Jane (Wilson) Kingsboro
Sketch of the Life of Mrs. Jane Kingsboro, a Pioneer. In the death of Mrs. Jane Kingsboro, at Indianapolis, Saturday evening at 6 o'clock, Richland County loses another pioneer. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.J. Maiden. The remains will be brought to Shelby and the funeral held Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock, standard, from the home of her son, H.E. Kingsboro, on South Broadway, the Rev. Dr. E.M. Page, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Mrs.. Kingsboro was preceded in death by four children and her husband. The children who survive her are: Mrs. T.J. Maiden, Mrs. Addie Guype, Mrs. Nettie Guinn, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. John Weller and H.E. Kingsboro, of this city. Mrs. Marietta Roberts, of this city, is now the only remaining member of the Wilson family. When General Eli Wilson, Henry Whitney, Stephen Marvin and Lemuel Raymond established a trading post in 1818 where Shelby now stands -- the country was a wilderness, Raymond's log cabin was erected where E.S. Close now lives, Whitney's where the library now stands, Wilson's where Mrs. W.T. Mickey now lives and Marvin's where Daniel Martin now resides. The four families were the first to come into the of Sharon township. They came from Fairfield, Conn. They entered a quarter section of land each. The 80 acres entered by Gen. Wilson was sold to John Gamble. It included that part of the city west of the Blackfork. The consideration was $600 and it was all paid in silver. Gen. Wilson tied it up in a cotton handkerchief and carried the money through the wilderness to Wooster to the land office where he entered another piece of land on the east side of the Blackfork and built his cabin, where the Carmichael block now stands. John W. Weiser of South Broadway, lives in a house erected by Gen. Wilson. This house and the Marvin house which stands near the railroad are the two oldest houses in the city. That portion of the original land owned by General Wilson was only transferred three times, passing from the government to Gen. Wilson, thence to his daughter, Mrs. Jane Kinsgboro, thence to her son, H.E. Kingsboro. General Wilson's children were as follows: Mrs. Jeanette Welsh, Hiram Wilson, Mrs. Harriet Gamble, Mrs. Jane Kingsboro, Mrs. Marietta Roberts, Edgar Wilson, Mrs. Lucinda Bowers and Charles Wilson. She was born Jan. 27, 1817 and was six months old when her father, Gen. Wilson settled here. The first shoemaker in Shelby was her husband, John Kingsboro, father of H.E Kingsboro. He came to this section of the country from Pennsylvania on foot and first settled at Lexington. Later he came here when the first hotel was opened.
From The Mansfield Daily Shield: October 14m 1902