Ed, The Kingston City Library has the old Kingston City Directories and may be able to help you. Often, those directories would say if a person died within a certain year. If they were there in 1880 a forward search in the City Directories might hold a clue. You can contact the library at 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401 for a written request or by telephone at 845-331-0507. If you give them the name and that they lived on Pierpont Street they may be able to help you and once you have a date of death they have the old newspapers on microfilm and they may be able to search for an obit for you. Hope this helps. Sonia Natoli ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.