OBIT: George KING, 1902, Adams County, PA

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GEORGE KING

George King, aged 64 years, died suddenly at his home on Washington street last 
Sunday evening.  He was a son of Jacob King, deceased, of Hunterstown.

He is survived by a wife who is living with relatives in Hunterstown.  For the 
last eight years the deceased had been employed as a battlefield guide by John 
E. Hughes, proprietor of the City Hotel.  He was a veteran of the Civil War, 
having served three years at Fortress Monroe, with Battery C, 3rd Pennsylvania 
Heavy Artillery.

The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o’clock, with services in the 
hall of Post 9, G. A. R.  Interment will be made in the National Cemetery with 
the honors of war.  A squad from the Gettysburg Guards, commanded by Captain 
Mertz, will file the volley over the grave.

Gettysburg Compiler – Wednesday, December 31, 1902