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					    GEORGE KING.
				MRS. MARY A (LESTER) KING (1st wife).
			       MRS. PHEBE A. (FULLER) KING (2nd wife).

GEORGE KING.  For nearly a quarter of a century Mr. King has been a conspicuous member of the 
farming community of Ionia County and particularly of that class which belongs to Easton 
Township.  In the spring of the year 1867 he settled on land he still occupies on section 1.  
The fine residence he now dwells in was put  up in 1870 and is a dwelling in which good cheer for
mind and body abounds.  Around it stretch forty well-tilled acres which constitute the farm of 
Mr. King and have been the scene of his labors for many years.
	Mr. King is the son of Anthony and Martha (Holmes) King, the former a native of Rhode 
Island and the latter of New York.  They made their home in the latter State until 1828, when 
they came to the then Territory of Michigan and settled in Macomb County.  Their son George was 
then a youth of eighteen years, he having been born in Chenango County, N. Y., December 15, 1810.
He had received a rudimentary education in the district schools of his native State, his 
attendance being confined principally to the winter months.  He has been engaged in various 
occupations but in his later years has given his attention entirely to farming.
	In 1850 Mr. King crossed the plains to California on foot, taking one hundred days for 
the trip.  He reached Nevada City and at once went into the gold-fields where for three years he 
followed mining with a fair degree of success.  He then returned to this State via Central 
America and New York City.  In 1859 he again crossed the plains, and about eighty days after 
leaving home came out on the Feather River, where for a year he wielded the miner's pick and 
shovel.  He then went to Nevada and for two years followed the stonemason's trade there.  In 1867 
he had settled on his present farm, coming hither from Kent County where he had been for several 
years.
	In 1838 Mr. King was married to Miss Mary A. Lester.  They had one daughter--Elizabeth 
who is now deceased.  In 1845 Mr. King was married a second time, his bride being Phebe A. 
Fuller who was born in Ontario County, N. Y., August 4, 1822.  She is a daughter of Daniel and 
Anna )Ames)<i>(*sic)</i> Fuller, who were natives of Connecticut, and her father was a soldier 
in the War of 1812.  Her brothers and sisters now living are: Sewell, in Grand Rapids; Brazilla, 
Mark and George L. in Ottawa County; Caroline, now Mrs. Wannamaker, in Canada.  By his second 
marriage Mr. King has a son--Brayton D., who is a civil engineer and lives in Chicago, Ill.
	the principles of the Republican party find a firm supporter in Mr. King.  Mrs. King was 
formerly identified with the Daughters of Temperance and has always taken an active interest in 
temperance work.  Both he and his wife are classed among the honored residents of the vicinity.



<i>(*sic: This typed as found in the book.)</i>

This biography is taken from "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, 
MICH."  Chapman Brothers.  Chicago, Illinois.  1891.  Pages 812-813.