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Jesse King

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Jesse King

Birth
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
3 Mar 1856 (aged 68–69)
Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Jesse was the son of Philip King and Anne Brooke. He married Mary Rugg.

Letter from Jesse's son Samuel, dated March 2, 1856 to Samuel's brother William and sister (William's wife?) who lived in New Lexington, Perry Co., OH:

"Dear Brother and Sister: We take this opertunety of writing to you to lett you know of the helt Father is verey sick at this time. He was taken with a cold and hacking coff which got better and the wors and changed son for abou 7 days, and last Friday he appeared sick at his stomach. He eat a littel a Saterday he eat nothing, and so far of today (which is about 12 oclock) he drank a littel coffee. He is quite sick and keeps his bed about two thirds of the day. The night is mutch the same. He slleps a littel but his naps is very short...say tenn minets or thereabout."
Jesse was the son of Philip King and Anne Brooke. He married Mary Rugg.

Letter from Jesse's son Samuel, dated March 2, 1856 to Samuel's brother William and sister (William's wife?) who lived in New Lexington, Perry Co., OH:

"Dear Brother and Sister: We take this opertunety of writing to you to lett you know of the helt Father is verey sick at this time. He was taken with a cold and hacking coff which got better and the wors and changed son for abou 7 days, and last Friday he appeared sick at his stomach. He eat a littel a Saterday he eat nothing, and so far of today (which is about 12 oclock) he drank a littel coffee. He is quite sick and keeps his bed about two thirds of the day. The night is mutch the same. He slleps a littel but his naps is very short...say tenn minets or thereabout."


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