5, 1832, daughter of General Roger Pryor Atkinson and
Margaret M. Littlejohn, his wife, of Haywood county, Vir-
ginia, a descendant of Richard Bland, and connected with the
Lees, Randolphs, Pryors, Poytresses, and Mayos, and with
the Littlejohns, Blounts, Cheshires, and Pettigrews of east-
ern North Carolina.
After leaving the University he entered his father's mer-
cantile establishment and became his partner; but after his
father's death, in 1856, he retired from business. In 1858 he
founded and edited the Leisure Hour, a purely literary
paper, published in Oxford. He has been connected with
many North Carolina publications, dailies, weeklies, and
monthlies ; among them the Raleigh Sentinel, the Raleigh
Advocate, the North Carolina Educational Journal, and the
Tarboro Southerner. He edited Our Living and Our Dead, a
historical, literary, and educational magazine, the organ of
the North Carolina Branch of the Southern Historical
396 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
Society. After the first issue he became the editor and the
principal contributor to the literary department. In 1876 he
delivered a historical address at the request of the people
of Oxford, on the 4th of July, upon Granville County.
The manuscript, if written out in full, would make a volume
of some 175 or 200 pages. The same year he was invited
to the editorial chair of the Morning Star, published at Wil-
mington, which position he held until 1889. He then re-
signed and accepted the same position on the Messenger,
which he still holds, and as a journalist and literary critic,
he has wielded much influence in his native state. In 1882
he delivered the literary address before Wilson Female Col-
lege in North Carolina. An address which he delivered in
1883, at the request of the Methodists of North Carolina, on
the Life and Character of Thomas G. Lowe, was published
in a large edition, which was entirely exhausted. He
received the degree of LL.D. from the University of North
Carolina in 1888. " It is no secret to Dr. Kingsbury's
friends that he could have long since held conspicuous
public station if he had so willed. In 1876 he was widely
besought to allow his name to be used before the Demo-
cratic convention for the office of Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction. Under Mr. Cleveland's administration,
such was the potency of his editorials in the preceding
campaign, and so distinguished were his merits, that the
entire North Carolina delegation in Congress proffered
their cooperation to secure him a valuable appointment.
This he declined. And time and again during the shift-
ing fortunes of our State University he has been sug-
gested and urged by the press to prominent professorships,
and to the presidency of the institution. With all his edito-
rial and literary labors Dr. Kingsbury also fills the office of
class leader in the Methodist church. He is a close student
of theology, and enjoys the keen investigation of theological
questions. A sketch of Dr. Kingsbury, however short,
would be incomplete without mention of that unerring criti-
cal faculty which is his highest intellectual gift. Though
by the force of circumstances, and not by the bent of his
own talents as a political writer, his most passionate prefer-
ence is for the discriminating faculty in reference to men
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 397
and books. He has always been the true friend and ready
helper of native talent and genuine merit, in whatever field
of human achievement it reveals itself, and especially in the
realm of literary pursuits. His work, his example, his words
of comfort and encouragement have been a blessing and an
inspiration to many of the younger journalists and literati
of his beloved Carolina."
CHILDREN.
1552 Cora, born January 31, 1852, at "Glenwood", Warren County
N. C.s-»-
1553 Mary Sumner, born January 9, 1S54, in Oxford. N. C. ; living in
Wilmington, unm. ; has been Historian of the North Carolina
Society of Colonial Dames.
1554 Roger Atkinson, born January 25, 1856, in Oxford, N. C.= >
1555 Margaret Littlejohn, born June 24, 185S, in Oxford, N. C;
living unm. in Wilmington.
1556 Edward Thorne, born April 3/30, 1S60, in Halifax, N. C. ; died
in Halifax, N. C, November 16, 1864.
1557 Walter Russell, born June 15, 1862, in Leesburg, N. C.
1558 Theodore Bryant, born August 19, 1864, in Halifax, N. C; died
in Halifax, N. C, November 4, 1S64.
1559 Alice Thorne, born August 5, 1S66. in Warrenton, N. C.
1560 Maude Madeline, born September 24, 1870, in Oxford. X. C.
1139 Delia 7 Kingsbury {Russdl\ Eleazer\ Eleazcr\ Joseph*,
Joseph*, Henry'), married, January 12, 1854, Major Thomas
Brown Venable, son of Hon. Abram Woodson and Isabella
(Brown) Venable, of North Carolina, born December 9,
1826, a lineal descendant of the Huguenots on his father's
side and Scotch-Irish on his mother's; graduated at Hamp-
den-Sidney College, Va., about 1843; studied law and settled
in Oxford, N. C, to practice his profession. In 1867 he was
made an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died June
23, 1894, in Oxford.
CHILDREN.
1 Abram Watkins, born January 13, 1S55, in Oxford; educated .it the
Horner School in Oxford, and at the Military Institute at
Lexington, Va. At one time he edited the " Torchlight and
News," at Oxford. In 1S75 he was Professor in Horner and
Graves' School, Hillsboro', N. C. For several years before
his death he resided at South Boston, Iowa, where he was
engaged in the insurance business. He died at his father's
home in Oxford, May 5, 1S90.
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THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
2 Thomas Russell, born August 19, 1856.
3 Mary Grace, born July 4, 1858; died February 25, 1881.
4 Martha, born August 5, i860; died April 22, 1866.
5 Bessie Belle, born December 9, 1866 ; married, August, 1890,
Thomas R. Southerland; 2 ch. : 1 Grace Venable, 2 Thomas.
1 1 40 Charles Frederick 7 Kingsbury {Russell* , Eleazer 5 ,
Eleazer*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry 1 ), served in the Confederate
army in the 12th North Carolina Regiment; wounded at
Gaines' Mill in the Seven Days' Battle around Richmond.
He married, February 14, 1884, Lelia Landon, daughter of
Dr. William B. Pleasants, of Richmond, Va. She died May
25, 1884, at Westwood, in Henrico County, Va., only three
months after her marriage in St. James' Church, Richmond.
He was living in Oxford in 1886; now (1903) residing in
Baltimore, Md., with his sister, Mrs. Pugh.
1 141 Florence 7 Kingsbury (Russell*, Eleazer' , Eleazer*,
Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry*), married Dr. Thomas C. Pugh of
Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1879.
CHILDREN.
1 Lucy Pickett, born August 5, 1880, in Oxford, N. C.
2 Thomas E., born September 5, 1882, in Oxford, N. C.
3 Nettie, born 1885.
1 143 Aaron Field 7 Kingsbury (Perez*, Samuel Rust\
Eleazer*, Joseph*, Joseph 1 , Henry 1 ), married, about 1831, Eliza
Christiancy of Schenectady, N. Y. He died September 15,
187 1, in Staten Island, N. Y. He had four children.
CHILD.
1 561 Isaac, living on Staten Island when last heard from.
1 144 Elisha Grover 7 Kingsbury (Perez*, Samuel Rust",
Eleazer*, Joseph 3 , Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married (1), 1838, Elvira,
Pfeiffer or Puffer of Brimfield, Mass.; (2), September 21,
1864, Charlotte F. Kellam of New Haven, born in Bellows
Falls, Vt., February 6, 1832 daughter of Benjamin S. and
Charlotte (Bailey) Kellam. He died in Springfield, Mass.,
January 6, 1888. His widow now resides there (1903).
CHILDREN.
1562 Edward Albert, born March 9, 1867; m. June 19, 1887, Mary
Eliza Jones; res. Springfield; ch. Elliott Grover, b. Jan. 11,
1889.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 399
1563 Charles B., born April 4, 1869; m. (1) Aug. 1, 1889, Jennie Mont-
gomery; she d. Nov. 2, 1896; (2) Dec. 7, 1S98, Lizzie Lock-
wood ; res. Springfield ; ch. Florence Charlotte, b. Dec. 15,
1901.
1 146 Sophia Field 7 Kingsbury (Perez", Samuel Rust\
Eleazer\ Joseph*, Joseph" 1 , Henry'), married in Sturbridge,
Mass., September 11, 1844, Horace Hurlburt, of Somers,
Conn. He died September 8, 185 1. She was living in
Amherst, Mass., in 1880.
CHILI).
1 Dwight K., born May 25, 1848.
1 147 Samuel Rust 7 Kingsbury (Feres 6 , Samuel Rust\
Eleazar\ Joseph", Joseph', Henry'), married in Stockton, Cal.,
Mary Root. He died about 1866. Had one daughter.
1 148 Daniel Steele 7 Kingsbury (Perez*, Samuel Rusf,
Eleazer\ Joseph 3 , Joseph", Henry 1 ), of Providence, R. I., mar-
ried (1), 1847, in Thompson, Conn., Elizabeth Bartholomew
of Providence, R. I.; (2), i860, in Worcester, Mass., Caroline
H. Orwell of Sutton, Mass. He died in Providence, Janu-
ary 22, 1900.
CHILI) OK SECOND WIFE.
1564 Frank D., born November 28, 1S63 ; a bookkeeper in Providence
R. I.
1 149 George Oliver 7 Kingsbury (Perez", Samuel Rust\
Eleazer\ Joseph', Joseph", Henry 1 ), of Springfield, Mass., mar-
ried, (1) March 22, 1846, Catharine A. Ross; (2) August 12,
185 1, Louisa G. Staples; (3) January 23, 1873, Emma Baker
Davis, born February 26, 1846, in Mechanicsburg, Ohio,
daughter of Isaac and Tryphena Searls (Chapman) Davis.
Mr. Kingsbury was engaged in the real estate business in
Springfield, an honest and honored business man, and very
charitable. He died in Springfield, November 29, [895.
His widow now resides in Amherst, Mass.
CHILDREN OF FIRST Will.
1565 Arthur N., born February 26, 1847 ; died 1861.
1566 Norman, born August 28, 1848; lived only a few months.
CHILIi OF SI <> >\ i, \vii E.
1567 George E., born July 3, 1853 1 died March 14, 1S54.
4 00 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
CHILDREN OF THIRD WIFE.
156S Harry Davis, born April 20, 1874; Yale, 1899; engaged on the
Evening Sun, N. Y. City; a student of law; now manager of
the Prudential Insurance Company of America, in Springfield.
1569 George Oliver, born May 10, 1875; in business in Springfield;
now carries on a music store in Pittsfield, Mass.
1 150 Phalla Hill 7 Kingsbury {Perez\ Samuel Rust", Elea-
zer*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married in Sturbridge, Mass.,
in 1849, Olney O. Brown of Holland, Mass. Now living in
Springfield, Mass. (1903).
CHILD.
1 Edward H., born November 28, 1850; living in New York City.
1151 Jasper Bidwell 7 Kingsbury (Perez 6 , Samuel Rust 6 ,
Eleazer*, Joseph 3 , Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married, August 19, 185 1,
Helen Belden of East Douglas, Mass. He died November
11, 187 1. His widow married again, and was living in
Boston (1880).
CHILDREN.
1570 Clarence.
1571 Ida.
1153 Margaret Howard 7 Kingsbury (Dr. Samuel", Sam-
uel Rust" ', Eleazer*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married, May 11,
1837, William Barron Calhoun, born in Boston, December
29, 1795; Yale College, 1814 ; he studied law with Hon.
George Bliss of Springfield, and for forty years was a prom-
inent man there ; member of the Massachusetts Legislature,
1825-35 ; Speaker, 1834-35 ; Member of Congress, 1835-43 ;
President of the State Senate, 1846-47 ; Secretary of State
of Massachusetts, 1848-51 ; Mayor of Springfield, 1859 'â– >
again member of the Massachusetts Legislature, 1861 ; died
in Springfield, November 8, 1865. She died April 7, 1877.
CHILDREN.
1 Martha Chamberlain, born February 27, 1838 ; died January 16,
1876.
?. William Andrew, born May 5, 1841. â–
3 Charles Kingsbury, born March 30, 1844.
JOSMPIT KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 4 oi
1 154 Elizabeth 7 Kingsbury (Dr. Samuel* , Samuel Rust*,
Eleazar*, Joseph*, Joseph?, Henry'), married, August 30, 1837,
William Whitney Lee of Springfield, Mass.; living there in
1893.
CHILDREN.
i Roswell, born in Springfield, June 16, 1840.
2 Samuel Kingsbury, born in Springfield, July 2, 1842.
1 155 Hannah Worthington 7 Kingsbury {Dr. Samuel*,
Samuel Rust", Eleazar*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry'), married, Octo-
ber 3, 1843, Charles Paine, born August 12, 1804, son of Hon.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Chandler) Paine, of Worcester,
Mass. She died leaving one child, March 27, 1847. Charles
Paine died December 8, 1866.
CHILD.
1 Alice Peabodv, born January 20, 1847.
1 158 George S. 7 Kingsbury {Dr. Samuel 9 , Samuel Rust 1 ',
Eleazar', Joseph*, Joseph" , Henry 1 ), of Arkadelphia and Little
Rock, Arkansas; married (1) February 10, 1846, Harriet
Rodgers Cabot, born September 14, 1826, daughter of Capt.
Marston and Mary (Rodgers) Cabot, of Hartland, Vermont ;
she died in Arkadelphia, August 24, 1858; (2) September 30,
1859, Amelia Sophia Denison, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.,
born Jan. 25, 1828, daughter of Leonard and Phebe Augusta
(Ely) Denison. He was a merchant in Arkadelphia, and a
clerk in Little Rock. He died October 28, 1879, in Little
Rock. His widow lived in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.
CHILDRl \ o\ FIRST u IF1 .
1572 Marston Cabot, born March 19, 1S47, in Prophetstown, 111. ;
living in Little Rock, Ark., 1880.
1573 Mary Elizabeth, born August 1, 1S52, Arkadelphia.
1574 Ellen Snell, born 1858, Arkadelphia.
CHILD "i SECOND WIFE.
1575 Henry Lay, born Nov. 28, i860; died December 10, 1865.
1 159 Martha Adams 7 Kingsbury ( Thomas', Daniel''. Dan-
iel*, Joseph*, Joseph' 1 , Henry'), married William Kent, who was
born in Warren, Vt., April 7, 1807. Shedied March 27, 1 S 7 j .
26
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THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
CHILDREN.
i Caroline Eliza, born April 9, 1835 ; married Charles Hastings of
Montpelier, Vt.
2 Sanford Harrison, born November 11, 1837; married Violetta
Thayer ; resides in Northfield, Vt.
3 George Henry, born June 8, 1839 ; married Hannah Davenport.
4 Mary Bigelow, born June 14, 1842 ; married, September 11, 1865,
Dayton Perry Clarke ; res. Montpelier, Vt.
1 173 George Washington 7 Kingsbury {Daniel?, Daniel* ',
Daniel*, Joseph*, Joseph" 1 , Henry 1 ), of North field and Mont-
pelier, Vermont ; married, June 2, 1859, Emeline, daughter
of Joseph J. and Adeline (Adams) Dennison, born in Hart-
ford, Conn., December 17, 1840. He carries on a saw and
grist mill in Montpelier.
CHILD.
1576 Daniel, born in Brookfield, August 7, i860.
1175 Adele Louise 7 Kingsbury (James Wilkinson'', Ja-
cob*, Nathaniel*, Joseph?, Joseph", Henry 1 ), married, May 24,
1855, Alfred Morgan Waterman, born in Hartford, Conn.,
December 26, 1826, son of Henry and Lydia (Morgan) Wa-
terman. He died in St. Louis, Mo., December 10, 1885.
She died May 6, 1898.
CHILDREN.
1 Julia Kingsbury, born April 15, 1856; living in St. Louis, unm.
2 A daughter born August 20, 1857 ; died the same day.
3 Alfred Morgan, born August 1, 1858 ; died September 24, 1872.
4 James Kingsbury, born May 12, i860 ; married, April 4, 1888, Julia
Maffitt, dau. of Capt. Thomas Theodore Turner of the Con-
federate Army, Aide-de-Camp to General P. S. Ewell. He
was connected with one of the St. Louis street railroads ; after-
wards went to South Africa, and became interested in trolley
lines with Cecil Rhodes ; he died in South Africa, February
1. 1898 ; ch.: 1 Adele Kingsbury, born in St. Louis, January
13, 1889 ; 2 Thomas Turner, born in St. Louis, May 4, 1S91;
died July, 1891 ; 3 Winifred, born in Denver, October 23,
1892. Mrs. Waterman is living abroad.
5 Eliza Caroline, born December 21, 1861 ; died February 4, 1863.
6 Adele Louise, born March 28, 1863 ; died January 3, 1881.
7 Grace Jocelyn, born December 29, 1864; entered a convent in
Newark, X. J.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 403
8 Marie Amande, born May 14, 1866 ; died September 29, 1866.
9 Clarence, born August 20, 1S67; living in New York City.
10 Mary Virginia, born January 25, 1870; m. Tompkins; res. St.
Louis.
1 178 Sarah Hill 7 Kingsbury {Thomas H. C.\ Jacob", Na-
thaniel*, Joseph 9 , Joseph*, Henry), married, in Franklin, No-
vember 4, 1 85 8, Charles A. Kingsley, born in Franklin, May
6, 1828, son of Jason W. Kingsley. They resided in Yantic
Village, Franklin. He died there, April 26, 1885. She died
in Franklin, December 17, 1898. [Mrs. Kin'gsley was an
invalid for eighteen years before her death. She was a
member of the Franklin Congregational Church, and a
woman of strong Christian character, who bore her long ill-
ness with unflinching fortitude and patience, while she pos-
sessed a singularly sweet disposition that greatly endeared
her to many friends. Norwich Bulletin.]
CHILDREN.
1 Jason W., born August 22, 1859 ; died May 9, i860.
2 Katharine Ray, born March 16, 1861 ; died December 18,* 1S62.
3 Albert Edward, born Octobe^i, 1863; married February 19, 1883, in
Webster, Mass., Elizabeth Allen ; ch. : 1 Florence Belle, born
June 11, 18S5 ; 2 Grace May, born March 5, 1S87 ; res. in
Yantic, Conn.
4 Frederick Kingsbury, born July 26, 1865; married in Franklin,
April 24, 1890, Julia M. Mullen; ch. : 1 May, born May 1,
1S94; 2 Jason Henry, born May 27, 1896; 3 Frederick Wil-
liam, born June 25, 1897; 4 Marjorie, born July 8, 1900;
res. in Norwich Town, Conn.
5 Mary Adele, born August 18, 1S68 ; now living in Norwich ; unm.
6 Jui.es Cabanne, horn October 26, 1871 ; died November S, 1889, in
Franklin.
1 180 Julia Ann Ellis 7 Kingsbury (Thomas //. c'.", Ja-
cob 6 , Nathaniel', Joseph 3 , Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married in Franklin,
May io, 1865, John G. Cooley, Jun'\, son of John G. Cooley,
of New York, born March 4, 1843. They lived for many
years in the old Kingsbury place in Franklin. She died
in Norwich October 1, 1901.
' II I I.I) K I.N.
i John Kingsbury, born May 4, 1866; died September 22, 1866, in
Franklin.
2 .Sou, born and died September 18, 1S75.
*16, another account.
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THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
1184 Frederick John 7 Kingsbury {Charles Denison*,
John*, Nathaniel*, Joseph*, Joseph" 1 , Henry 1 ), born at Water-
bury, January 1, 1823; married, April 29, 185 1, Alathea Ruth,
daughter of William Henry and Eunice Ruth (Davies)
Scovill.
Frederick John Kingsbury is the only son of Charles Deni-
son and Eliza (Leavenworth) Kingsbury, and was born in
Waterbury, January 1, 1823. He was educated in the
schools of the town, and also spent a year and a half, partly
in study, with his maternal uncle, the Rev. Abner J. Leaven-
worth, in Virginia. He completed his preparation for col-
lege with the Rev. Seth Fuller, at that time Principal of the
Waterbury Academy, and graduated at Yale College in the
class of 1846. He studied law in the Yale Law School under
Judge W. L. Storrs and Isaac H. Townsend, and with Hon.
Charles G. Loring of Boston and the Hon. Thomas C. Per-
kins of Hartford. He was admitted to the Boston bar in
1848.
Mr. Kingsbury opened an office in Waterbury in 1849, but
in 1853 he abandoned the law for the banking business, in
which and in manufactures and other business enterprises
he has been since engaged.
In 1850 he represented the town in the Legislature.
Having his attention directed to savings banks, and believ-
ing that a savings bank would be a benefit to the people of
Waterbury, he obtained a charter for one. He was appointed
its treasurer, and has successfully administered its affairs
since that time. In 1853, in connection with Abram Ives,
he established the Citizens' Bank, of which he has been presi-
dent for many years. He was a member, also, of the Legis-
latures of 1858 and 1865, and was chairman of the Committee
on Banks. In 1865 he was a member of the committee
on a revision of the statutes of Connecticut.
In January, 1858, he was made a director of the Scovill
Manufacturing Company. He was secretary of that com-
pany from March, 1862, to January, 1864, and treasurer from
March, 1862, to January, 1866. In 1868 he succeeded S. W.
Hall as president, and has held that office ever since. He is
secretary of the Detroit and Lake Superior Copper Company,
organized in 1867. He was for a number of years a director
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 405
of the New York & New England Railroad, and is a director
of the Naugatuck Railroad.
Mr. Kingsbury has been treasurer of the Bronson Library
fund since its reception by the city in 1S68. He is a member
of the Board of Agents of the library, and chairman of the
Book Committee. He has been treasurer of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut since 1879. * n l88r ne
was elected a member of the Corporation of Yale College,
and was reelected in 1887, and again in 1S93.
At the centennial celebration of Williams College, Octo-
ber 10, 1893, he received the degree of LL.D., and the same
degree from Yale in 1899. He was elected President of the
American Social Science Association in 1893, 1894, and 1895.
He is a member of the American Antiquarian Society, the
American Historical Association, the Connecticut Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the New Haven County Historical
Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the University
and Century Clubs. As all this would indicate, he is fond
of historical and literary pursuits, and of late years he has
given much attention to sociological questions. He has a
strong taste for genealogical inquiries, and a remarkable
memory for minute events and family relationships; so that
he is a recognized authority in matters of local history.
[Condensed from History of Waterbury.]
CHILDREN.
1575 William Charles, born July, 1353; died March 2, 1 -
1576 Mary Eunice, born June 9, 1856. ss->
1577 Alice Eliza, born May 4, 1S58; Living in Waterbury, unmarried.
1578 Edith Davies, born February 6, [860; living in Waterbury, un-
married.
1579 Frederick John, Jr., born July 7, 1863. — >-
1185 Sarah Leavenworth 7 Kingsbury {Charles Dent-
son 9 , Jolui'\ Nathaniel*^ Joseph*, Jostph*, Henry 1 ), married
February 24, 1863, Franklin Carter, the third son of Dea-
con Preserve Wood and Ruth (Holmes) Carter, born in
Waterbury September 30, 1837. In December, 1853, he
entered Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from
that school with the valedictory address in July, 1855. He
entered Yale College in September of the same year, and
4 o6 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
in June, 1856, was the successful competitor for the Wool-
sey scholarship. In April, 1857, his studies were interrupted
by ill health, and he spent three years in travel in the
Southern and Western States. When his strength was
sufficiently reestablished he made the journey on horse-
back to Williamstown, Mass., entered the Junior class at
Williams College, and graduated there in 1862.
On February 24, 1863, he married Sarah L., daughter of
Charles D. Kingsbury. The same month he was elected to
the professorship of Latin and French in his alma mater,
and immediately went abroad for travel and studv. In
January, 1S65, he began his new work. In 1868 he was
relieved of the task of instruction in French, but remained
Professor of Latin until July, 1872, when he was elected to
the professorship of German in Yale College. After an-
other year spent in Europe he entered upon his duties in
Yale, September, 1873. While there he wrote and published
various articles on subjects connected with the German lan-
guage and literature, and in 1879 published an edition of
Goethe's " Iphigenie auf Tauris." He received the degree
of Ph.D. from his alma mater in 1877, and that of LL.D.
from Union College, 1881.
In February, 1881, Professor Carter was elected President
of Williams College, and was inaugurated in July of the
same year. His inaugural address excited general interest
because of the emphasis it placed upon the study of Hebrew
history and Jewish ideas of our colleges, and his suggestions
on that subject have been widely adopted. Under his
administration Williams College has gained in every direc-
tion. Her teaching force has been greatly enlarged, and
may be favorably compared with that of any of our colleges.
Her friends have been multiplied, and her equipment in
buildings and apparatus much improved. It has been the
aim of President Carter to hold the institution faithful to
the best traditions of the New England college; to keep
prominent the element of personal guidance by the profes-
sors, and at the same time to multiply and enrich the advan-
tages offered to each student. He has been to a marked
degree successful in realizing this ideal.
President Carter is the author of the Life of Mark Hop-
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 407
kins in the "American Religious Leaders" series: Boston,
1892. \History of Waterbury^
He resigned the Presidency of Williams College in 1901,
but continued acting-President in 1902.
CHILDREN.
1 Charles Frederick, born in Paris, August 10, 1864.
2 Alice Ruth, born in Williamstown, September 17, 1865; m. July 2?,
1903, Paul F. Ransom of Buffalo, N. Y.
3 Edward Perkins, born in Williamstown, April 13, 1870, fitted at
Groton School and took a partial college course ; is a physi-
cian in Cleveland, Ohio ; m. there, April 18, 1900, Sarah Rath-
bone Sherman. 1 ch : Ruth Sherman, b. May, 1902.
4 Franklin, born in New Haven, September 20, 1S78 ; Yale, 1900 ;