BIO:  Jacob C. King, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Township, Pg 205

JACOB C. KING, seventh of nine children of John and Magdelena (Conkley) King, was born December 
21, 1854, in York Township, on the old King homestead.  He went to his trade (carpenter) in his 
seventeenth year, followed his trade ten years, carrying on the business himself two years.  
August 29, 1882, Mr. King married Sarah A. Sakemiller, daughter of Frederick and Susan (Dretz) 
Sakemiller, of York Township.  One child has been born to them, John Frederick.  John King, our 
subject’s father, was born at the King homestead and died in his sixty-eighth year.  Our 
subject’s grandfather, Peter King, first settled on the King farm.  He bought the farm (at that 
time 180 acres) from John and William Penn.