Wyllys Seymour King was born in St. Louis, Mo., on December 15, 1834, the son of Wyllys and Eliza Ann (Smith) King, and received his preparation for college at Wyman's Classical School in his native town. Entering Yale in 1851, he joined the Class of 1856 in Sophomore year.
The four years immediately following graduation he spent in the wholesale dry goods business with his father's firm of Wyllys King & Company in St. Louis. In March, 1860, he became connected with the Insurance Department of Missouri as an accountant and examiner, later holding the position of actuary. From 1883 to 1907 he was in the employ of the American Manufacturing Company.
Mr. King died, from arterio sclerosis, in Bay View, Mich., on June 17, 1914, Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.
His marriage took place on October 18, 1865, to Lucy, daughter of James and Katherine (Hathaway) Graham of St. Louis, who survives him. Eight children were born to them: Katherine Graham; Wyllys; Caroline Grier (Mrs. Arthur B. Ambler); Henry Graham (died October 29, 1875); Edward Charles; Lucy Graham (Mrs. John Jay Hamilton); Robert Grier (died March 17, 1886), and Benjamin Arthur. (Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (Yale University, 1915), p.: 745)
The four years immediately following graduation he spent in the wholesale dry goods business with his father's firm of Wyllys King & Company in St. Louis. In March, 1860, he became connected with the Insurance Department of Missouri as an accountant and examiner, later holding the position of actuary. From 1883 to 1907 he was in the employ of the American Manufacturing Company.
Mr. King died, from arterio sclerosis, in Bay View, Mich., on June 17, 1914, Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.
His marriage took place on October 18, 1865, to Lucy, daughter of James and Katherine (Hathaway) Graham of St. Louis, who survives him. Eight children were born to them: Katherine Graham; Wyllys; Caroline Grier (Mrs. Arthur B. Ambler); Henry Graham (died October 29, 1875); Edward Charles; Lucy Graham (Mrs. John Jay Hamilton); Robert Grier (died March 17, 1886), and Benjamin Arthur. (Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (Yale University, 1915), p.: 745)
Wyllys Seymour King was born in St. Louis, Mo., on December 15, 1834, the son of Wyllys and Eliza Ann (Smith) King, and received his preparation for college at Wyman's Classical School in his native town. Entering Yale in 1851, he joined the Class of 1856 in Sophomore year.
The four years immediately following graduation he spent in the wholesale dry goods business with his father's firm of Wyllys King & Company in St. Louis. In March, 1860, he became connected with the Insurance Department of Missouri as an accountant and examiner, later holding the position of actuary. From 1883 to 1907 he was in the employ of the American Manufacturing Company.
Mr. King died, from arterio sclerosis, in Bay View, Mich., on June 17, 1914, Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.
His marriage took place on October 18, 1865, to Lucy, daughter of James and Katherine (Hathaway) Graham of St. Louis, who survives him. Eight children were born to them: Katherine Graham; Wyllys; Caroline Grier (Mrs. Arthur B. Ambler); Henry Graham (died October 29, 1875); Edward Charles; Lucy Graham (Mrs. John Jay Hamilton); Robert Grier (died March 17, 1886), and Benjamin Arthur. (Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (Yale University, 1915), p.: 745)
The four years immediately following graduation he spent in the wholesale dry goods business with his father's firm of Wyllys King & Company in St. Louis. In March, 1860, he became connected with the Insurance Department of Missouri as an accountant and examiner, later holding the position of actuary. From 1883 to 1907 he was in the employ of the American Manufacturing Company.
Mr. King died, from arterio sclerosis, in Bay View, Mich., on June 17, 1914, Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.
His marriage took place on October 18, 1865, to Lucy, daughter of James and Katherine (Hathaway) Graham of St. Louis, who survives him. Eight children were born to them: Katherine Graham; Wyllys; Caroline Grier (Mrs. Arthur B. Ambler); Henry Graham (died October 29, 1875); Edward Charles; Lucy Graham (Mrs. John Jay Hamilton); Robert Grier (died March 17, 1886), and Benjamin Arthur. (Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (Yale University, 1915), p.: 745)
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