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Matthew H. Kingman
1890–1946U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General
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Matthew H. Kingman was born in 1890. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their name appears in articles in 2 languages. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.

#1U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Humeston and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.