Obituary of A K King, Kingston, Tuscola County, Michigan

Copyright © 1998 by Bonnie Petee. This copy contributed for use in 
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Contributed by Bonnie J. Petee.  Extracted from the book, "Michigan Pioneer and Historical 
Society, Vol. 2, 1877-1878."

Tuscola County

Obituary of A. K. King

Mr. A. K. King, an old and respected pioneer of Tuscola County, died in Kingston - the town was 
named after him - on the 4th of September, 1878, aged sixty-eight.  He located there in 1857, 
and with his faithful wife endured all the privation and hardships to which the early settlers 
were exposed.  He at one time carried the mail from Vassar to Port Sanilac.  Much of the road 
over which he traveled was only a trail.  This was an exceedingly difficult, as well as 
dangerous, undertaking at that early day.  His family were supported principally by what he 
could bring from Vassar and Wahjamega on his back.  While he was exposed to danger from storms, 
wild beasts and water, for streams and swampy placed had to be forded, sometimes the water 
reaching to the waist, his wife (who preceded him in death nearly two years), was left to 
protect and care for the family.  All the neighbors she had for the first five months after 
moving to Kingston were the Indians  - never seeing the face of a white woman for that length 
of time.  He leaves a family of seven, all married and settled in comfortable homes.

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