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urday afternoon. Any one who saw him that morning would have 

 said that he could have added another decade of usefulness to his 62 

 years; certamly no one would have dreamed that death was to come 

 to him that day after a few hours of suffering. He was a man who 

 had been tried in many ways and who had always made good. His 

 town had loaded him with one duty after another; his church added 

 its share to his labor ; the grange burdened him further, and town, 

 church and grange were never disappointed in their man. He was a 

 member of the General Assembly in 1905 and 1907, and the trust his 

 town reposed in him was never misplaced then. When Andrew 

 Kingsbury spoke his colleagues listened and, whether the report of his 

 committee was sustained or overturned, his standing among his col- 

 leagues remained unchanged. His honesty and integrity were patent to 

 every one ; they were plain and obvious and yet, above these was his 

 kindness and charity. The whole state is poorer for his death. 



Mr. Kingsbury was a native of Rockville, born April 8, 1849, the 

 son of Erastus and Hannah Kingsbury. He was educated in the 

 common and private schools of Coventry and, after completing his 

 education, taught school for a time, though most of his life was spent 

 on a farm. On May 26, 1880, he married Mary Laura Hughes, who 

 survives him with two children, John E. and Hannah E., both of them 

 residing at home. 



Mr. Kingsbury was a republican in politics and had held nearly 

 every town office in the gift of his party. He served in the General 

 Assembly in 1905 and 1907 and was House chairman of the committee 

 on agriculture during the last session. He was an able debater and 

 possessed the confidence of his associates to a marked degree. He 

 was a deacon of the Congregational church in Coventry and had been 

 a member of it from his fifteenth year. He was prominent in the 

 Farmers' Association during his legislative career, was a charter mem- 

 ber and past master of Coventry grange and had been for many years 

 a director and president of the Rockville Fair Association. He was 

 also president of the Coventry Cemetery Association and a director 

 of the Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. 



Elbkrt Manchester, of Bristol, died Ai)ril 17. I'Ul. 

 In recording- the death of Mr. Manchester we do so with a 

 feelin^^ of real personal loss for an old friend. None among' 

 our older members was better known or held in higher 

 esteem, his kindlv face, his lielpfiilness and wise counsel 

 wdll be sadly missed from our meetings, and especially our 



