Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 687
JUDGE STEPHEN KING

Among the characters that ever will shine out from among the pioneer band in Harrison county, that of Hon. Stephen KING, the first county judge of the county, merits particular mention here. Judge KING was a native of New York state, born in 1821, one in a family of ten children. He came to Harrison county in 1852 and located, first, in section 18, township 79, range 41, in what is now Cass township. He was a successful farmer for many years, removing to Jefferson township, locating in section 9, where at one time he owned four hundred acres. In 1886 he moved into Logan, selling his farm in 1888, after which he retired from active labor.

Besides holding the office of county judge, Judge KING also was county superintendent of schools, being elected in 1863. In 1855 he was elected as county treasurer and recorder, those offices then being combined. At the general election in 1863 he was elected as representative to the Iowa Legislature from his district. He was a stanch Methodist and also belonged to the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities. At an early day Judge KING was foremost in trying to secure a railroad through this section of the country. It was Judge KING who delivered the first Fourth-of-July oration in Harrison county. He was twice married, first to Frances L. MARSH, by whom were born Samuel I., Alva, Reuben, Clara M., Minnie and William. For his second wife he married, in 1896, Mrs. Hannah ADAMS, who survived him many years. Judge KING died in 1898, a manly man, with whom no one ever found serious fault, for his character was beyond reproach.

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