(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 568-569)
HARRY STITT KING. Wabash county lost one of its finest citizens in the death of Harry S. King on November 19, 1911. Mr. King was in the third generation of the King family in the county, being the grandson of Peter King, a miller and business man, and a son of Thomas Wellman King.
Harry Stitt King was born in Wabash, Indiana, May 8, 1860, and was in his fifty-second year at the time of his death. Reared in his native vicinity, he always called Wabash county his home, and his education was a product of the city schools. When still a boy he began assisting his father in the grain and elevator business, and for a number of years previous to his death was the active head of the King Grain Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the Wabash valley, and which might be considered a lineal successor of the grain business established and conducted by Peter King at Wabash before the Civil War.
The late Mr. King was a quiet unobtrusive gentleman, a successful business man, and a most helpful member of the community. The estimation in which he was held is probably best told through a quotation from the local press at the time of his death:
"While Mr. King was quiet and unassuming, he was one of the most diligent and prosperous business men of Wabash. He had no public aspirations, and good citizenship was his ideal. He was the kind and and helpful friend of anyone who came to him in need. The poor always found assistance and sympathy. His friends he loved with an unlimited devotion. He was never so happy as when doing for others. His own family never were denied a single wish within his power to grant. He believed in his friends and the slightest act of kindness done for him was appreciated in a spirit of unlimited gratitude. He never neglected a duty or an obligation. He had a thought for every one associated with him. His love for his father and his mother was the all-absorbing love that considered their every wish and interest. His was a peaceful going away and his loved ones could feel glad that he was spared great suffering. Everywhere kind friends are sorrowing over the loss of a good man from the city. Such men are needed, such men are an honor to their fellowmen and such quiet influence for good leaves a lasting impression. Honest, industrious, progressive, interested in every enterprise that advanced the cause of right living, was the ambition of his life."
Mr. Harry S. King married Miss Emma E. Rohrbacher, oldest daughter of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Rohrbacher of Wabash. Her father was born in Germany, came to America when fifteen years of age, and died at Mount Carmel, Illinois, in 1882. Mr. King wife were married May 28, 1890 and their two children are Harriet and Thomas F. King.
HARRY STITT KING. Wabash county lost one of its finest citizens in the death of Harry S. King on November 19, 1911. Mr. King was in the third generation of the King family in the county, being the grandson of Peter King, a miller and business man, and a son of Thomas Wellman King.
Harry Stitt King was born in Wabash, Indiana, May 8, 1860, and was in his fifty-second year at the time of his death. Reared in his native vicinity, he always called Wabash county his home, and his education was a product of the city schools. When still a boy he began assisting his father in the grain and elevator business, and for a number of years previous to his death was the active head of the King Grain Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the Wabash valley, and which might be considered a lineal successor of the grain business established and conducted by Peter King at Wabash before the Civil War.
The late Mr. King was a quiet unobtrusive gentleman, a successful business man, and a most helpful member of the community. The estimation in which he was held is probably best told through a quotation from the local press at the time of his death:
"While Mr. King was quiet and unassuming, he was one of the most diligent and prosperous business men of Wabash. He had no public aspirations, and good citizenship was his ideal. He was the kind and and helpful friend of anyone who came to him in need. The poor always found assistance and sympathy. His friends he loved with an unlimited devotion. He was never so happy as when doing for others. His own family never were denied a single wish within his power to grant. He believed in his friends and the slightest act of kindness done for him was appreciated in a spirit of unlimited gratitude. He never neglected a duty or an obligation. He had a thought for every one associated with him. His love for his father and his mother was the all-absorbing love that considered their every wish and interest. His was a peaceful going away and his loved ones could feel glad that he was spared great suffering. Everywhere kind friends are sorrowing over the loss of a good man from the city. Such men are needed, such men are an honor to their fellowmen and such quiet influence for good leaves a lasting impression. Honest, industrious, progressive, interested in every enterprise that advanced the cause of right living, was the ambition of his life."
Mr. Harry S. King married Miss Emma E. Rohrbacher, oldest daughter of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Rohrbacher of Wabash. Her father was born in Germany, came to America when fifteen years of age, and died at Mount Carmel, Illinois, in 1882. Mr. King wife were married May 28, 1890 and their two children are Harriet and Thomas F. King.
(From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 568-569)
HARRY STITT KING. Wabash county lost one of its finest citizens in the death of Harry S. King on November 19, 1911. Mr. King was in the third generation of the King family in the county, being the grandson of Peter King, a miller and business man, and a son of Thomas Wellman King.
Harry Stitt King was born in Wabash, Indiana, May 8, 1860, and was in his fifty-second year at the time of his death. Reared in his native vicinity, he always called Wabash county his home, and his education was a product of the city schools. When still a boy he began assisting his father in the grain and elevator business, and for a number of years previous to his death was the active head of the King Grain Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the Wabash valley, and which might be considered a lineal successor of the grain business established and conducted by Peter King at Wabash before the Civil War.
The late Mr. King was a quiet unobtrusive gentleman, a successful business man, and a most helpful member of the community. The estimation in which he was held is probably best told through a quotation from the local press at the time of his death:
"While Mr. King was quiet and unassuming, he was one of the most diligent and prosperous business men of Wabash. He had no public aspirations, and good citizenship was his ideal. He was the kind and and helpful friend of anyone who came to him in need. The poor always found assistance and sympathy. His friends he loved with an unlimited devotion. He was never so happy as when doing for others. His own family never were denied a single wish within his power to grant. He believed in his friends and the slightest act of kindness done for him was appreciated in a spirit of unlimited gratitude. He never neglected a duty or an obligation. He had a thought for every one associated with him. His love for his father and his mother was the all-absorbing love that considered their every wish and interest. His was a peaceful going away and his loved ones could feel glad that he was spared great suffering. Everywhere kind friends are sorrowing over the loss of a good man from the city. Such men are needed, such men are an honor to their fellowmen and such quiet influence for good leaves a lasting impression. Honest, industrious, progressive, interested in every enterprise that advanced the cause of right living, was the ambition of his life."
Mr. Harry S. King married Miss Emma E. Rohrbacher, oldest daughter of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Rohrbacher of Wabash. Her father was born in Germany, came to America when fifteen years of age, and died at Mount Carmel, Illinois, in 1882. Mr. King wife were married May 28, 1890 and their two children are Harriet and Thomas F. King.
HARRY STITT KING. Wabash county lost one of its finest citizens in the death of Harry S. King on November 19, 1911. Mr. King was in the third generation of the King family in the county, being the grandson of Peter King, a miller and business man, and a son of Thomas Wellman King.
Harry Stitt King was born in Wabash, Indiana, May 8, 1860, and was in his fifty-second year at the time of his death. Reared in his native vicinity, he always called Wabash county his home, and his education was a product of the city schools. When still a boy he began assisting his father in the grain and elevator business, and for a number of years previous to his death was the active head of the King Grain Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the Wabash valley, and which might be considered a lineal successor of the grain business established and conducted by Peter King at Wabash before the Civil War.
The late Mr. King was a quiet unobtrusive gentleman, a successful business man, and a most helpful member of the community. The estimation in which he was held is probably best told through a quotation from the local press at the time of his death:
"While Mr. King was quiet and unassuming, he was one of the most diligent and prosperous business men of Wabash. He had no public aspirations, and good citizenship was his ideal. He was the kind and and helpful friend of anyone who came to him in need. The poor always found assistance and sympathy. His friends he loved with an unlimited devotion. He was never so happy as when doing for others. His own family never were denied a single wish within his power to grant. He believed in his friends and the slightest act of kindness done for him was appreciated in a spirit of unlimited gratitude. He never neglected a duty or an obligation. He had a thought for every one associated with him. His love for his father and his mother was the all-absorbing love that considered their every wish and interest. His was a peaceful going away and his loved ones could feel glad that he was spared great suffering. Everywhere kind friends are sorrowing over the loss of a good man from the city. Such men are needed, such men are an honor to their fellowmen and such quiet influence for good leaves a lasting impression. Honest, industrious, progressive, interested in every enterprise that advanced the cause of right living, was the ambition of his life."
Mr. Harry S. King married Miss Emma E. Rohrbacher, oldest daughter of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Rohrbacher of Wabash. Her father was born in Germany, came to America when fifteen years of age, and died at Mount Carmel, Illinois, in 1882. Mr. King wife were married May 28, 1890 and their two children are Harriet and Thomas F. King.
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