King, Charles O. (1837-1887)

KING

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/6/2008 at 16:18:05

Charles Orlando King
Nov 30, 1837 - Feb 25, 1887

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.245, Valley Twp.)
C. O. King, farming, P. O. Hancock, was born in New York State in 1837, son of Wells and Jane (Look) King; his father is living in Iowa County, Iowa. Mr. King has one brother, D. C. King, in Montgomery County, Iowa. Our subject was educated in New York State and remained there till he was twenty-two years of age; he then went to Michigan and enlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry, September 17, 1861, being discharged March 16, 1866; Hamburg Landing, Inka, Corinth and Mobile were the leading engagements he was in. He entered as a private, and subsequently received a commission from Gov. Crapo, of Michigan; this commission was to take effect November 8, 1865, but the war closing, prevented Mr. King from making use of it; he was Regimental Commissary when mustered out. After the war closed, he soon came to Iowa County, iowa, bought and settled there. He remained in Iowa County til 1873, when he sold out, came to Pottawattamie County and settled on a place which he has since sold; he then bought another farm of 240 acres, on which he now lives; the farm is well improved. Mr. King was married, in 1870, to Miss Mary L. Archer, born in Ohio; her father, Oliver Archer, is dead; her mother is in this township (Valley). Mr. King has two children - Hattie J. and Lucy A.; he has also lsot two children. Mr. King's business has always been that of farming. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the A. H. T. A. He has held township offices, being Assessor of Knox Township before Valley was separated from it; he is at present Trustee of Valley Township. He was one of the most active in getting Valley Township set off by itself. In politics, Mr. King is a Republican.