1842–1878

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 3, 1842, New York.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 28, 1878, Am­herst, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Tri­ni­ty Church Ce­me­te­ry and Mau­so­le­um, Man­hat­tan, New York.

Biography

Howard was the son of Ol­iv­er Rich­mond Kings­bu­ry and Su­san Pat­ter­son, and hus­band of So­phie How­ard Thay­er (mar­ried 1869).

He gra­du­at­ed from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut, in 1863.

He served as pas­tor of the Se­cond Pres­by­te­ri­an Church, New­ark, Ohio, and lat­er at the Vil­lage Church in Am­herst, Mas­sa­chu­setts (De­cem­ber 1877).

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If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Kings­bu­ry (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),