JOHN
TABOR
One
of Necedah's First Settlers
By Jackie L. Martin
Hufschmid
Son
of Paul
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Born:
Died:
In the winter of 1837, eighteen year olds - John T. Kingston and Samuel
Pilkington walked up a semi-frozen
At the 1870 County fair John exhibited his
fruit growing expertise with ten varieties of grapes, five varieties of pears
and sixty-eight varieties of apples.
In the late 1870's John south a railroad
connection to their
John married Hannah Dawes
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Ida
M. Kingston was born
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Infant
daughter was born 1854 and died
1854 in Necedah.
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Wilbur
John Kingston was born
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William
Paul Kingston was born
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Mary
B. Kingston was born
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John
Tabor
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Arthur
L. Kingston was born
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Frank
Wilbur Kingston was born
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Edith
G. Kingston was born
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Charles
Dawes
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Una
Ethel
John and Hannah are buried at the
1820 Ogle,
Free white inhabitance:
Paul Kingston
Free White males under twenty-one: 3
Free White males of twenty-one & under forty-five: 2
Free White males of forty-five & upwards: 1
Free White females of eighteen five:
2
1830 Fulton Co.,
Paul Kingston – 1 male under 5,
1 male under 15, 1 male under 40 & 2 females under 15, 1 female under
50
Paul Kingston – 1 male 50 under
60; 1 female 5 under 10 and 1 female 15 under 20
1850
472/500, dated
Paul Kingston, age 68, laborer, value of real
estate $800, born in
Mary, age 65, born in N.Y.
1659/1496 - dated
Paul Kingston, age 78, farmer, born in
John T., age 41, merchant, value of real estate
$28,000, value of personal estate $11,000, born in
Hannah, age 30, born in
Maria C. Fahey, age 20, born in
Ida M. Kingston, age 8, born in
William, age 3, born in
John, age 8/12, born in
Isaac Lewis, age 22, laborer, born in N. Y.
Hannah Murray, age 22, domestic, born in
1870 Necedah
Census
40/49, Page No. 6, dated
John T. Kingston, age 51, lumberman, value
of real estate $100,000, value of personal estate $10,000, born in
Hannah, age 40, keeping house, born in
Ida, age 18, born in
William, age 13, born in
John T., age 10, born in
Arthur, age 8, born in
Mary, age 6, born in
Edith, age 2, born in
Hannah Hanahan, age 66, domestic servant,
born in
Homer Ealey, age 20, comm. labor, born in
William Heneda, age 19, comm. labor, born
in
Annie Carter, age 22, teaching school, born
in
Julia Northcott, age 24, teaching school,
born in
1880 Necedah
Census
119/122, Page 13, Supervisors Dist No. 2,
Enumeration Dist. No. 194, dated
John T. Kingston, age 61, lumber merchant,
born in
Hannah, age 50, wife, keeping house, born
in ME, father born in ME, mother born in N.B.
John T. Jun., age 20, son, at school, born in
William P., age 23, son, book keeping, born
in
Arthur L., age 18, son, at school, born in
Mary B., age 16, daughter, at school, born
in
Edith G., age 12, daughter, at school, born
in
Annie Johnson, age 21, servant, born in
Hannah Bra????, age 17, servant, born in
J. T. KINGSTON's Funeral Buried
at Necedah Yesterday Largest Funeral Ever Held in That
City
The remains of ex-Senator John T. Kingston,
Jr., arrived in Necedah Tuesday afternoon from
The pallbearers were Sergt. F. F. Carter,
Corporals H. J. Lyon, C. F. Hagemann, H. R. Fosbinder, Privates E. L. Field,
and W. E. Bradley, of Co. D, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteers, of this city. This
company was present at the funeral of Corp. Kingston in
Business houses and the public schools were
closed. 2
Hon. John T. Kingston died at
his home in Necedah, at 10 o'clock last Sunday evening of heart failure,
aged 80 years, 1 month and 27 days.
John T. Kingston was born in St. Claire county,
in the state of
In the social and commercial affairs of the
community wherein he resided. Mr. Kingston always bore a conspicuous and
honorable part.
Whatever made for good, or tended to the uplifting
of the moral and intellectual advancement of its members found in him an
ardent, generous and vigorous friend and supporter. Even his most pronounced
opponents never questioned the purity and integrity of his purposes. His
battles for what he believed to be the right were fought openly, fearlessly,
and with a frankness that left no chance to question the honesty of his purposes
or methods.
In his political life he exploited the same
conspicuous traits of character, and was often honored by his fellow citizens
because he compelled their respect and won their condence and esteem. He
served his district as state senator in the years 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861,
1882 and 1883; was appointed a trustee of the
His son, John T. Kingston, Jr., who enlisted in and served as a member of the Third Wisconsin Infantry in the State War with Spain, died in Porto Rico on August 26th, 1898, and his remains were recently brought to Necedah and interred family grounds in the cemetery, an account of which was given in the PRESS a few weeks since.
Mr. Kingston leaves a wife, two sons and three daughters -- Wm. P., residing
in the State of Washington, Arthur L., Mrs. Jay Jennings and Mrs. A. P. Niles
of Necedah, and Mrs. H. K. Willis of Warner, S.D.
The funeral was on Wednesday and was attended
by large numbers of people from all parts of
In his death Necedah has lost one of her best,
most respected and beloved citizens, and for her loss she may well, as she
surely will, deeply and sincerely mourn. Many will be the years that his
memory will remain fadeless in their hearts.
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Name of Servant: Not Listed
Name:
Document Type: Census
Date: 1818
County: St. Clair
2 Free Persons of Color
Description:
Governed by the French, English and
Sources
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Mauston
Star,
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Adams Co.
Press,
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