BIOGRAPHY
Frank Donald Kingsbury, son of Henry W. Kingsbury.
"At the age of ten Frank, with several of his Quincy playmates were exploring canyons along the banks of the Wisconsin river on July 3rd, and they found one which was filled with ice and snow by reason of protection afforded by fallen trees and debris. This canyon was later named Cold Water Canyon now one of the scenic spots of the Wisconsin Dells area.
Two months after his father left Kilbourne City with the 19th Wisc. Inf., Frank ran away from home and boarded a troop train occupied by Minnesota troops bound for Washington, DC. He wandered from camp to camp until he located his father during the second battle of Manassas. His father refused to permit him to enlist so he served as mail and regimental office boy until his father was discharged as a result of wounds in 1864.
Following their return to Wisconsin, Frank began work as log-raft pilot on the lower Wisconsin. Making his home in Necedah, he served in the logging industry as clerk and scaler for thirty years. They removed from Necedah to Aberdeen, SD in 1910 where he was employed by the Dakota Central Telephone Company as Custodian. He retired March 31, 1926 and with Mrs. Kingsbury removed to St. Paul where they spent the remainder of their life."
Frank Donald Kingsbury, son of Henry W. Kingsbury.
"At the age of ten Frank, with several of his Quincy playmates were exploring canyons along the banks of the Wisconsin river on July 3rd, and they found one which was filled with ice and snow by reason of protection afforded by fallen trees and debris. This canyon was later named Cold Water Canyon now one of the scenic spots of the Wisconsin Dells area.
Two months after his father left Kilbourne City with the 19th Wisc. Inf., Frank ran away from home and boarded a troop train occupied by Minnesota troops bound for Washington, DC. He wandered from camp to camp until he located his father during the second battle of Manassas. His father refused to permit him to enlist so he served as mail and regimental office boy until his father was discharged as a result of wounds in 1864.
Following their return to Wisconsin, Frank began work as log-raft pilot on the lower Wisconsin. Making his home in Necedah, he served in the logging industry as clerk and scaler for thirty years. They removed from Necedah to Aberdeen, SD in 1910 where he was employed by the Dakota Central Telephone Company as Custodian. He retired March 31, 1926 and with Mrs. Kingsbury removed to St. Paul where they spent the remainder of their life."
BIOGRAPHY
Frank Donald Kingsbury, son of Henry W. Kingsbury.
"At the age of ten Frank, with several of his Quincy playmates were exploring canyons along the banks of the Wisconsin river on July 3rd, and they found one which was filled with ice and snow by reason of protection afforded by fallen trees and debris. This canyon was later named Cold Water Canyon now one of the scenic spots of the Wisconsin Dells area.
Two months after his father left Kilbourne City with the 19th Wisc. Inf., Frank ran away from home and boarded a troop train occupied by Minnesota troops bound for Washington, DC. He wandered from camp to camp until he located his father during the second battle of Manassas. His father refused to permit him to enlist so he served as mail and regimental office boy until his father was discharged as a result of wounds in 1864.
Following their return to Wisconsin, Frank began work as log-raft pilot on the lower Wisconsin. Making his home in Necedah, he served in the logging industry as clerk and scaler for thirty years. They removed from Necedah to Aberdeen, SD in 1910 where he was employed by the Dakota Central Telephone Company as Custodian. He retired March 31, 1926 and with Mrs. Kingsbury removed to St. Paul where they spent the remainder of their life."
Frank Donald Kingsbury, son of Henry W. Kingsbury.
"At the age of ten Frank, with several of his Quincy playmates were exploring canyons along the banks of the Wisconsin river on July 3rd, and they found one which was filled with ice and snow by reason of protection afforded by fallen trees and debris. This canyon was later named Cold Water Canyon now one of the scenic spots of the Wisconsin Dells area.
Two months after his father left Kilbourne City with the 19th Wisc. Inf., Frank ran away from home and boarded a troop train occupied by Minnesota troops bound for Washington, DC. He wandered from camp to camp until he located his father during the second battle of Manassas. His father refused to permit him to enlist so he served as mail and regimental office boy until his father was discharged as a result of wounds in 1864.
Following their return to Wisconsin, Frank began work as log-raft pilot on the lower Wisconsin. Making his home in Necedah, he served in the logging industry as clerk and scaler for thirty years. They removed from Necedah to Aberdeen, SD in 1910 where he was employed by the Dakota Central Telephone Company as Custodian. He retired March 31, 1926 and with Mrs. Kingsbury removed to St. Paul where they spent the remainder of their life."
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