BIOGRAPHY:
ALVIN J. KING, an honored resident of Plainfield, was born in Collins, Erie County, N. Y., May 13, 1824. He came of sterling New England stock, his father, Allen King, having been a native of Rhode Island, and his grandfather, Nathan King, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is also supposed to have been born in the same State. He removed from Rhode Island to Vermont,, and was an early pioneer of the town of Danby, in Rutland County. He resided there until 1811, and again become a pioneer, moving with an ox team to Erie County, N. Y. He bought land of the Holland Purchase Company in the town of Holland, and spent the remainder of his days there.
The father of the subject of this sketch was reared and married in Vermont and made the removal to Erie County, a few months before his father. He bought a tract of wild land in the primeval forest in the town of Collins, obtaining his patent from the Holland Purchase Company. His first work was to build a log house for the shelter of his family, and he then entered upon the hard task of clearing a farm from the wilderness. He felled the timber from quite a tract, and then sold it at an advance, and bought again, and he thus made three or four changes in the ensuing years, selling so as to make money each time, and was a resident of Erie County until his death. The maiden name of his wife was Virginia Thompson, and she was born in Westmoreland County, N. H. Her father, Joseph Thompson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and two of his sons served with him in the battle of Saratoga. He was a farmer and spent his last years in Otsego County, N. Y. His wife spent her last years with a daughter in the town of Collins.
The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native town, and resided there until 1855. He bought a farm and was actively engaged in its cultivation until the year mentioned, when he sold it, and coming to Illinois, located in McHenry County, buying a farm in Seneca Township. He carried on farming and stock-raising with good success until 1882, when he sold his place there, and coming to Plainfield, bought where he now resides and is living in the enjoyment of the comfortable competence that his industry has brought him.
Mr. King was married in 1849, to Susan A. Southworth. She was born in Chautauqua County, in the town of Sheridan, N. Y., a daughter of Epiphias and Hannah Southworth. Three children have blessed their marriage to them: George M., a resident of Woodstock; Mrs. Robert Graves, of Plainfield; and John M., who lives in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Universalist society and for their great personal worth are held in high esteem by the people among whom they have come to make their home in their declining years.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois. Published by the Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois in 1890, pages 736-737.]
Nearly a Century Old.
Alvin J. King, 97 years old, Plainfield's oldest resident died at midnight following injuries suffered in a fall from a porch four months ago.
Mr. King fractured his hip in the accident and has been in critical condition for several months.
He was born May, 1824 in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., and was married in 1849 to Miss Susan Ann Sonthworth. In 1855 he moved with his family to McHenry county where he engaged in farming until 1882 when he retired and moved to Plainfield.
Surviving him are two sons, Geo. H. King of McClure, S. D.; Murray of Plainfield and a daughter, Mrs. Marietta Graves, also of Plainfield. Mrs. King died in February, 1900.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the home, the Rev. Dr. A H. Laing of Joliet officiating. Burial in Plainfield cemetery.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS),
October 6, 1921 (Thursday),
page 4
Funeral services for A. J. King were held in the King home Thursday afternoon, The Rev. Dr. Lang of Joliet assisted by the Rev. N. Sinninger, pastor of the Congreagational church officiated. Burial was in Plainfield cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graves of Byron, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of Aurora, Mrs. George Hess and Miss Kathryn Beeber of Joliet and Miss Ethel Purdee of Des Moines, Iowa. Pall bearers were E. R. McClellan, W. F. Smith and Chas. Reeves.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS), October 13, 1921 (Thursday), page 1
Children:
Allen A. King
George H. King
ALVIN J. KING, an honored resident of Plainfield, was born in Collins, Erie County, N. Y., May 13, 1824. He came of sterling New England stock, his father, Allen King, having been a native of Rhode Island, and his grandfather, Nathan King, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is also supposed to have been born in the same State. He removed from Rhode Island to Vermont,, and was an early pioneer of the town of Danby, in Rutland County. He resided there until 1811, and again become a pioneer, moving with an ox team to Erie County, N. Y. He bought land of the Holland Purchase Company in the town of Holland, and spent the remainder of his days there.
The father of the subject of this sketch was reared and married in Vermont and made the removal to Erie County, a few months before his father. He bought a tract of wild land in the primeval forest in the town of Collins, obtaining his patent from the Holland Purchase Company. His first work was to build a log house for the shelter of his family, and he then entered upon the hard task of clearing a farm from the wilderness. He felled the timber from quite a tract, and then sold it at an advance, and bought again, and he thus made three or four changes in the ensuing years, selling so as to make money each time, and was a resident of Erie County until his death. The maiden name of his wife was Virginia Thompson, and she was born in Westmoreland County, N. H. Her father, Joseph Thompson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and two of his sons served with him in the battle of Saratoga. He was a farmer and spent his last years in Otsego County, N. Y. His wife spent her last years with a daughter in the town of Collins.
The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native town, and resided there until 1855. He bought a farm and was actively engaged in its cultivation until the year mentioned, when he sold it, and coming to Illinois, located in McHenry County, buying a farm in Seneca Township. He carried on farming and stock-raising with good success until 1882, when he sold his place there, and coming to Plainfield, bought where he now resides and is living in the enjoyment of the comfortable competence that his industry has brought him.
Mr. King was married in 1849, to Susan A. Southworth. She was born in Chautauqua County, in the town of Sheridan, N. Y., a daughter of Epiphias and Hannah Southworth. Three children have blessed their marriage to them: George M., a resident of Woodstock; Mrs. Robert Graves, of Plainfield; and John M., who lives in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Universalist society and for their great personal worth are held in high esteem by the people among whom they have come to make their home in their declining years.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois. Published by the Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois in 1890, pages 736-737.]
Nearly a Century Old.
Alvin J. King, 97 years old, Plainfield's oldest resident died at midnight following injuries suffered in a fall from a porch four months ago.
Mr. King fractured his hip in the accident and has been in critical condition for several months.
He was born May, 1824 in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., and was married in 1849 to Miss Susan Ann Sonthworth. In 1855 he moved with his family to McHenry county where he engaged in farming until 1882 when he retired and moved to Plainfield.
Surviving him are two sons, Geo. H. King of McClure, S. D.; Murray of Plainfield and a daughter, Mrs. Marietta Graves, also of Plainfield. Mrs. King died in February, 1900.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the home, the Rev. Dr. A H. Laing of Joliet officiating. Burial in Plainfield cemetery.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS),
October 6, 1921 (Thursday),
page 4
Funeral services for A. J. King were held in the King home Thursday afternoon, The Rev. Dr. Lang of Joliet assisted by the Rev. N. Sinninger, pastor of the Congreagational church officiated. Burial was in Plainfield cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graves of Byron, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of Aurora, Mrs. George Hess and Miss Kathryn Beeber of Joliet and Miss Ethel Purdee of Des Moines, Iowa. Pall bearers were E. R. McClellan, W. F. Smith and Chas. Reeves.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS), October 13, 1921 (Thursday), page 1
Children:
Allen A. King
George H. King
BIOGRAPHY:
ALVIN J. KING, an honored resident of Plainfield, was born in Collins, Erie County, N. Y., May 13, 1824. He came of sterling New England stock, his father, Allen King, having been a native of Rhode Island, and his grandfather, Nathan King, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is also supposed to have been born in the same State. He removed from Rhode Island to Vermont,, and was an early pioneer of the town of Danby, in Rutland County. He resided there until 1811, and again become a pioneer, moving with an ox team to Erie County, N. Y. He bought land of the Holland Purchase Company in the town of Holland, and spent the remainder of his days there.
The father of the subject of this sketch was reared and married in Vermont and made the removal to Erie County, a few months before his father. He bought a tract of wild land in the primeval forest in the town of Collins, obtaining his patent from the Holland Purchase Company. His first work was to build a log house for the shelter of his family, and he then entered upon the hard task of clearing a farm from the wilderness. He felled the timber from quite a tract, and then sold it at an advance, and bought again, and he thus made three or four changes in the ensuing years, selling so as to make money each time, and was a resident of Erie County until his death. The maiden name of his wife was Virginia Thompson, and she was born in Westmoreland County, N. H. Her father, Joseph Thompson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and two of his sons served with him in the battle of Saratoga. He was a farmer and spent his last years in Otsego County, N. Y. His wife spent her last years with a daughter in the town of Collins.
The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native town, and resided there until 1855. He bought a farm and was actively engaged in its cultivation until the year mentioned, when he sold it, and coming to Illinois, located in McHenry County, buying a farm in Seneca Township. He carried on farming and stock-raising with good success until 1882, when he sold his place there, and coming to Plainfield, bought where he now resides and is living in the enjoyment of the comfortable competence that his industry has brought him.
Mr. King was married in 1849, to Susan A. Southworth. She was born in Chautauqua County, in the town of Sheridan, N. Y., a daughter of Epiphias and Hannah Southworth. Three children have blessed their marriage to them: George M., a resident of Woodstock; Mrs. Robert Graves, of Plainfield; and John M., who lives in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Universalist society and for their great personal worth are held in high esteem by the people among whom they have come to make their home in their declining years.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois. Published by the Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois in 1890, pages 736-737.]
Nearly a Century Old.
Alvin J. King, 97 years old, Plainfield's oldest resident died at midnight following injuries suffered in a fall from a porch four months ago.
Mr. King fractured his hip in the accident and has been in critical condition for several months.
He was born May, 1824 in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., and was married in 1849 to Miss Susan Ann Sonthworth. In 1855 he moved with his family to McHenry county where he engaged in farming until 1882 when he retired and moved to Plainfield.
Surviving him are two sons, Geo. H. King of McClure, S. D.; Murray of Plainfield and a daughter, Mrs. Marietta Graves, also of Plainfield. Mrs. King died in February, 1900.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the home, the Rev. Dr. A H. Laing of Joliet officiating. Burial in Plainfield cemetery.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS),
October 6, 1921 (Thursday),
page 4
Funeral services for A. J. King were held in the King home Thursday afternoon, The Rev. Dr. Lang of Joliet assisted by the Rev. N. Sinninger, pastor of the Congreagational church officiated. Burial was in Plainfield cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graves of Byron, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of Aurora, Mrs. George Hess and Miss Kathryn Beeber of Joliet and Miss Ethel Purdee of Des Moines, Iowa. Pall bearers were E. R. McClellan, W. F. Smith and Chas. Reeves.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS), October 13, 1921 (Thursday), page 1
Children:
Allen A. King
George H. King
ALVIN J. KING, an honored resident of Plainfield, was born in Collins, Erie County, N. Y., May 13, 1824. He came of sterling New England stock, his father, Allen King, having been a native of Rhode Island, and his grandfather, Nathan King, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is also supposed to have been born in the same State. He removed from Rhode Island to Vermont,, and was an early pioneer of the town of Danby, in Rutland County. He resided there until 1811, and again become a pioneer, moving with an ox team to Erie County, N. Y. He bought land of the Holland Purchase Company in the town of Holland, and spent the remainder of his days there.
The father of the subject of this sketch was reared and married in Vermont and made the removal to Erie County, a few months before his father. He bought a tract of wild land in the primeval forest in the town of Collins, obtaining his patent from the Holland Purchase Company. His first work was to build a log house for the shelter of his family, and he then entered upon the hard task of clearing a farm from the wilderness. He felled the timber from quite a tract, and then sold it at an advance, and bought again, and he thus made three or four changes in the ensuing years, selling so as to make money each time, and was a resident of Erie County until his death. The maiden name of his wife was Virginia Thompson, and she was born in Westmoreland County, N. H. Her father, Joseph Thompson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and two of his sons served with him in the battle of Saratoga. He was a farmer and spent his last years in Otsego County, N. Y. His wife spent her last years with a daughter in the town of Collins.
The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native town, and resided there until 1855. He bought a farm and was actively engaged in its cultivation until the year mentioned, when he sold it, and coming to Illinois, located in McHenry County, buying a farm in Seneca Township. He carried on farming and stock-raising with good success until 1882, when he sold his place there, and coming to Plainfield, bought where he now resides and is living in the enjoyment of the comfortable competence that his industry has brought him.
Mr. King was married in 1849, to Susan A. Southworth. She was born in Chautauqua County, in the town of Sheridan, N. Y., a daughter of Epiphias and Hannah Southworth. Three children have blessed their marriage to them: George M., a resident of Woodstock; Mrs. Robert Graves, of Plainfield; and John M., who lives in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Universalist society and for their great personal worth are held in high esteem by the people among whom they have come to make their home in their declining years.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois. Published by the Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois in 1890, pages 736-737.]
Nearly a Century Old.
Alvin J. King, 97 years old, Plainfield's oldest resident died at midnight following injuries suffered in a fall from a porch four months ago.
Mr. King fractured his hip in the accident and has been in critical condition for several months.
He was born May, 1824 in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., and was married in 1849 to Miss Susan Ann Sonthworth. In 1855 he moved with his family to McHenry county where he engaged in farming until 1882 when he retired and moved to Plainfield.
Surviving him are two sons, Geo. H. King of McClure, S. D.; Murray of Plainfield and a daughter, Mrs. Marietta Graves, also of Plainfield. Mrs. King died in February, 1900.
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the home, the Rev. Dr. A H. Laing of Joliet officiating. Burial in Plainfield cemetery.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS),
October 6, 1921 (Thursday),
page 4
Funeral services for A. J. King were held in the King home Thursday afternoon, The Rev. Dr. Lang of Joliet assisted by the Rev. N. Sinninger, pastor of the Congreagational church officiated. Burial was in Plainfield cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graves of Byron, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of Aurora, Mrs. George Hess and Miss Kathryn Beeber of Joliet and Miss Ethel Purdee of Des Moines, Iowa. Pall bearers were E. R. McClellan, W. F. Smith and Chas. Reeves.
- The Plainfield Enterprise, (ILLINOIS), October 13, 1921 (Thursday), page 1
Children:
Allen A. King
George H. King
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