| Show HIRAM K1NGS15URY HE IS TUB FATHER OF THE AMBPICAN LAO LAW MKiilntnl the tllll < nmp lllnz tI Ilirnclilnl oe lirol In llllnoU In 11 11 > y 1111 Blur llurlni Nrheol llunnllrllrtM lie to lllclit c I I It AM H ICINGS I bury of the Illinois State Senate In lately came Into tho publlceyo ns author i of a bill compelling ct all denominational f1 schools American to nag float from the 0 n m until 4 p m except on Rot urdaya and Bun days Senator Klngsbury was horn In Melga rountr Ohio April 3 1840 In ISIS his fithcr Immigrated to Illinois and located nt Mount Carmel where soon after his mother died and Illrnm Went to lire with nn uncle near IVIends lllo Wabash county Illinois In 1848 his father married Mary Ann Henlrre widowed daughter of Her John Holla ban who lived five miles north of Utw rcnccvllle Lawrence county Illinois and settled at Irnlrleton In the eastern border ot Hlchland county where Senator Klngibury grew up to manhood man-hood working In his fathers store and on the farm until ho was ot nco Ills education was obtained In Iho old log schoolhouses common In the country at that time and ho was compelled to walk three miles ouch day to and from school Oct 10 ISO I Mr Klngsbury married MUs Josephine McUlflln at Olney nod has been n resident nf that pI oeD our since with the exception ot aeven years residence nt 1lora III during which time he claimed Olney as his home Mr Klnttibury tntlstcd < < at the outbreak of Iho war In Company I > Eighth Illinois Infantry tho first company to lone tho county In the three months service At the end of his enlistment his health belni broken down he returned homo nail wns confined con-fined to his bed for nearly I three years I Ho has held a number of Important positions of trust among which are Uxprcm ngenl thrco care city treasurer treas-urer six years being ro elected threo consecutlte terms pollco maclilrate four years and a member of tho board of supervisors ono term His duties worn oUoya dlschntgrd with honor to himself and to the entire satisfaction I of his constituents Ho Is an honorable honor-able upright Christian gentleman and would scorn la dq a mean or unkind act During his residence nt Horn ho was elected city clerk ono terra and also alderman one term Mr Klngsburya family consists of e r I i r 1 BrNATOU KINOSI1UIIY hit estimable wife three sons and three daughters Ono son tho oldest of the children II I dead Ono of his sons Is now studying law In Olney and another Is filling a position In 1 t the Wtitern Union Telegraph Companys oOlce In Ohio Mr Klngsbury Is I nn earnest and no the member ot thin Presbyterian church and nlwns makes It Us duty to practice what ho preaches Ho has been a republican all his life and whllo he Is I not n politician ho Is In sympathy with tho common people and docs his duty ns ho thinks best for the whole people Mr Klngsbury accepted the nomination for state senator alter sctcral leading tcpubllcan politicians of tho dlitrlct bnd refuted they thinking think-ing It could bo a hopeless ran In a democratic district and ono that had always tent n democrat to tho senate Nevertheless Mr Klngsbury accepted J the nomination In good faith nnd made a thorough canvas of the four counties coun-ties comprising the dlitrlct Crawford Jasper Lawrence and Itlchland and was elected by 782 majority while tha rest of the ticket was elected by the democrats by 77S majority Senator Klugsbury Is a firm believer In Ibo constitutionality of his Hag law and thinks as Ibo years pass by tho majority of the people will talio sides with him and defend old glory aa aha floats over in cry schoolhouse 1 school-house and public building In the slate of Illinois Y I l |
