Michael Murphy came in May in 1862 along with Daniel Byrnes and his children. His son Michael and his other son William had a general store in town starting in January of1886, along with T. Owen. They remained in partnership with Owen until the 1st of January, 1888, when Mr. Owen sold out to Timothy J. Murphy, yet another Murphy brother. William taught in the Kingston village school for the winter term of 1883-1884 and later settled in the village. He held the office of justice of the peace for two years, and that of the clerk of the township for quite a time. He was appointed postmaster in September 1886. In 1864, Frederick Spath came to Kingston where he opened a blacksmith shop and continued in that business for two years. He then moved to Dassel. William Hamilton enlisted in the Union Army and fought in the battles of Chickamauga, Hoover's Gap, Mill Spring, Berryville, besides many small skirmishes. In one of those battles, he lost the use of his left arm. He was honorably discharged in St. Paul in August 1864, and he got married in St. Anthony, now East Minneapolis, in September 1864. He and his wife then came and settled in Kingston.