Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....King, John 1915
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The Belding News, Wednesday, December 29, 1915

John King, one of the oldest pioneer residents of Ionia county, and among the 
oldest of Michigan in which he has lived seventy-eight years, died at the farm 
home south east of this city where he has resided continuously for fifty-six 
years, at 4:30 o’clock, Friday afternoon, December 24, 1915, after about five 
years of failing health, having been confined to his bed since February 6, 
1915, during which time he has been a patient sufferer.

John King was the son of Gilbert H. and Mary King, who were among the earliest 
settlers of Orleans township.  He was the second child of a family of eleven 
children, five of whom are now living, and are as follows:  Mrs. M. J. 
Holcomb, Orleans township; Mrs. L. C. Devendorf, Belding; Mrs. M. S. Boss, 
Cook’s Corners; Mrs. Wid. Howe, Greenville; and Kim King, Belding.

Mr. King was born in the township of Catlin, Tompkins county, N.Y., May 1, 
1832, coming to Marshall, Mich., with his parents in 1837, when five years 
old, and afterwards, with his parents, moving to the old homestead in Orleans 
township in 1842.  He was united in marriage to Lucy M. Hoyt of Orleans 
township, July 4, 1858.  To this union four children were born: Fred E. King, 
now a resident of Negaunee, Mich., Bert G. King who resides in El Centro, 
Calif., Mary L. C., wife of Frank Freeman, who died November 19, 1910, and Dan 
H. King who resides on the home farm.

Mr. King was a man of sterling traits of character who lived an exemplary 
Christian life, and was devoted to his home and family, who will miss the love 
and companionship of a kind and affectionate husband and father and whose 
friends were all who knew him.

Besides the widow who has tenderly ministered to his wants during all his long 
and patient suffering, and the three living children, to whom are left the 
loving memory of husband and father, there are ten grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren who remember one of the best of grandpa’s.  The grandchildren 
are: Karl King, Salt Lake City, Utah; Bert K. Freeman, Vassillia, California; 
Frank W. Freeman, Jr., Union Centre, Wis.; Ivo P. King, Orleans; Neva B. King, 
Belding; Floyd L. King, John King, Dorothy King, El Centro, Calif.; Ceresta E. 
King, and Esther L. King, Orleans township.  The great grandchildren are 
Jessie O. King, Orleans; and Mary J. King, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Funeral services were held at the home on Monday, conducted by Rev. W. E. Duty 
of the M. E. church, Belding, and the interment was in Orleans cemetery.


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