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| Name | William S. Kingsbury |
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Los Angeles, California , United States |
| Email | None |
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August 03, 1870
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| Died | February 20, 1943
(72 years)
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Modifed | BrentinCO
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| Info | William Stephen Kingsbury
William Stephen Kingsbury was born on August 3, 1870, in Oakland, California. At the age of 10, his family moved to Los Angeles, and Kingsbury received his early education there. Apparently, his father was a man of some means, for Kingsbury was trained as a surveyor and civil engineer under a private tutor, rather than by attending a college or university.
Upon completion of his education, Kingsbury went into private practice for six months as a consulting engineer, but soon thereafter was appointed Deputy City Engineer for the City of Los Angeles. Kingsbury remained in that office for 12 years and gradually progressed to the position of Chief Deputy City Engineer. In 1905, he was appointed Acting City Engineer, a position he held at the time of his first election to the office of the Surveyor-General of California.
Kingsbury served as California’s Surveyor-General from 1906-1929 and was re-elected to that office for 11 consecutive terms. In 1929, the Office of the Surveyor-General and the State Lands Office were consolidated under the title of the Bureau of State Lands within the organization of the Department of Finance. A. R. Heron, State Director of Finance at that time, requested Kingsbury remain as Chief of the newly-created Bureau, despite Kingsbury’s public announcement of retirement. Kingsbury acceded to Heron’s request and remained with the Bureau of State Lands until 1934.
On February 20, 1943, Kingsbury drowned in his bathtub. Because of the unknown cause of death, an autopsy was performed. This circumstance apparently muzzled all publication of his death, for no obituary or other notice has been located in any newspaper in the State, despite Kingsbury’s many years of political and social prominence.
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