Polk County, Missouri Biographies - John KIM
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 664, 665
Polk County Biographies Section

    John Kim, collier or chief burner in the charcoal company,
at Fair Play, Polk County, Mo., was born in the Republic of 
Switzerland in 1852.  The father, Bernhard Kim, was born in
Switzerland in 1816, and was educated there.  He was also married
there to Miss Catherine Fishler, who was a native of Switzerland,
born in 1829, and who is now living in her native country.  The 
father was a farmer, and served as a soldier.  He died in 1866.  
They were the parents of six children, all now living.  The 
grandparents on both sides were natives of Switzerland, and the
maternal grandfather was a farmer by occupation.  John Kim is the
only one of his family who has emigrated to America, and he landed
in New York October 6, 1880, where he remained about a week.  
He then went to Philadelphia, back to New York, then to Brooklyn,
and then again back to New York, and from there to Hartford, Conn.,
where he worked on a farm for about two months, after which he
returned to New York.  He then got his first permanent situation
in Vermont, engaging in the charcoal business, and at this he has
continued to work.  He has followed this business in Vermont, 
Alabama, and is now in Missouri.  He filled the position of 
foreman in Vermont, and has worked as chief burner ever since.  
He gets seventy-five dollars per month, and is the owner of 
sixty acres of land in Cedar County.  He was married in his 
native country to Miss Therese Smith, who was born in 1852.  
They have two children, Rosa and Therese.  Mr. and Mrs. Kim are
worthy members of the Roman Catholic Church.
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