Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . ing your pedigiee published all overthe country, yet so actively and zealously interested was he in theschool and church he was several times unanimously elected SchoolDirector. Characteristic traits of him were public spirit, integrity andhonesty. His word was as good as his promissory note. Socially, he was of nervous, sanguine temperament, so acute itovei-worked the physical supply of force to keep the machine run-ning. He was benevolent, genial, social, and companionable; everready to aid in all good works. He was a special f
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . ing your pedigiee published all overthe country, yet so actively and zealously interested was he in theschool and church he was several times unanimously elected SchoolDirector. Characteristic traits of him were public spirit, integrity andhonesty. His word was as good as his promissory note. Socially, he was of nervous, sanguine temperament, so acute itovei-worked the physical supply of force to keep the machine run-ning. He was benevolent, genial, social, and companionable; everready to aid in all good works. He was a special favorite withyoung people. Nothing gave him more pleasure than, with hissmart teams, carry them to church on Sunday, to singing andspelling-schools in the neighboring districts, and, in bad weather, togather up the little tots and carry them to the day school. Hishome life was an ideal one. To promote the weal of his family andneighbors was his paramount object. Religiously, he was an active and exemplary member of theMethodist Church. July Twenty-eighth, A. S. KINGMAN A. S. KINGMAN IT is a pleasure to historize a pioneer of Polk County who soimpressed his personality on the body politic and left a name so imperishably stamped upon it as Albert Smith Kingman, thefounder of one of the beauty spots of the city—Kingman was born in Riga, Monroe County, New York, October Elev-enth, 1827, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who emigrated to America in1500, and settled in J^ew York. His jjarents were bom in Hampshire County, mother, whose maiden name was Sophia Smith, was one ofthe family from whom the historic Smith Ferry was named. Alberts father was a farmer and a man of considerable promi-nence. He was a member of the Legislature of New York oneterm, declining a second term because of impaiied health. Albert passed his boyhood days on a farm, doing whate^?er hecould, his principal stunt being to ])iek u\> stones and pile them upin fence rows to get them
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