Father: John Terry KINGSBURY b: 6 MAY 1839 in Ava, NY

Mother: Anna Gibson ADAMS b: 22 AUG 1845 in Walnut Hills, OH
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Timeline of the life of John Adams Kingsbury:

1876, Aug. 30 Born, Horton, Kansas
1897 Graduated, Yakima High School, Yakima, Wash.
1897-1899 Elementary school teacher, various locations, Washington
1899-1901 School principal, Prosser, Wash.
1900 Attended Washington State College, Pullman, Wash.
1901-1904 Superintendent of schools, Georgetown, Wash.
1903-1906 Attended University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
1904-1906 Principal, Green Lake School, Seattle Wash.
1907-1911 Assistant secretary, New York State Charities Aid Association
1908 B.S., Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1909 Married Mabel Glass
1910 Organized Conference of Mayors of the State of New York
1911-1914 General director, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
1914-1918 Commissioner of public charities, New York, N.Y.
Ex-officio president, Board of Inebriety, New York, N.Y.
Secretary, Board of Ambulance Service, New York, N.Y.
Member, board of trustees, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York, N.Y.
1918 Assistant director of general relief, American Red Cross, France
1918-1919 Director, Department of Citizenship, Young Men's Christian Association, Army Educational Commission, France
1920 Toured Serbia on behalf of Serbian Child Welfare Association of America
1920-1921 Consultant, Milbank Memorial Fund
1921-1935 Secretary, Milbank Memorial Fund
Board member, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
Member, executive committee, New York State Charities Aid Association
Director, National Tuberculosis Association
Director and chairman, executive committee, Serbian Child Welfare Association of America.
Secretary, America-Yugoslav Society
1931 LL.D, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
1932 Toured USSR
1933 Published with Sir Arthur Newsholme Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 324 pp.)
Published Health in Handcuffs (New York: Modern Age Books. 210 pp.)
1935-1939 Administrative consultant to Harry Lloyd Hopkins, chief, Works Progress Administration
Administrative consultant to Aubrey Williams, chief, National Youth Administration
1939-1956 Wrote and lectured on public health and welfare, American-Soviet and American-Yugoslav relations, and world peace
1941 Organized Russian War Relief
1949-1956 National chairman, Council of American-Soviet Friendship
1950 Attended Second World Peace Congress, Warsaw, Poland
Toured USSR
1951 Attended World Peace Council, Vienna, Austria
Toured USSR
1952 Toured People's Republic of China
1954-1955 Appeared before Subversive Activities Control Board
1956, Aug. 3 Died, New York, N.Y.
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Married: Mabel Jane Glass
Born: 10 Jun 1883 in Algona, Iowa

Marriage: 10 Aug 1909 in Yakima, Washington

Children:
1. Jean Roberta Kingsbury

2. Robert Adams Kingsbury

3. Virginia Louise Kingsbury

4. John Adams Kingsbury

5. Robert Glass Kingsbury