Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

JABEZ H. KINGSBURY, JR.
 
     Jabez H. Kingsbury, Jr., is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 
Wayne County, June 16, 1845. He was a son of Jabez and Sarah (Travis) 
Kingsbury, both of whom died in Wayne County, and in one night, in 
the year 1872. 
     In Calhoun County, West Virginia, December 20, 1868, Jabez H. 
Kingsbury, Jr. was joined in wedlock with Maria Downs, and their 
children were born and live in this county, except the second son, 
who is deceased. Their birth record is: George J., born September 17, 
1869; Robert Lee, February 19, 1872; Laura Gay, November 16, 1875; 
Charles Elmore, May 5, 1878; Robert Lee died October 2, 1873. 
     The wife of Mr. Kingsbury was born in Marion County, Virginia 
(now W. Va.), April 7, 1844, a daughter of George and Elizabeth 
(Parish) Downs, both born in Marion County, and coming thence to make 
their home in Calhoun County in 1855. Elias Kingsbury, brother of 
Jabez H., served two years in the Federal Army during the 1861 war as 
a member of Company A, 56th Pennsylvania Infantry. 
     Mr. Kingsbury's paternal grandparents resided in Wayne County, 
Pennsylvania, and died there, leaving two sons, Jabez and Charles. 
Jabez Kingsbury's children were named Asceneth, Benjamin, Elias, 
Rachel, Elisha, Charles E., Bathia, Lena, Martha, Mary (twin of 
Martha), and Jabez, Jr. The last named left home in 1856, and for one 
year resided in Cattaraugus County, New York; he then moved to 
Parkersburg, West Virginia, thence to Burning Springs, Wirt County, 
this state, where he lived one year before coming to Calhoun County. 
He is now in the mercantile business, name and style of firm, 
Kingsbury and Company, Arnoldsburg, Calhoun County, West Virginia.

(Linda Fluharty)