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King, William Rufus

civil engineer, author, was born in 1839, in New York. He is an engineering officer in the United States army; and the author of Torpedoes, their Invention and Use; and Materials for Defensive Armor.

King, William S

journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 16, 1828, in Malone, N. Y. In 1858 he removed to Minneapolis, Minn., and established the State Atlas; and was subsequently elected postmaster of the national house of representatives for the thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second congresses; and the forty-fourth congress as a republican.

King, William Sterling

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 6, 1818, in New York city. In 1855 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts legislature. At the beginning of the civil war he was commissioned captain in the thirty-fifth Massachusetts regiment, and in 1865 was made brigadier-general of volunteers. He died June 29, 1882, in Roxbury, Mass.

King, Yelverton P

lawyer, state legislator, was born in 1794, in Greene county, Ga. In 1830 he was made state superintendent of public lands; was frequently elected to the Georgia legislature; and was a presidential elector in 1840.

He died Aug. 5, 1868, in Greene county, Ga.

Kingsbury, Jacob

soldier, was born in 1755, in Norwich, Conn. He entered the continental army as a private in 1775, served in Wayne's Indian campaign, and was appointed lieutenant of infantry in 1789. He rose by regular promotion to the rank of inspector-general. He aied July 1, 1837, in Franklin, Mo.

Kingsbury, Joseph Thomas

educator, college president, was born Nov. 4, 1853, in North Weber, Utah. He has filled the chair of chemistry and physics in une university of Utah for many years past; and has been vice-president of that institution, and is now its honored president.

Kingsbury, William W

state legislator, congressman, was born June 4, 1828, in Towanda, Pa. He moved to Minnesota, and in the year 1855 was elected a member of the Minnesota legislature, and again in 1856. In 1857 he was delegate to the convention for framing a constitution for Minnesota; was elected a delegate to the thirty-fifth congress.

Kingsford, Thomas

inventor, was born Sept. 29, 1799, in Kent, England. He was the inventor of the manufacture of corn starch, founder of the Oswego Starch factory, and originator of one of America's great industries. He was the first man to suggest the manufacture of starch from Indian corn. The first lot of corn starch ever prepared for the general market was produced by Mr. Kingsford in 1842.

Kingsford, Thomson

manufacturer, was born April 4, 1828, in England.

All the machinery of the factory of T.

Kingsford and Son, at Bergen, N. J., was designed, made and set up by Thomson Kingsford, and, during the remainder of his father's life, he aided actively in the management of the starch industry, most of the mechanical improvements originating with him.

Kingsley, Mrs. Adelaide D

author, poet, was born in 1843 in Canada.

She is a successful writer of Blue Earth City, Minn.; the author of a story entitled Heart or Purse; and a volume of poems.

Kingsley, Calvin

bishop, author, was born in 1812, in Annsville, N. Y. He was a methodist bishop, and the author of The Resurrection of the Dead; and Round the World. He died April 6, 1870, in Syria.

Kingsley, James Luce

educator, author, was born Aug. 28, 1778, in Windham, Conn. He was the author of numerous valuable articles on historical subjects. He also published a History of Yale College; and several biographical and historical works. He died Aug. 31, 1852, in New Haven, Conn.