Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....King, John B. 1839 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:25 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JOHN B. KING, farmer, P. O. Larue, was born January 28, 1839, in Marion County, this State, and is the son of George and Hessa King, both natives of Delaware. His mother was of English descent and came to this State in 1802; his father, of Irish and Scotch lineage, emigrated to Ohio in 1813. Mr. King has been a resident of this county for five years, following farming for his occupation, and is also engaged in stock-raising. He owns a fine farm of 148 acres of land in Dudley Township. He was married to Anna E. Mouser, born in 1842 in Marion County, this State, the daughter of I. B. and Mary Mouser, the former of German, the latter of Scotch descent. By this union there are two children, Zoe, born May 8, 1871, and Clyde, born December 14, 1873. Mr. King and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the 21st of October, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, under Capt. Smith, and was discharged December 11, 1864. He participated in the following battles: Battle of Shiloh. April 6 and 7, 1862; Stone River, December 31, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; Rocky Face. Tenn., May 9, 1864: Resaca, Ga., June 13 and 14, 1864; New Hope, May 25, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; Atlanta, July 22, 1864; Jonesboro, September 3, 1864; and Franklin, November 30, 1864. Mr. King is a member of the Grange, No. 921, at Larue; has filled the office of Township Trustee one term; is filling the office of Justice of the Peace; in politics is a Republican, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Dudley Township. He also served two terms as Justice of the Peace in Marion County. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/king296bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb