Son of Rev Wooster Putman & Elizabeth Ann Reel
Husband of Wanda Agnes Bachman & Stella Caulfield
Father to Leslie, Francis, & Merle Kingsbury
Brother of Emory S kingsbury of Evansville, Mayme Kingsbury & Rose Bachman of Huntington Park, Ca

Obit:

KINGSBURY, Clarence Avery
From the Nebraska Journal-Leader – November 1949

C. A. KINGSBURY RITES MONDAY

Clarence Avery Kingsbury was born on a farm near Mt. Carmel, Ill., on January 15, 1862 and passed away at the Methodist Hospital in Sioux City on November 11, 1949, at the age of 87 years and 10 months. He was the son of Rev. W. P. and Elizabeth Kingsbury.

In 1866, at the age of 24, he came to Ponca, Nebraska, and taught several terms of school in the Oakdale and Silver Creek districts in Dixon County. He attended the University of South Dakota Law School in 1888 and 1889 and was admitted to practice law in Nebraska on March 18, 1890. He practiced at Ponca from that date until his retirement in 1946. He was County Attorney of Dixon County for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Dixon County and the Nebraska State Bar Associations. For many years he was an officer and director of the Bank of Dixon County of Ponca and of the American State Bank of Newcastle. He was a trustee of Morningside College of Sioux City, and a charter member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of Ponca. As a member of the Methodist Church of Ponca he served for many years as a trustee and as chairman of the official board. He was the last survivor of the builders of the present church building and parsonage.

On July 1, 1890, he was married to Wanda Agnes Bachman, who died January 31, 1920. To this marriage were born three sons, Leslie, Francis and Merle, who survive him. In November 1925, he was married to Stella Caulfield, who died October 1, 1942.

In addition to his three sons he is survived by a brother, Emory S. Kingsbury, of Evansville, Ind., two sisters, Mayme Kingsbury and Rose Bachman, both of Huntington Park, Cal., and also by ten grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church of Ponca at 2:30 p.m., on November 14th, with Rev. Mrs. Charlotte B. Dillon in charge. Pallbearers were Harry Miille, Orin Knerl, Jack Severance, Minor Nelson of Newcastle, Fay Mattison of Emerson, and Carl Lindval of Wayne.

Vault entombment was made in Ponca cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.