Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....King, Joseph July 7, 1821 - December 28, 1867
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 347 

Joseph King, deceased, was born in Kentucky, July 7, 1821, and when seven 
years of age, in 1828, came with his parents, John and Judith (Roundtree) 
King, to Wayne County, Ind., and settled a mile and a half north of 
Centreville. There were in his father's family nine children---Lucinda, 
married Joshua Eliason; James, married a daughter of Caleb Jackson; Joseph; 
William, married a daughter of Caleb Jackson; Mary, married Oliver T. Jones; 
Presley, married a daughter of Ebenezer Cheesman; Nancy, married J. M. 
Maxwell; Jackson, married Elizabeth Davis; Jesse died at the age of fourteen 
years. Joseph King grew to manhood on his father's farm, receiving a good 
business education under the tutelage of Samuel Hoshour, of Centreville, and 
subsequently became the owner of the home farm. Feb. 27, 1845, he was married 
to Sarah Way, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., July 20, 1826, a daughter of 
Seth and Sarah (Cranor) Way. To them were born a family of nine children--- 
Eliza J., wife of John Merritt; John L.; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dunbar; 
William J., died, aged seven years; Lucinda., wife of W. S. Eliason; Martha 
A., died, aged six years; Joseph S., Walter J. and Dora B. Mr. King was one of 
the practical and progressive farmers of Wayne County. Politically he was a 
Republican, as are all of his sons. He was a member of the Christian church. 
He died Dec. 28, 1867. Mrs. King's parents came to Wayne County from North 
Carolina in 1810. To them were born eight children---Thomas, Lydia, Hannah, 
Betsey, Seth, Charlotte, Joshua and Sarah.



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