Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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SAMUEL I. KING

Samuel I. KING, an attorney-at-law of Logan, Iowa, accompanied his parents, Hon. Stephen King and wife, to Harrison County in the spring of 1852, Judge King, as his father is familiarly called, having been the first Judge of Harrison County, located on section 18, of Cass Township. Samuel's early life was spent on his father's farm, having the privileges of the common-school system of this county. Concerning the ancestry of our subject, the reader is referred to the biography of Stephen King, elsewhere in this work. Samuel was born in Edinburgh, N.Y., September 8, 1848. He is a son of Stephen and Frances L. (MARSH) KING, natives of the empire State, who were the parents of six children, four of whom still survive � Samuel I., our subject; Alva, deceased; Reuben, of Jefferson Township; Clara M., now Mrs. WOLLE, living in Bethlehem, Pa.; Minerva, now Mrs. WINTER, a resident of Woodbine, Iowa; and Willie, deceased.

In 1867, our subject began a classical course at the State University at Iowa City, continuing his studies for three years. From 1870 to 1875 his time was employed at teaching school, clerking in a store and traveling for a Council Bluffs dry-goods house. At that time he attended the Iowa College of Law at Des Moines, graduating in June, 1876, after which he practiced law at Magnolia until the autumn of 1879, when he removed to Logan and opened a law office where he still continues to practice his chosen profession.

Mr. KING was united in marriage December 24, 1874, with Abbie M. MARK, who was the daughter of Dr. Andrew J. MARK. Her mother's maiden name being Hannah M. COREY. Her parents were natives of New York State. Two children have blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. KING � Mark D., born November 6, 1883; and Lucy Clare, June 16, 1887.

Our subject belongs to the Masonic Order, being a member of Chrysolie Lodge, No. 420, at Logan; Triune Chapter, No. 81, of Royal Arch Masons, at Missouri Valley and Ivanhoe Commandery of Knights Templar, No. 17, at Council Bluffs.

Politically, he is a stanch supporter of the Republican party.

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