, Alexander Turnbull, Napoleon Benedict, Thos. Lamar, Samuel Washer, John Lehan, John Brown, Alexander Johntree, Albert Shelley, Charles Berry, Thomas Bondrio, Michael Maldoon, Philip H. Denal, Benjamin F. Baker, Henry C. Earl, Dennis Gravel, Thomas Haley, Samuel Baxter.
118TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS.
Company K.
Flavius J. Arnold, 1st sergt., enl. Aug. 2, 1862.
Henry M. Mould, 2d lieut., enl. Aug. 21, 1862.
Philip V. N. McLean, 5th sergt., enl. Aug. 12, 1862 ; pro. to 2d lieut.
Stuteley B. Arnold, 3d corp., enl. Aug. 5, 1862.
Myron A. Arnold, 6th corp., enl. Ang. 2, 1862; pro. to lieut. in another regt. Wilson Allen, Jr., enl. Aug. 11, 1862. Casper W. Baker, enl. Aug. 13, 1862. John D. Baker, enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Rathhone V. Goodrich, enl. Aug. 9, 1862.
Josephi Gooseberry, enl. Aug. 7, 1862. Nicholas Gootran, enl. July 30, 1862. John Macomber, enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Charles M. Newton, enl. Aug. 6, 1862.
Ezra Paro, enl. Aug. 8, 1862.
Lawrence Segoin, enl. Aug. 12, 1862.
Joseplı Wood, enl. Aug. 9, 1862.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
EDMUND KINGSLAND.
Among the leading business men of Keeseville, perhaps no one has more thoroughly identified himself with the in- dustrial and social development of the place than has Ed- mund Kingsland, and no name stands higher in that com- munity than his. For nearly half a century he has been associated with its growth, and the place has felt in every department of its development the strong impress of his energy, tact, and business ability.
His parents, John and Lucy Kingsland, were natives of New Jersey, and in the year 1802 settled in New York City, where they remained four years, and in 1806 removed to Addison Co., Vt. Two years later they took up their residence at Fair Haven, Rutland Co., in the same State.
Edmund was born in New York City Jan. 22, 1804. His early opportunities were limited, and his best educa- tional advantages those that the common schools of his day afforded. At the age of fourteen he went to reside with his uncle, Jacob Davey, of Fair Haven, Vt., who was an iron-manufacturer and manufactured cut-nails, besides en- gaging in other branches of business. He was first em- ployed as clerk, and finally rose to be the confidential ad- viser of his uncle, and at times had the entire management of his affairs. When he had attained the age of twenty- three years, Mr. Kingsland, being then ambitious and pos- sessing the self-confidence and hopefulness of youth, estab- lished himself in the mercantile business in partnership with Wm. B. Colbern, and remained in trade two years. He then formed a copartnership with his brother, Jacob D. Kingsland, and Jonathan Cohen, and, purchasing his uncle's
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mills and store, carried on a large business until 1830, and then purchased and conducted the enterprise alone for two years.
In the year 1832, Mr. Kingsland disposed of his business interests at Fair Haven, and, removing to Keeseville, N. Y., formed a partnership with his brother Nelson, and engaged extensively in the manufacture of wagons and sleighs until 1838, when he became possessed of a desire to go West, and, gratifying the inelination, disposed of his business in Keeseville, and during the year 1839 traveled extensively through the West on a prospecting tour. Not finding any point in that seetion that suited him better than that which he had left as a manufacturing place, he returned home, and at onee leased the iron-works at Bouquet, Essex Co., of Wm. D. Ross, for the purpose of manufacturing eut- nails. This he did until 1847. He then again established himself at Keeseville, and formed a copartnership with his brother, Jacob D. Kingsland, and Edmund and John S. Bussing. The firm was known as E. & J. D. Kingsland & Co. They purchased the entire works of the Keeseville Manufacturing Company, enlarged them, and engaged ex- tensively in the manufacture of cut-nails and merchant rolled iron, as well as in the manufacture of iron from the ore. A large mercantile business was also carried on by the firm. This state of affairs continued until 1859, when, owing to the failure of his health, Mr. Kingsland sold his interest in the business to Abraham W. Kingsland.
In 1863 the Ausable Horse-Nail Company was formed with a capital of $80,000, largely through the instru- mentality of Mr. Kingsland. A great impulse was given to the business of this company by the adoption and use upon royalty of the machines for making horse-shoe nails invented, after years of toil, failure, and self-denial, by Daniel Dodge, of Keeseville. The measure of prosperity which this company at onee attained, and the high standing that it at present enjoys in business eireles, are elsewhere treated. For the last decade Mr. Kingsland has been the president and controlling business head of the enterprise, and still maintains the position, though advaneed in years, and is daily in his place in the counting-room of the eom- pany. Besides being at the head of this enterprise, Mr. Kingsland has also been president of the Keeseville Na- tional Bank for the past six years. He owns a handsome resi- denee in Keeseville and several fine stores on Front Street.
In the midst of his exacting business duties, Mr. Kings- land has still found leisure to attend to the various social and benevolent enterprises around him. He was a liberal contributor to the stoek of the old Keeseville Academy, and has been a liberal supporter of school and church in- terests, identifying himself chiefly with the Baptist Church, of which he is one of the " paying members." In political convictions he was early identified with the old Whig party, and has since been as firm a member of its natural sueees- sor, the Republican party. Political office has had no eharms for him.
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