Life History

26th Feb 1845	Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.1,2,3 s/o Isaac and Sibbil, farmer
1850	Resident in North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.4
1860	Resident in North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.5
after 1875	Resident in Cimarron, Colfax, NM.1
20th Jan 1875	Married Virginia E DUNCAN in St Louis,,MO.1 Divorced Divorced in 1887
11th Jul 1876	Birth of son Lemuel Edson KINGMAN in Santa Fe,, NM.1
4th Mar 1878	Birth of son Charles Duncan KINGMAN in Cimarron, Colfax, NM.1
1880	Occupation Civil Engineer in Railroad Springs Station, Mohave, Arizona.6
1880	Resident in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.6
20th Jan 1887	Married Alice NEWMAN in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.1
22nd Nov 1887	Birth of daughter Ruth Carver KINGMAN in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.1
20th Apr 1889	Birth of son Winslow Ames KINGMAN in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.1
18th Jul 1890	Birth of son Robert Hills KINGMAN in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.1,7
13th Mar 1898	Birth of son Lewis KINGMAN in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.1
16th Dec 1900	Birth of son Seth Packard KINGMAN in ,,Mexico.1
23rd Jan 1912	Died in Mexico City,,Mexico

Notes

• The photos of Lewis Kingman and his family were originally published by Nancy Gross (his great grand daughter) within her tree at ancestry.com
  
  
• Lewis evidently did not believe that he was the father of Samuel. Here is an excerpt taken from his book written in 1907:
  
  "I now have to record a painful part of my life; it is best that you know all about it. I was married on the 20th of January, 1875, to Miss Jennie E. Duncan, then living on Olive Street, in St. Louis, Mo. I can not say too much for her, as I knew her then; she was affable, vivacious and kind. I liked and loved the girl. She was good looking, a good singer and a good house keeper.
  
  After our marriage we moved to New Mexico to live. I was employed on Government surveys for two years before and after our marriage, with headquarters at Cimarron, my work commenced the first of July each year and lasted four or five months; during this time I was away from home most of the time, only going home, once or twice a month.  I moved to Santa Fe in 1876, after completing my field work for that year.
  
  During my absence in the field my wife had betrayed me and there was a widening gulf separating us; while living in Santa Fe in 1876 and 77, we got along fairly well.
  
  In July, 1877, I went to work for the A. T. and S. F. Railroad and sent my wife to Topeka to live with her mother. I need not tell you all of the troubles that I passed through; all things come to an end and my troubles did. She went to Chicago in 1884, with the evident intention of getting divorced, and obtained it in July, 1886, I offering no objections.
  
  Her oldest boy should have been named Hodding and not Kingman; the other boy, Charles D., was my boy and properly named.  She married Norman C. Raff a year or two after being divorced; his home was at Canton, Ohio."
  
  

Sources

• 1. Kingman Family History
  • Lewis Kingman. 1907
• 2. Vital Records of Brockton
  • https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00broc
• 3. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
  • FindMyPast.com
• 4. 1850 US Federal Census
• 5. 1860 US Federal Census
• 6. 1880 US Federal Census
• 7. Social Security Death Index