WILLIAM R. KING, son of John and Martha (Marshall) King, was born upon the old homestead where he now lives, June 15, 1838. He received a common school education, and subsequently attended the Jersey Shore high school and Dickinson Seminary. He began teaching at the age of twenty-three, and taught during the winter seasons for ten years, and followed agricultural pursuits in connection there with. On the death of his father he returned to the homestead, which he and his brother, Robert, purchased, and upon which he has resided since that time. Mr. King was married in 1867, to Mary J., daughter of J. B. Robinson of Salladasburg, who has borne him a family of nine children, as follows: Jennie M., wife of J. F. Sweeley; Addie B.; John F.; Edward; Franklin; William; Harry; Cynthia, and Artman. Mr. King has filled the offices of auditor, school director, and judge and inspector of elections in his township, and has been one of the assessors for a number of years. In politics he is a Republican, and is liberal in his religious opinions.
WILLIAM R. KING, son of John and Martha (Marshall) King, was born upon the old homestead where he now lives, June 15, 1838. He received a common school education, and subsequently attended the Jersey Shore high school and Dickinson Seminary. He began teaching at the age of twenty-three, and taught during the winter seasons for ten years, and followed agricultural pursuits in connection there with. On the death of his father he returned to the homestead, which he and his brother, Robert, purchased, and upon which he has resided since that time. Mr. King was married in 1867, to Mary J., daughter of J. B. Robinson of Salladasburg, who has borne him a family of nine children, as follows: Jennie M., wife of J. F. Sweeley; Addie B.; John F.; Edward; Franklin; William; Harry; Cynthia, and Artman. Mr. King has filled the offices of auditor, school director, and judge and inspector of elections in his township, and has been one of the assessors for a number of years. In politics he is a Republican, and is liberal in his religious opinions.
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