Cook County IL Archives News.....Simeon W King Is Dead 1921
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Journal Of IL State Historical Society, Vol 14 1921
SIMEON W. KING—ONE OF THE PALLBEARERS FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN, IS DEAD.

Simeon Woodrow King, former United State Commissioner, the last survivor among 
the men who served as pallbearers at Lincoln's funeral, died Tuesday May 3, at 
the James C. King home at 360 East Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, at the age of 
88 years.

Mr. King was born in Morgan County, Ohio. He was educated at T. Clarkson 
Taylor's academy in Delaware. Later he took a course at the Union College of 
Law after coming to this city in 1854. When the Civil war broke out, he was 
one of the first to answer Lincoln's call for soldiers and served on Governor 
Richard Yates' Staff at the Battle of Shiloh.

After the war Mr. King was admitted to the bar, a few months later he was 
appointed United States Commissioner of Northern Illinois by Richard Drummond 
under the Lincoln administration. For three years Mr. King was county 
attorney. He was a member of the county board of supervisors and at one time 
was president of the south town board.


Additional Comments:
Source: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly 
by the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-
July, 1921 No. 1-2.

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