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EMMETT T. KINGSLEY, a resident of Ripley, New York, is a son of Albert and Anna (Meade) Kingsley and was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1842. His ancestors were of New England birth and trace back their earliest authentic history to the landing of the Mayflower. Grandfather James Kingsley first emigrated from New England to Washington county, New York, and later to the town of Ripley, Chautauqua county. He was a whig politically, pursued farming and was married to a Miss Jenkins, who bore him a large family. Grandfather Meade was one of the earliest settlers of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Albert Kingsley, father of Emmett T., was born in Washington county, New York, in 1804 and learned the trade of mill-wright. Upon coming to Chautauqua county, he built a mill at Fredonia, one of the first in the county. He removed to the State of Indiana, where he owned four hundred acres of land in the immediate vicinity of La Porte, and on which a portion of the city of La Porte now stands, but was compelled to leave on account of climatic conditions. He died in Ripley, May 2, 1875. His union with Miss Anna Meade resulted in the birth of three children, two sons and one daughter: Louisa, living with subject; Marvin W. (married to Miss Nellie French of Cleveland, Ohio), assistant engineer of the Cleveland water-works, formerly a civil engineer on the Canada Southern railroad; and Emmett T.

Emmett T. Kingsley was educated in the common schools and academy, learned the business of telegraphy and since 1869 has been more or less engaged in that calling. He is at present relief agent of the eastern division of the L. S. & M. S. R. R., and besides this, deals in coal, tile and brick, with headquarters at Ripley. Mr. Kingsley also owns a grape farm of about twenty-five acres, eight acres of which are now producing vines. He is democratic in politics and has been a member of the school board a number of terms. For over twenty years he has been a member of the Masonic Lodge at Westfield.

Emmett T. Kingsley was united in marriage on June 3, 1873, to Harriet Cosgrove, a daughter of John Cosgrove of the town of Ripley, Chautauqua county, New York, and is the father of three children: Marvin W., Alfred C. and Florence.