Frederick John Kingsbury 
(1823-1910), ID #178
Frederick John Kingsbury|b. 1 Jan 1823\nd. 30 Sep 1910|p178.htm|Charles Denison Kingsbury|b. 7 Nov 1795\nd. 16 Jan 1890|p859.htm|Eliza Leavenworth|b. 17 Dec 1798\nd. 16 Nov 1852|p860.htm|John Kingsbury|b. 30 Dec 1761\nd. 26 Aug 1844|p861.htm|Mercy Bronson|b. 17 Dec 1764|p862.htm|Frederick Leavenworth|b. 4 Sep 1766\nd. 17 May 1840|p1019.htm|Fanny Johnson|b. 28 Feb 1776\nd. 14 May 1852|p1020.htm|
Frederick Kingsbury
1873 photo
1873 photo
- Father: Charles Denison Kingsbury b. 7 Nov 1795, d. 16 Jan 1890
- Mother: Eliza Leavenworth b. 17 Dec 1798, d. 16 Nov 1852
- Relationship: 2nd great-grandfather of Linda Sargent.
- Frederick John Kingsbury was born on 1 January 1823, in Waterbury, CT.
- He graduated from Yale College in New Haven, CT, in 1846.
- He graduated from Yale Law School say 1849.
- He married Alathea Ruth Scovill, daughter of William Henry Scovill and Eunice Ruth Davies, on Tuesday, 29 April 1851 in Waterbury, CT.1
- Frederick lived in Waterbury, CT.
- He was the President of Scoville Mfg Company in Waterbury, CT.2
- He wrote the Kingsbury Genealogy with Mary Kingsbury Talcott.
- When he was 80 his advice to young men who wished to succeed: "Be honest in your purpose. Practice truthfulness, courtesy and the cultivation of a kindly feeling toward all men. Be industrious and persevering. Neither court nor shun responsibilities, but discharge all obligations to the best of your ability. Do the most honorable thing that offers, and keep it until something better comes. Beware of procrastination." From 1881-1899 he was a member of the Yale Corporation.
- He died on 30 September 1910 at age 87.
- Charts: Ancestors of Ruth Kingsbury, Louisa May Alcott and the Kingsbury relations, Emily Dickinson and the Kingsburys, Bush and the Kingsburys, Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Kingsburys, Tennessee Williams and the Kingsburys, Gerald Ford and the Kingsburys, Millard Fillmore and the Kingsburys, Richard Gere - a Kingsbury, Kingsburys and Winston Churchill, Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kingsburys, Nathan Hale and Ruth Kingsbury, George HW Bush and the Kingsburys
Children with Alathea Ruth Scovill b. 21 Mar 1828, d. 7 Dec 1899:
- William Charles Kingsbury b. 2 Jul 1853, d. 2 Mar 1864
- Mary Eunice Kingsbury+ b. 9 Jun 1856, d. 15 Oct 1898
- Alice Eliza Kingsbury b. 4 May 1858, d. 4 Apr 1937
- Edith Davies Kingsbury b. 6 Feb 1860
- Frederick John Kingsbury+ b. 7 Jul 1863, d. 11 Jul 1927
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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.