Notes:
Data source is Susan Kingrey Boxberger. E-mail hgb001@aol.com
Documents: entry from marriage record, copy of death certificate
Burial: Highland Cemetery, Newberry Twp., Covington, OH
Census: 1900, Newberry Twp., Miami Co., OH, living with her parents
bet 1910-1930, Newberry Twp., Miami Co., OH
An obituary from The Bradford Sentinel, given to me by Ina Kingrey Apple:
WILLIAM KINGREYWm. Henry Kingery, son of Joseph and Margaret Kingrey was born near Ft. McKinley O. January 19th, 1865 and departed this life, Friday, April 3, 1942 at 8:35 p.m. at Memorial Hospital, Piqua, Ohio, aged 77 years, 2 months and 14 days.
March 10, 1889 he was united in marriage with Mary Ellen Wooner. To them were born three sons; Leroy, Omer and Ivan.
He is survived by his wife, the three sons above mentioned, 3 daughters-in-law and the following grandchildren: Ina Pearl, June, Virgil and Frederick and also one great grandson Nelson.
He was one of a family of eight children. Of these the following survive: one sister, Mrs. Sarah Coffman of Houghton Lake, Mich., two brothers, Isaac of Clayton and Edward of Clayton, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Kingrey celebrated their fifty-third anniversary of their wedding a few weeks ago, March 10th. Those years of happy prosperous married life were spent in the community near Bradford, Ohio.
At the age of 16 Mr. Kingrey left his childhood home to work on a farm in Darke county, Ohio.
In his childhood he attended the Sunday school of the church of the Brethren in Fort McKinley, Ohio. Later he joined the Greenville Creek Christian Church and continued as a loyal and active member of that church until the time of his departure to be with his Lord.
Rev. Benjamin Kemp had married Mr. and Mrs. Kingrey and they joined the church under his ministry.
Mr. Kingrey was a man of fine Christian character and noted for his industry and many excellent traits that won him a large circle of friends.
A few days before his death, he was still able to continue some of his activities.
In his passing the family loses a kind father, a good husband and a wise counsellor. The church loses a faithful consistant member and the community loses a valued influencial citizen.
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CROSSING THE BAR
"Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.
For such a tide as moving seems asleep
Too full for sound or foam,
And that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell
And after that the dark,
May there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark.
For though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to meet my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar."
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According to the death certificate which I obtained from Miami County, William Kingrey died of complications three days after attempting suicide by slashing his neck. This was unknown to my father, Virgil Kingrey, who was 12 at the time of his grandfather William's death. He does remember hearing whispers of a suicide attempt by William; this could have been the one he heard about, or it could have been another attempt. Of course, those things weren't spoken of in that day, so there is no mention of it in the obituary.
familysearch.org gives his name as William W. Kingrey. His middle name was definitely Henry, according to all family sources.
Virginia Apple Leapley and Barbara Apple Hines remember Will as something of an amateur taxidermist. (Even though he died before they were born, they still visited the house where Ella lived, and his things were still there). He had a study full of small animals he'd caught and preserved himself: squirrel, groundhog, beaver, pheasant. He also had the head of a deer.