From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 768. City of La Crosse GEORGE L. KINGSLEY, Superintendent of the saw-mill of the La Crosse Lumber Co.; has been in his present position since February, 1873; he is a native of Northampton, Mass.; born in 1829, son of Lyman and Caroline (Strong) Kingsley. Was married in Lebanon, N. Y., in 1853, to Elizabeth A. Jones, of Deerfield, Mass.; came West in 1844, was one year in Davenport, Iowa; from there he went to Michigan and lived in Grand Rapids and Muskegon till he came to La Crosse in 1873; was in charge of some of the best mills in those places during his residence there; was also in charge of a mill at Davenport. He has three children - Ida M., Wallace S. and George L., all at home. In 1862, he went into the United States Naval service on the Mississippi, under Commodore Porter, as Second Engineer, and was in the service nearly two years on the boat Chillicothe. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]