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John F. KINGERY is a son of Jacob and Hannah (PERKINS) KINGERY, and was born in the "Hoosier State" in 1837. The father was also born and reared in that State, and always lived the quiet and uneventful life of the farmer. John F. was educated in Indiana, and upon reaching man's estate began struggling with the ups and downs that beset every man on his journey through life. He adopted the calling of his father, and at the close of the war thought he could better his financial condition in the open field of the far West, and accordingly in 1868 immigrated to Missouri and purchased a farm comprising 240 acres of the finest land in Lawrence County. Since that time he has sold 100 acres, but has still a nice farm. He was married in 1857 to Miss Mary A. HOUSE, of Kentucky, by whom he became the father of four children: Candace (Mrs. Will FEASTER), Hannah M. (Mrs. John I. WOODFULL), William D. (married to Flora PIFER) and George F. Mr. Kingery lost his wife in 1882, and two years later married Elizabeth RAGSDALE, of Lawrence County, by whom he has had two children: Claude L. and Lola M. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife are church members.
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