The King Family of McKean County, Pennsylvania

This family came to McKean county, Pennsylvania, from Rhode Island in 1816. They spring from Clement (2) King, died 1694, who was of Marshfield, Massachusetts, prior to settling in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was made a freeman 1682. His wife, Elizabeth, died November 27, 1708, survived him and married (second) November 12, 1694, Thomas Barnes. Children:

1. John, of whom further.
2. James, died November 19, 1756, married (second) Persis Brooks and had issue.
3. Thomas, died October 10, 1723.
4. Ebenezer, married and had issue.
5. A daughter, married Richard Harris.

(III) John King

John, son of Clement (2) King, died in Providence, Rhode Island, September 18, 1723. He was a landowner and is of record in several transactions. His first wife was Hannah; his second, Elizabeth, died November 27, 1754. Children:

1. Sarah, born April 1, 1703;
2. John, March 13, 1705;
3. Hannah, February 28, 1706;
4. Fearnot, 1708;
5. Abadiah, 1712;
6. Isaac, of whom further;
7. Josiah, 1717;
8. William, 1719;
9. Jemima, 1721;
10. Sarah, 1723.

(IV) Isaac King

Isaac, son of John King, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1715. He was a farmer of Rhode Island, twice married, and had a large family including a son Isaac (2), who was the founder of the family in McKean county, Pennsylvania.

(V) Isaac (2) King

Isaac (2), youngest son of Isaac (1) King and his second wife, was born June 23, 1776, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, 1845. He grew to manhood in Rhode Island, where he was educated and did farming until his fortieth year. He settled in Pennsylvania on East Potato Creek, McKean county, in 1816, and there spent the remainder of his active life engaged in farming. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Phoebe Love, who died in Smethport about 1859, having lived to be over eighty years of age. She died at the home of Judge Sartwell. Children:

1. Sally, born October 16, 1802, in Rhode Island, died in Smethport; married Solomon Sartwell, a lumberman, who owned a large store and was judge of the court at Smethport. Children, all deceased:
   1. Rosell.
   2. Chester.
   3. George.
   4. Samuel.
   5. A daughter who married John Backus.
2. Huldah, born June 26, 1804, died in Chenango county, New York, married and left issue.
3. Harry, died young.
4. Horace Brown, of whom further.
5. Mary Ann, born October 3, 1812, died in Smethport, married a Mr. Windsor and left issue.
6. Joshua, born June 2, 1815, died at Smethport, a wagon-maker, married; children:
   1. Chester S.
   2. Mary Ellen, deceased.
   3. Almira, who resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
7. Chester B., born October 2, 1819, died young.
8. Joel S., born at East Potato Creek, October 2, 1823, died in Wisconsin, a contractor, married a Miss Tubbs; children:
   1. Frederick.
   2. Luellen.

(VI) Horace Brown King

Horace Brown, son of Isaac (2) and Phoebe (Love) King, was born in Rhode Island, August 22, 1808, died in Smethport in 1880. He was eight years of age when his parents settled in McKean county, where he resided on the farm at East Potato Creek for over twenty-one years. He became a farmer and a lumberman, being successful as both. Later he was appointed crier of district court at Smethport, a position he held over thirty years. He was a Democrat originally, but voted for Abraham Lincoln and ever afterward acted with the Republican party. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Smethport for over a half a century, his father having been a class leader, steward and trustee of the same church for many years. Horace B. King joined the church when very young and all his life bore a full share of church burdens.

He married Jerusha B. Rice, born in Eldred, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1812, died in Smethport, January 27, 1862, a daughter of Justus Rice, a farmer, born about 1780, died about 1860.

Justus Rice married and had children:

1. Almond, deceased, leaving children:
   1. Esther,
   2. Adelaide,
   3. Beverly,
   4. Hyde,
   5. Hendricks.
2. Richard, a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment, serving three years in the civil war, commissioner of McKean county, and a man of prominence, owning a large farm opposite Eldred; his wife died in 1911; children:
   1. A son,
   2. Allen,
   3. William
   4. Adelaide.
3. Justus, died in Eldred, leaving a large family.
4. Jerusha B., of previous mention, wife of Horace Brown King.
5. Mary, born and died in Eldred, married Rev. Thompson Carpenter, a Methodist preacher and a farmer; children: Florence, Bertha and Lillian.

Children of Horace B. King:

• George W., of whom further,
• several others who all died young.

(VII) George W. King

George W., son of Horace and Jerusha B. (Rice) King, was born in Smethport, August 8, 1844. He was educated in the public schools and immediately after completing his studies became a farmer. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Captain John C. Backus, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served four months and was honorably discharged on account of disability caused by severe illness. After recovering his health he resumed farming until 1880, when he removed to Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, where he engaged as a merchant for two years. He then returned to his farm in Smethport, at Kings Corners, continuing there until 1897. In that year he purchased an established general store business at East Smethport, was appointed postmaster, a position he yet holds. He is a Republican in politics, has served as school director for three years, and was mercantile appraiser of McKean county for one year. He is a member of the church; Smethport Lodge, No. 39, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for many years was a member of the Encampment of the same order.

He married, December 19, 1881, Clara Elizabeth Hauer, born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1858, where she was educated in the public schools. She is a member of the Lutheran church, the Protected Home Circle and the Daughters of Rebekah. She is the daughter of John H. (1) Hauer, born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1830, died in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1898, a miller. He married Lavina Hollenback, born in Berks county, December 11, 1835, died in Schuylkill county, October 8, 1898. Children of John H. Hauer, first six born in Berks, others born in Schuylkill county:

1. John H. (2), born October 18, 1855, now an electrician in Lebanon, Pennsylvania; married Emma Bensing; children:
   1. Titus;
   2. Ida, married Professor White;
   3. Lillian;
   4. Harry;
   5. Sadie.
2. Clara Elizabeth, of previous mention, wife of George W. King.
3. Wallace C., born June 18, 1861, now a farmer of Lebanon county; married Louise Hummel; children:
   1. Vincent,
   2. Vertes
   3. Roxana L.
4. Mary Ida, born February 19, 1863; married (first) Uriah Christ, (second) James Slemer, a brick contractor, and lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania; children, all by first marriage and all deceased:
   1. Louis,
   2. Florence
   3. Augusta.
5. Grant K., born August 25, 1865, died 1872.
6. Irena, born May 2, 1867; married Louis Nye, a mine foreman, and resides in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania; no issue.
7. Kate L., born February 6, 1869; married Walter Hicks, a baker, and lives at Pine Grove; children:
   1. Roy,
   2. Mary,
   3. Pearl,
   4. Robert,
   5. Clara
   6. Charles.
8. Emma L., born April 28, 1871; married Harrison Zimmerman, a farmer, and resides at North Pine Grove, Pennsylvania; children:
   1. James,
   2. Lewis,
   3. Ruth
   4. Emma.
9. Frank K., born September 1, 1874, died December 21, 1876.
10. James N., born August 18, 1877, now a belt manufacturer of Lebanon, Pennsylvania; twice married, and has sons,
    1. Arthur
    2. Walter.

John H. (1) Hauer was a son of Henry Hauer, who died in Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, in 1864, very old, a cigar-maker. He married Kate Grumbine, who died in 1861, an old lady. In addition to the children of Henry Hauer, mentioned below, five died in infancy:

1. Jacob, died in Lebanon, a wholesale cigar dealer; married a Miss Lonser; children all living in Lebanon:
   1. Jacob,
   2. John,
   3. William,
   4. Harry,
   5. Susan,
   6. Eliza,
   7. Anna.
2. Samuel, died in Lebanon, a business partner of his brother Jacob, married and left issue.
3. George, a farmer, died in Brownsville, Pennsylvania; had three wives and left issue.
4. Isaac, died in East Hanover, Pennsylvania, a farmer, married and had issue.
5. Peter, now living in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a lawyer, married and has issue.
6. Elizabeth, died in Lebanon in 1910; married Isaac Wagner, deceased, a cigarmaker; children:
   1. Harry,
   2. Milton
   3. Belle.
7. Katherine, died in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania; married a Mr. Klinefelter, a farmer, also deceased, leaving issue.
8. John H. (1), of previous mention.

Children of George W. and Clara Elizabeth (Hauer) King, all born at Smethport, Pennsylvania:

• Horace B., born May 26, 1883; graduate of Smethport high school, 1899; Bucknell University, 1908; Dickinson law school, 1911; was admitted to the bar in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1911, now a practicing lawyer; he married, August 30, 1911, Rose McKeean, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
• Roxy L., born April 14, 1885; graduate of Smethport high school; a graduate nurse of Allentown hospital, November, 1911; residing with her parents.
• Lloyd L., born December 28, 1886, died September 20, 1900.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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