Bio: Kingsbury, Forest W. (1881)

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Surnames: Kingsbury, Heigl

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1214

FOREST W. KINGSBURY, lumberman and merchant, Auburndale, was born in Dexter, Me., July 30, 1853. His father, J. R. Kingsbury, County Judge of Portage County, came to Stevens Point in 1860. Forest W. commenced business at Auburndale, in partnership with his brother, John J., May 7, 1874, in the manufacture of shingles, staves, and heading, which business they continued until December, l880, when their mill burned. Although they have not rebuilt, they are still engaged in lumbering, employing other mills for this purpose. Forest W. was married, Dec. 24, 1877, to Miss Sarah Heigl, of Neenah, Wis. They have one child, Grace.