NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: John King (1887)

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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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John King was born in West Virginia, in 1800. He came in 1815 and settled on
what is known as the Smith farm, in Stock Township; he became the owner of
five hundred acres of land near East Union. He died in 1877, aged
seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1879. Their children were Samuel, Nancy,
John, Elijah, Nelson, Hannah, William and Martha. Samuel was born in 1825, and
married in 1847 Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Snyder. They have twelve
children: Martha, John W., Rachel J., James S., Melissa, Albert, Charles H.,
Robert S., Abraham, Josephine, Ruth A. and Lucy B.

Samuel enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
Company G, and was discharged September, 1865; is a prosperous farmer and a
good and valuable citizen.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
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