King, Elias

KING, GIBSON, MCCLELAND

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/1/2019 at 12:50:54

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 563:

"ELIAS KING, farmer and stock-raiser, lives on section 22, High Point Township, where he owns 240 acres of land. He was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1832, son of Elias and Margaret (Gibson) King, of Scotch and English ancestry. The father died in Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1852, aged seventy-nine years. The mother died in Decatur County in 1876, aged eighty-nine. Mr. King came to Decatur County in 1854. He was married in Decatur County in 1875, to Margaret McCleland, born in Pennsylvania in 1841. Their children are -- William E., Charles M., Harry M., Howard G. and Jennie. He has held the offices of school director and township trustee. His wife is a member of the United Presbyterian church, and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. He had nothing to commence with but one horse, and worked out by the month to get money to pay for his land. Postoffice, High Point."

Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)