aged 64 years at death.
NEHEMIAH WASHBURN KINGMAN.
BY HON. JAMES DAVIS.
Nehemiah W. KINGMAN, a native of Canaan, N. Y., came to St. Albans more than 60 years ago. He was a hatter by trade, and for a considerable time worked at his trade here. He subsequently enlarged his business, and kept a small retail store of groceries and dry-goods in connection with the hatting business. By degrees he gave up the hatting business, and limited his attention to dry gods and groceries, and such other matters as were usually kept in a country store. He was industrious and frugal in his manner and style of living, and by such means he was able, in the course of his residence in St. Albans, to acquire an ample fortune. Though living frugally, and avoiding all sorts of extravagance in his domestic management, he was liberal and public spirited in relation to what he considered to be beneficial to the town or to the community at large. He came to St. Albans a poor mechanic, and died worth more than $100,000, a larger estate than that owned by any other man in Franklin county at that time, excepting, perhaps, one man. He died in 1845, at the age of about 65 years, after a long and lingering illness, which obliged him to relinquish business some two or three years before his death.
His first marriage was in 1805, with Miss Almira HUMPHREY, a step-daughter of Judge TURNER, who died in 1816. He was married in 1820, to Miss Thankful STONE, who died in 1855. He represented the town of St. Albans in the general assembly of the State, for the year 1816; and, Dec. 31, 1815, made a profession of religion by uniting with the Congregational church. He was exceedingly reticent and undemonstrative. His diffidence, was such that he never took part in public meetings, but enjoyed the entire confidence of the community. At his death, he left a provision far his pastor, Rev. Dr. SMITH of $80 per annum, during his pastorate, which was paid by his administrator.
As a man of business and enterprise, the death of Mr. KINGMAN was considered as a public loss. There is reason to believe that had his life and health been spared, he would have been among the first in this community to have assisted and carried forward to completion the important projects that have been planned and executed in this part of the county, which has added so materially to the wealth and prosperity of the village and adjacent country. For many pears previous to his death he was president of the bank of St. Albans; and the stock-holders of that institution are much indebted to his prudent management of its concerns for the good standing it constantly maintained through all the difficulties it had to encounter, and for its successful termination at the expiration of its charter.
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Nehemiah Washburn Kingman was born in 1780 at New Canaan, Onandaga County NY; died at St. Alban's Franklin County VT; husband of Thankful Stone Kingman.
