Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

HENRY K. KINGSBURY

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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Kingsbury, Henry K., farmer; Yuba City; was born in Howard county, Missouri, in 
1826; was born and raised a slave, about sixty miles from Jefferson city, 
Missouri; he lived in slavery until the Emancipation Proclamation; during the 
war he purchased stock for his master, who was furnishing it to the Federal 
army.  He was married in 1864 to Katherine Calaway, who was also raised a slave 
in Missouri; they have four children - all boys.
History of Sutter County, California - Thompson & West, p 118
Marysville Daily Appeal - 23 Apr 1884, p3 - The funeral of the late Henry 
Kingsbury, of Marysville Township, will take place this morning.  The cortege 
will leave the residence at 10 o'clock, and at 12 will arrive at Mount Olivet 
Church, where the services will be held.  The interment will take place at Yuba 
City.
Marysville Daily Appeal - 24 Apr 1884 - The funeral of the late Henry Kingsbury 
took place yesterday, from Mount Olivet Church, in this city.  The Rev. John M. 
Johnston officiated at the church, and also at the grave.  The pall bearers 
were:  G. Sims, John C. Jenkins, Jerry Moulton, Miles Williams, A. Logan, and 
Riley Jones.
This ancestor of the Marysville Kingsbury's is buried in the Yuba City Cemetery, 
Sutter County, Lot 23, Block 2.