Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....King, John L. September 26, 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 17, 2006, 11:48 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Centre Township p. 346 & 347 John L. King was born in Wayne County, Ind., Sept. 26, 1841, the eldest son of Joseph and Sarah (Way) King, his mother a daughter of Seth Way, an early settler of Wayne County. He was educated in the district schools and Centreville College, obtaining a good business education. Feb. 22, 1882, he was married to Rena, daughter of Frank and Naomi (Lewis) Beverlin, of Jay County, Ind. He then settled on a farm of 160 acres, formerly known as the John Maxwell farm, where he is successfully engaged in farming and stock- raising. He is politically a Republican. He is a member of Hoosier Lodge, No. 23, and Hebron Encampment, No.8, I.O.O.F., Centreville, and has passed all the chairs in both bodies. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/king151gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb