Kate KINGSLEY (1891-1982)

1 Kate Sarah KINGSLEY^1,2,3,4,5,6 (1891-1982) [11831]. Born 5 Aug 1891, PA.^2,3,4 Died 30 Sep 1982, El Paso, TX.⁶

2 Charles Sullings KINGSLEY^1,2,7 (1844-1919) [11828]. Born 13 Jun 1844, Pittsford, VT.^1,2,7 Marr Jenny Lind BAILEY 12 Sep 1872.¹ Died 11 Jul 1919, Blossburg, PA.⁸ Buried Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, PA.^8,9

From Biography of Charles Sullings Kingsley from The History of Tioga County, 1897.

"Charles Sullings Kingsley was born in Pittsford, Vermont, June 13, 1844, a son of Ralph R. and Sarah (Sullings) Kingsley, both natives of Vermont and descendants of prominent New England families. His father was born June 9, 1810 and his mother in 1815. In 1847 the family came to Troy, Bradford county Pennsylvania, where Mr. Kingsley engaged in the tannery business as a member of the firm of Bowen & Kingsley, with which he was connected ten years. In 1865 he came to Mansfield, Tioga county, where purchased an interest in the John W. Kohn tannery. Three years later he bought out his partner, and was connected with the business up to his death, December 26, 1893. His widow is yet living, at the ripe age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of three children: Francis E., Charles S., and Flora, all residents of Mansfield. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools and at the Collegiate Institute, in Towanda, Pennsylvania. February 25, 1864, he enlisted in the Third Pennsylvania Artillery and was honorably discharged from the service at Philadelphia, November 9, 1865. Most of the time he was stationed at Fortress Monroe, and the last nine months of his term he was a clerk in the adjutant's office. Returning to Mansfield he engaged in the tannery business with his father, the firm being R.R. Kingsley & Son until the fall of 1868, when it was changed to C.S. Kingsley, its present title. September 12, 1872, Mr. Kingsley married Jennie Linn [sic] Bailey, a daughter of Benjamon and Clarissa (Johnson) Bailey, and has three children, viz: Harry B., Ralph R., and Kate S. In politics, Mr. Kingsley is a Republican, and has filled offices of burgess, councilman, school directory and treasurer of the school board. He is a member of General Mansfield Post, No. 48, G.A.R., and is one of the well-known, enterprising citizens of Mansfield.".

4 Ralph R. KINGLSEY¹ (1810-1893) [11832]. Born 9 Jun 1810.¹ Died 26 Dec 1893.¹

5 Sarah SULLINGS¹ (1815- ) [11833]. Born 1815.¹

3 Jenny Lind BAILEY^1,2,7,10 (1851-1907) [7779]. Born 17 Apr 1851.^2,7,10 Died 8 Mar 1907.^8,10 Buried Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, PA.⁹

6 Benjamin Morris BAILEY^11,12,13 (1816-1876) [6389]. Born 17 Dec 1816, Charleston, Tioga Co., PA.^12,14,15 Marr Clarissa JOHNSON bef 1838.¹⁶ Marr Helen P. RICHARDS 3 Apr 1855, Mansfield, Richmond Twp., Tioga Co., PA.¹³ Died 13 May 1876, Elmira, NY.^14,15 Buried Prospect Cemetery, Richmond Twp., Tioga, PA.¹⁴

From the Wellsboro Gazette, May 18, 1976.

"DIED -- Benjamin M. Bailey died at Elmira, N.Y., on the 13th inst. He was a half brother of John W. Bailey, Esq.., of Wellsboro. He was born in Charleston, Tioga County, December 17th, 1816, and was nearly sixty years of age at the time of his death. He was taken to Mansfield for burial. The funeral was attended from the residence of his son-in-law, Mart King, Esq., on Monday. Rev. Wm. Marshall officiated. He leaves a widow three daughters and three sons.".

12 Roswell BAILEY^17,18,19,20 (1782-1840) [3528]. Born 24 Dec 1782, VT or MA.^17,18 Marr Lucinda CLARK 1805, Mill Creek, Tioga, PA.¹⁷ Marr Julia Ann ROCKWELL 4 Jan 1824, Charleston, PA.^17,18,19 Died 24 Oct 1840, Dartt Settlement, Charleston Twp., Tioga, PA.^17,18

Both of these sketches come from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897.

"Roswell Bailey, a native of Vermont, came into the county about 1802 and located in Tioga township. About 1810 he removed to what is now known as the Dartt settlement, in Charleston township, and there became a pioneer settler. Here he engaged in farming and lumbering until his death. The tombstone over his grave in the Dartt settlement cemetery bears the following inscription: Rozel Bailey, Killed by the upsetting of his wagon, Oct. 24, 1840.

At the time of his death he was engaged in hauling heavy castings for his sawmill. The team ran away, while going down hill, upsetting the wagon and crushing him under its load. His sister, Betsey, came into the county with him and in 1812 became the wife of John Lawrence. On February 11, 1891, being then a resident of Mansfield, she celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of her birth, and lived nearly a year longer."

"Roswell Bailey was born in Vermont, December 25, 1782, came to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1802 and located in Tioga township. In 1810 he removed to Dartt settlement, in Charleston township, where he cleared and improved a farm and died October 24, 1840. In 1805 Mr. Bailey married Lucinda Clark, of which union six children grew to maturity named as follows: Clark W., Robert B., Roswell W., Mary A., Benjamin M., And Justis B. Mrs Bailey died in the early twenties and in 1923 he married Julia A. Rockwell, who became the mother of six children: John W., Rockwell S., George W., Julia A., Ellen M., and Caroline."

From the Lycoming Gazette.

August 28, 1833 - "From the Tioga Phenix - TIOGA COUNTY CONVENTION.
At a meeting of the delegates of the several townships of said county, for the purpose of nominating a suitable person as a candidate for Representative to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, held at the house of Benjamin R. Hall in Tioga village, on Thursday the 22d inst. the Hon JOHN RYON was called to the Chair, and Dr. C. Parkhurst and N.H. Purple, Esq. were appointed Secretaries.
The following delegates appeared and were admitted to seats in the Convention. Delmar. Jonah Brewster and John Dailey. Charleston. Rozel Bailey and Elmer Bacon. Shippen. Leonard Pfouto and Ephrain Steele. Westfield. Archibald Campbell and ??."

From the Tioga Eagle.

November 4, 1840 - "It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. Rozel Bailey, one of the earliest and most respectable inhabitants in this county. As he was returning homewards on the 23d ult. with a two-horse team loaded with heavy iron castings for a saw mill, the horses, in the neighborhood of "Daggett's Hollow" ran off, Mr. Bailey, it seems, was sitting up on the wagon when it broke to pieces, and no doubt was dragged a considerable distance before the horses became disengaged from the fragments of the wreck. The body was taken up a short time after, but the vital spark had fled to Him who gave it.
The remains, on the Monday following, were followed to the grave by a large concourse of citizens who seemed deeply affected by the melancholy catastrophe, which has taken from our society a worthy member and much beloved neighbor."

From the Encyclopedia of Biography by John W. Jordan, 1914.

Rozel, son of Robert and Asenath (Lawrence) Bailey, was born December 25, 1782, in New England, and about 1802, moved by the adventurous spirit inherited from his immigrant ancestor, he migrated to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he cleared and cultivated a farm in the wilderness, making a home for himself and his descendants. He married, about 1805, Lucinda Clark, of Massachusetts, and their children were: Clark,. Robert, Roswell Wilson, Mary Ann, Benjamin, Justus. Mrs. Bailey died December , 3, 1822, and thereafter Mr. Bailey married Julia Rockwell. The children of this second marriage were: John W., mentioned below; Rockwell, George,: Julia, Ellen, Caroline. Rozel Bailey, the father, died in 1840, as the result of an accident, but before his death he had the joy of welcoming his father and Ins
brothers and sisters to Pennsylvania, which became thenceforth the abode of this very numerous, able and honorable family. For many years prior to his death, Roze! Bailey had lived at Dartt, a settlement in the southern part of Tioga county, which he had been instrumental in founding.

13 Lucinda CLARK¹⁷ (1785-1822) [3529]. Born 4 May 1785, Wilbraham, Hampden, MA.¹⁷ Died 3 Dec 1822, Tioga County, PA.¹⁷

7 Clarissa JOHNSON^10,14 (1818-1854) [7770]. Born 1818.¹⁴ Died 1854.¹⁴ Buried Prospect Cemetery, Richmond Twp., Tioga, PA.¹⁴

Sources

1	"Biography of Charles Sullings Kingsley from The History of Tioga County, 1897".

2	"1900 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

3	"John and Lydia (Backus) Bailey by Donna Beers".

4	"1920 NM, Dona Ana, La Mesa census".

5	"Marriage announcement of Mrs. Kate Kingsley Porcher to Walter Peyne Porcher in the Wellsboro Agitator, July 11, 1923".

6	"Texas Death Index, 1903 - 2000".

7	"1880 PA, Tioga, Mansfield census".

8	"Obituary of Charles Sullings Kingsley, in the Wellsboro Agitator, July 23, 1919".

9	"Prospect Cemetery (Mansfiled, PA) records".

10	"From John and Lydia (Bacus) Bailey".

11	"History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897".

12	"1860 PA, Tioga, Richmond census".

13	"Ancestors of Uriah Maine of Mainesburg & Wisconsin".

14	"Prospect Cemetery (Richmond Twp.) cemetery records.".

15	"Death notice of Benjamin M. Bailey in the Wellsboro Gazette, May 18, 1876".

16	"Estimated based on related dates and information".

17	"Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors".

18	"The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and It's Affiliations by S. Whitney Phoenix, 1878".

19	"A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Connecticut and Ralph Keeler of Hartford, Connecticut by James Boughton, 1903".

20	"Encyclopedia of Biography by John W. Jordan, 1914.".