BIO:  KING, George W., s/o Isaac and Catharine (Borden) King

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

KING   BORDEN   KENDALL   POTTER   GRANT   MONTGOMERY   

History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885
Dubois County, Jefferson Twp, page 727

GEORGE W. KING, son of Isaac and Catharine (Borden) King, natives of Kentucky
was born June 4, 1830, in Harbison (sic) County, Ind.  The parents were 
married in Indiana and lived successively in this State and Kentucky, and
finally settled near Birdseye, Ind., whre the father died in 1881.  The 
mother still lives with a daughter on the old homestead, and is seventy-
seven years of age.  George, the subject of this sketch, received a common
school education in the country schools of his county, and in early life
followed farming for his father with whom he remained until 1857, when he
married Mary Anne Kendall, March 12, 1857.  The result of this union was
fourteen children, eight now living:  Isabel (Potter), Jane (Grant), Elijah 
M., Emily (Montgomery), Amanda E., Phoebe M., Theodore, and Alvin R.  After
marriage Mr. King began farming on some vacant land near Mentor, Ind.  He
soon after bought forty acres of land, on which part of Birdseye now stands.
In 1854 he bought eighty acres more.  In 1885 he traded this farm for one of
ninety-four acres near Schnellville where he now lives.  He is a Republican,
and did a great deal for the North during war times, although he did not
enter the army owing to his large helpless family, who needed his support
at home.  He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

(Note:  Indiana Marriages prior to 1850 give:  Isaac King to Catharine
Borden, 07-09-1826, Harrison Co, IN)
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