Bennington

KINSLEY, Clayton John & Earl S.

Biography of Clayton John KINSLEY [brother of Earl S. KINSLEY]

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pp 244-245

Clayton John KINSLEY, newspaper man, Bennington [Bennington County, Vermont], 
was born 20 January 1866 at Cambridge [Lamoille County, Vermont], son of 
Clinton Samuel and Hester Medora (SCRIBNER) KINSLEY. Educated at Burlington 
High School, and at the University of Vermont. Learned the printer's trade 
in the office of his father's newspaper, the "Burlington Clipper," when he was 
a boy. Left college at the end of the second year, worked as compositor on 
the "Burlington Free Press," and later as reporter and night editor. Went to 
Barre [Washington County, Vermont] in 1892, and formed a partnership with J. 
W. RAMSEY in the publication of the Granite City "Leader," which was 
suspended in 1896. Was employed for a year on the Montpelier "Evening 
Record," and for about a year with the Essex Publishing Company. Was located 
in Whittier [Los Angeles County], California, for nearly two years as one of 
the publishers of the "Whittier News." Since December 1903 has been employed 
on the Bennington "Evening Banner." In 1906 Clayton John KINSLEY married 
[Miss?] Grace Cora SIBLEY of Bennington.



Biography of Earl S. KINSLEY [brother of Clayton John KINSLEY]

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 245

Earl S. KINSLEY, life insurance, Rutland [Rutland County, Vermont], was born 
04 November 1869 at Cambridge [Lamoille County, Vermont], son of Clinton S. 
and Medora (SCRIBNER) KINSLEY. [Mother's given name Medora or Hester 
Medora?] Educated in the public schools of Burlington and Washington D. C. 
Has been general agent for the National Life Insurance Company since 1895. 
Republican; was messenger in the Vermont House of Representatives 1880; 
appointed messenger in the U. S. Senate by Senator George F. EDMUNDS in 1881, 
and served until 1886. Was official reporter of the Vermont State Senate 
from 1886-1888, chief of staff on Governor Fletcher D. PROCTOR's staff from 
1906-1908, and represented Rutland in the state Legislature in 1908. 
Congregationalist. Member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1890 Earl S. 
KINSLEY married [Miss?] Clara CHASE of Burlington [Chittenden County, 
Vermont]; they have two children, George S. and Hester M.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly