William King Family
Data submitted by ©Michael Frizzell
Mary Brown King and William H. King
William H. (Horace?) King
b. 8 Dec, 1790, Great Barrington, Mass.
Discrepancy: Family records written by his granddaughter, Mary Jane Sproul list birth date as 8 Dec. 1790. The birth date calculated by death date and age on tombstone is 4 Oct. 1791
d. 16 May 1873/74, Canton, Fulton Co, Illinois; Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Lot 178, division "A". South half. Note 1791 Oct. 4, in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton Ill., age 87 yrs. 7 mo s 12 days; (1873 Greenwood Cemetery records / 1874 Military Service Records . Head stone reads Soldier, War 1812)
Note: This lot was owned by Mrs. S. Thorpe His daughter Mary.
Married, Mary Brown of Saratoga Co. ??, New York, 10 Oct. 1812/13, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co. NY; by "One Ayres Baptist Minister" (Ref. NARA Military Service Pension Record # 28095, 28 June 1878 Bounty Land Grant from National archives. War of 1812)
Occupation: Carpenter / Supervisor
1813 Dec. 20/23: East Bloomfield, New York William enlisted in New York Militia as volunteer.
Note some discrepancies: William gives date as 20th. Military records say 23rd. Captain William B. Hamlin s Co., 7th. Regiment, NY, Militia. Another page says the 5th. Dec. William says 1st. Lt. Records says Ensign. (Ref. NARA Military Service Pension Record #28095, 28 June 1878 Bounty Land Records from National Archives. War of 1812)
Short time service prevented him from calming Bounty Land of 160 or 40 acres. He used the following account to prove he had served long enough to be eligible for bounty land: 13 Dec. 1813 to Jan. 1814. William King insists he was discharged in Buffalo, NY without discharge papers and kept on as a "Minute Man". He fought in the Battle of Black Rock, 3 miles from buffalo. Recorded are several of his memories of that battle. " General Hall (a memory), Colonel Blakeslee (in the record, Captain William B. Hamlin s Company 7th. Regiment in New York Militia." service Register #28922 Note: (ref. Affidavit for Bounty Land Claim, signed by William King)
1813-14: War of 1812: Old Black rock was the battleground for three American resistance to British attacks during the War of 1812 and the scene of a daring Naval action that lifted American morale. Lt. Jessie Elliott and a detachment of seamen stationed at the shipyard and blockhouse near the mouth of the Scajaquada Creek captured from the British two armed vessels, the Adams and the Caledonia, which had been moored off Fort Erie. At the same time they released about forty American prisoners from holds of those ships. The same shipyard at Scajaquada Creek also built or refitted five navel vessels that helped Oliver Hazard Perry win his stirring victory at Put-In Bay near Erie in September, 1813, giving the US Navy control of Lake Erie. One British attack near the foot of West Ferry and Breckenridge in July 1813 was repulsed by a motley collection of military, regular army soldiers, and a handful of Seneca Indians, all under command of general Peter B. Porter. Late in December of the same year, however, the Americans failed to stop the British advance on the city of Buffalo. The British were bent on avenging the burning of Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake ), but the
Americans could not hold them back at the battle near the bridge over the Scajaquada, and the British moved up Niagara Street with little further resistance and proceeded to burn Buffalo. The third British move on Black Rock took place in August of 1814 when Lt. General Sir Gordon Drummond was unsuccessfully trying to retake Fort Erie from the Americans. To divert the Americans and cut off their supply lines from Black Rock, he sent a force against the blockhouse and shipyard facility, but it was defeated , and Drummond, having suffered terrible losses during his siege of Fort Erie, withdrew toward Fort George at Newark. This marked the end of hostilities on the Niagara frontier during the War of 1812.
1850: Federal Census, Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois, : William King, 57,(1793 ?) Carpenter, b. NY (b. Mass.) ; Mary, 52, b. (1798) NY; George W. 13, b. NY(b. 1838). Dwelling next 150 next door to William and Mary is their son, Horace King, age 30, (b. 1820) carpenter, b. NY; Cornelia Coykendall, age 18, b. Illinois; Note: also on this census: John Sproul & Roxanne , Williams daughter and John Bailey and Elizabeth Wells King, William s daughter.
1851 Fulton Co. Illinois signed affidavit for pension application in Canton, Signature William King, Esq.
1855 April 2/3: Marshall Co., Henry: at age 55 William King made claim to bounty lands in Marshall Co., he list his place as address in his application.
1860 June 5: United States Federal Census, Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois, King , William , age 69, [abt. 1791], Occupation : Supervisor, Value of Real Estate $ 300, Value of Personal Estate $ 300, b. Connecticut.; Mary, 63, b. NY.
Note: living next door. (son-in-law and their daughter): Sproul, John, age 34, b. Scotland, Carpenter, pres. $100, Roxana, age 34, b. Ohio, Mary, age 10, b. Illinois, Franklin, age 8, b. Illinois
1870 Aug. 22 : United States Federal Census: Ward # 3, Canton, Fulton, Illinois , Living with son George Walter King; age 33 [abt. 1837], Occupation: Day labor, Value of real estate: $1600, value of personal property: $ 100, b. NY; Lizzie, age 27 [abt. 1843], Keeping house, b. Ohio; William , age 6 [abt. 1864], b. Ill.; Nellie, age 4 [abt. 1866], b. Illinois; William, age 80, [abt. 1790] , b. Mass.; Mary, age 73, [abt. 1797], b. NY; and Joseph Wilson [relationship possible brother of Lizzie King (Wilson) ], age 24 [abt. 1846], occupation: teamster , value of property $300, b. Ohio
1873, May 10, Pension Application witnesses: Christopher Wilson / Charles Coleman (age 82) also 1873 or 74 Thought to have visited his daughter Roxanne (King) Sproul and her children & grandchildren in Petauma, Marin Co., California
Spouse:
Mary Brown
b. 28 Sept. 1796 , New York (Mary s birthplace may be Waterford, Saratoga Co or Waterloo, ? Ontario Co ? NY)
d. 25 March 1882, Fulton Co., Ill., aged 86 yrs. Interment Greenwood Cemetery, lot 178, division "A" south half);
Death at home of daughter.
Father s birthplace NY; mother s birthplace, NY. Ref. : 1880 Federal Census, Canton, Fulton Co., Ill
1878: 6 June : Canton, Fulton Co, Illinois: witnesses to Mary Brown s identity for pension claim, James R. Mc Quaid and James M. Hortwick. Indicates acquaintance with her. (relationship ??)
1878, June 28; Mary Brown received Military Service Pension Record #28095 (ref. pension records)
1879: Jan. 28 Canton, Fulton Co, Illinois, Mary (Brown) King pension claim dated (ref. pension records)
1879 Feb. 4, Affidavit of Mary Brown King (she made an X mark) notarized by Sands N. Breed and witnessed by her son-in-law, J. Bailey; 1879
1879: Feb. 12, Canton, Fulton Co, Illinois Pension papers submitted for final action
1879 March 5, Canton, Fulton Co, Illinois Mary Brown, King s widow s pension re: certificate # 19508. Witnesses: John Baily (son-in-law) and Mary Thompson (granddaughter of John and Elizabeth wells King Bailey)
1880 : Federal Census, Canton, Fulton Co., Ill. Mary King (Brown) is listed with her daughter, Elizabeth W. Bailey and Elizabeth s son, John; Mary King (Brown) Father s birthplace NY; mother s birthplace, NY
children of William H. King and Mary Brown were: (ref. family records by daughter or granddaughter)
1. Eliza Ann King, b. Abt 1813, New York; nothing known; perhaps died young
2. Martha King, b. unk.
3. Anise King, b. unk.
4. Horace Brown King
b. 1 Dec. 1818, New York (discrepancy: Military records Mexican War: age 22 in 1846= b. 1824, not 1818.)
d. 25 March 1869, Fulton Co., Ill., aged 51 yrs. interment Greenwood Cemetery, sec. 34, lot 178, division "A"
m. 12 Nov. 1848, Fulton Co., Ill., (Diantha ?) Cornelia Covkendall
5. William O. (Orson?) King
b. 1822, Rochester ? , New York
d. 1891, California ?
m. 9 March 1845, Canton, Fulton Co., Ill Harriet Slawson / (Slason) b. 1826, NY, daughter of Dutcher Slawson, b., abt 1775, NY and Sarah, b. abt. 1804?, d. 1870, Fulton Co., Ill.
6. Roxanne Cordelia King
b. 22 Dec. 1826, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
m., John Sproul in Fulton Co., Ill., 12 Dec. 1848. (Ref. M. Record IL, Fulton ., 1824-1861 # 977.348 V. 2, p. 236)
7. Mary King
b. 1828, New York (ref. 1870 US Census, IL., Fulton Co.)
m. 7 Dec. 1844, Stephen Thorp in Fulton Co., IL (ref. Marriage Rec. , Il., Fulton Co. 1824-1861. Lic.. # 133, Vol. B, p. 151; Children all born Illinois: 6-1 Burton, b. abt. 1841, Charles , b. abt. 1847, Claude , b. abt. 1850.
8. Elizabeth Wells King
b. 12 April 1830 , Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
m. 29 Dec. 1844, Fulton Co., Ill. John G. Baily, Sr. b. 1821 / 22 England ; He arrived in the to US in 1832
9. Walter George King (aka. George Walter)
b. 1837, New York
m. Elizabeth S. ( Lizzie) Wilson, b. 19 June 1842, Ohio; d. 6 March 1885, Fulton Co., Ill., interment Greenwood Cemetery, lot 178, division "A" 22 Jan. 1863, Fulton Co., Ill. (Ref. Fulton Co., Illinois Marriages 21 Oct. 1861 - Jan 1974 Vol. D. P. 163)
William Orson King
b. abt. 1822, Rochester, New York
d. after 1870, California?
occupation: Carpenter
married, Harriet Slawson, 9 Mar. 1845, Canton, Fulton Co., Ill., marriage records, Fulton Co. vol. "B", page no. 20, license no. 31
Son of William H. (Horace ?) King and Mary Brown
1850 Sep. 30: United States Federal Census, Illinois , City of Canton, Fulton County.: King, William O. King, age 28/30, b. NY , carpenter; spouse, Harriet, age 24 , b. NY; William A. , age 2, , son b. Ill
1860, June 8 : United States Federal Census, Illinois, City of Canton, Fulton County: King , William age 40, b. NY, carpenter; value of Real Estate 1000 Value of Personal Estate 100; spouse, Harriet, age 34, b. NY, children, Albert, age 12, b. Ill.
between 1870 - 1880 : After the Civil War William Orson King moved to California were he drove a stagecoach
1870: United States Federal Census, Petaluma, Sonoma County, California: King, William, O., age 50, Carpenter, Value of personal property 500, b. NY; Harriet , wife age 48, Keeping house, b. NY; Adelbert, son, age 21, no occupation, b. Illinois; Living next door to sister Roxie (King) Sproul and her family, including the Faux family. The family may have arrived about 1869 as indicated from Harriet's Death Certificate.
Spouse: Harriet S. (Sarah ?) Slawson ... daughter of Deutsher Slawson and Sarah
b. 2 Jan. 1826, Troy, New York
d. 24 Oct. 1911, City and Co. of San Francisco, Cal., age 85 years, 9 mo. 22 days, Interment; Oct 26, 1911 Cremation, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Sec. G, Tier 27, Grave 468.
Adelbert King
Florence King
Adelbert " Dell " William King
b. 7 Nov. 1847, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
d. 6 Mar. 1940, City and County of San Francisco, California, aged 92 years, 3 mo.'s, 28 days, Interment: 9 March 1940, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mato County, California. Sec. G, Tier 27, Grave marker 468 (no stone) Harriet, Adelbert, & Evelyn King all buried at same grave marker.married, 1st. California abt. or before 1876, Florence Ida Ackerman, (divorced, & remarried abt. 1898 )
married 2nd . abt 1898, California Frances Lucy (Fannie/ Fanny) Morris, before 1891?
occ. cigar maker; patrolman "Morse Company", retired 1938, 28 years spent in this occupation
son of William Orson King and Harriet Slawson
1850 Sep. 30: United States Federal Census, Illinois , City of Canton, Fulton County.: King, William O. King, age 28/30, b. NY , carpenter; spouse, Harriet, age 24 , b. NY; William A. , age 2, , son b. Ill
1860, June 8 : United States Federal Census, Illinois, City of Canton, Fulton County: King , William age 40, b. NY, carpenter; value of Real Estate 1000 Value of Personal Estate 100; spouse, Harriet, age 34, b. NY, children, Albert, age 12, b. Ill.
Note: living next door: Slawson, Sarah, age 66, [ b. abt. 1793 ]no occupation, Value of Real Estate $ 3000, Value of personal property $ 33, b. Mass.; Eakin [ Aiken ], Elizabeth, age 37, [ b. abt. 1822 ], Value of Real Estate $ 3500, Value of Personal property 4 100, b. New York; William, age 13, [ b. abt. 1846 ], Illinois; Henry , age 8, [ b. abt. 1851 ], Illinois
1867: Adelbert "Dell" William King May have arrived in California by boat through Panama or Nicaragua on 7 Oct. 1867 With the family of Roxanne Cordelia King & her husband John Sproul.
1869: Adelbert s death certificate indicates in CA 70 years, therefore came about 1870. However his mothers death cert. says she was there 42 years, therefore 1869 (close enough)
1870: US Census: Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California shows Adelbert King is 21 years old, unemployed. He and his parents are next door to his aunt Roxie Sproul and her family, including the Faux family (related family name) Adelbert was properly in California by 1869-1870. His death certificate indicates in CA 70 years, therefore came about 1870. However his mothers death cert. Says she was there 42 years, therefore 1869 (close enough)
1878: San Jose City Directory:
Adelbert W. King, cigar maker, res. W. Orchard Bet. San Carlos St. & Park Avenue. (only year found in San Jose, not found in the Santa Clara County Great Registers)
1882: registered to vote for the first time in Oakland
1882 - 1898 (divorced, & remarried) 1st Florence Ida Ackerman, 2nd Frances Lucy Morris
1890: San Francisco Great Registers of Voters:
Adelbert William King, voting no. 113, reg no. 179, age 38, nativity Illinois, occ. cigar maker, res. 1163 Market St. floor 2, room " F ", register 7th. Precinct, 39th assembly dist, San Francisco County 1890
1892: San Francisco "Great Registers of Voters":
Adelbert William King, voting no. 126, reg. No. 265, res. 1135 Mission, floor 3, room " M " age 40, ht. 5' 9 ½ " complexion lt., eyes blue, hair br., Nativity Illinois, occ. cigar maker, register 3rd. precinct, 31st assembly dist., San Francisco County, 1892
1900, June 4: United States Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, Oak Street: King Dell, head of household, b. Nov. 1847, age 52 years, married 1 year, b. Illinois, both parents b. New York, occupation: Cigar-maker, he can read & write, he rents a house; Fannie, L., wife, b. Oct. 1877, age 22 years, married 1 year, no children, b. California, both parents b. Missouri, she can read & write; Harriet, mother, b. Jan. 1826, age 74 years, 1 child, 1 child living , b, New York, father b. New York, mother b. Massachusetts.
San Francisco City Directories:
1902: Adelbert King, cigar maker, r. 1926 Market
1903: Adelbert King, cigar maker, r. 32 ½ 7th.
1904: A.W. King, patrolman, Morse Patrol
1905: A.W. King, patrolman, r. 564 Ellis
1908: Adelbert King, patrolman Morse, r. 914 Scott
1909: Adelbert W. King, watchman, res. 384 Oak
1910: Adelbert W. King, watchman, res. 384 Oak
1910: United States Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California: King, Adelbert W., head, age 53 years, 13 years into second marriage, b. in California, father b. Illinois, mother b. New York, patrolman; wife, Fannie, age 33, years, 13 years into Her first marriage, has had one child, who is still alive, Fannie b. in California, father born in Missouri, mother Born Missouri; child, Thelma T., daughter, age 9 years, b. California, father b. Illinois, mother b. California; Harriet S., Mother , age 73 years, widow, has had one child, who is still alive, Harriet b. New York, father and mother b. Ireland.
1911: Adelbert W. King, watchman, res. 384 Oak
1915: Adelbert W. King, patrolman, Morse, res. 826 Turk
1919: Adelbert W. King, patrolman, Frances L., patrolman Morse Detective and Patrol Service, r. 1151 Octavia
1920: Adelbert W. King, patrolman, Frances L., patrolman Morse Detective and Patrol Service, r. 1151 Octavia
1920, United States Federal Census, San Francisco, California : King, Adelbert W. age 60 years, married, b. Illinois, both Parents b. Scotland, occupation: Morse Patrolman; Lucy F. age 42 years, wife, b. California, father b. Illinois, mother b. California; Thelma T. age 19 years, daughter, b. California, father b. Illinois, mother b. California
San Francisco City Directories:
1921: Adelbert King, Frances L., patrolman Morse Detective and Patrol Service, r. 485 Fulton
1925: " " spl. officer, r. 116 Noe
1926: " " spl. officer, r. 116 Noe
1927: " " Frances L. watchman Morse, r. 1409 Guerrero
1928: no entry
1929: A. W. King, watchman, r. 1757 Bush
1930, April 11: United States Federal Census, City & County of San Francisco, California, Gratton Street: King, A. , William , head. Rent $ 12 per mo., age 82 years, married, b. Illinois both parents b. New York, no occupation; Lucy, wife, age 52, b. California, both parents b. United States; Frances, Dau., age 29, b. California, Father b. Illinois, mother, b. California, Occupation Printer Helper.
1930, 1931: no entry either in San Francisco or Oakland
1940, 201 Buchanan Street, City and County of San Francisco
1940 March 6: King - in this City, Adelbert, beloved husband of Frances King, loving father of Louie, Dave and Thelma King; a native of Illinois. Funeral service Sat. at 2 P.M. from the Funeral Home of Arthur J. Sullivan & Co. 2254 Market St. bet. 15th & 16th. interment, Cypress Lawn Cemetery
1940 March 7: Obit. San Francisco Chron. ; King, Adelbert, March 6, services March 9, 2 P. M. Mortician, Arthur J. Sullivan ans Company.
1940 March 8: Obituary "San Francisco Examiner", page 11 col. 7
1st. spouse,
Florence Ida Ackerman / Aukerman (divorced)
b. Feb. 1854, Dayton, Ohio
d. 3 May 1913, Oakland, California , Interment: 6 May 1913, incineration, (California) ( electric crematorium) Oakland, California
Florence Ida Aukerman m. 2nd. Abt. 1895, California , Huston S. Foreman, b. 1858. one child Alton Foreman; There is on the California Death Index a Alton Foreman , b. 1 Jan. 1896, d. Nov. 1969, in Long Beach, California, the SS # was issued before 1951 in California : # 64 0-10-5583
daughter of David Ackerman / Aukerman & Julia Caswell
1913: Obit. Florence Ida Ackerman: Oakland Tribune, California May 3, 1913, Florence Ida Ackerman In Oakland, May 3, 1913: Dearly beloved wife of Huston S. Foreman, loving mother of Alton, Louis and David King, a native of Ohio, aged 59 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral Tuesday May 6, 1913, at 2 O clock P. M., from the residence parlors of Audker and Modeau, 670 14th. Street. Between Grove and Castro Streets. Incineration, California Electric Crematorium.
children Adelbert William King & 1st spouse Florence Ida Ackerman were:
1. Louis (Louie) Henry King
b. 1 Feb. 1878, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
d. 22 Jan. 1944, City and Co. of San Francisco, Cal. aged 66 years, Interment: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo County, Cal. Sec. U, Row 50, Grave 10
married 22 Nov. 1897, San Francisco, California, Ellen Olson
res. year 1944, 43 Street, San Francisco, California
occ. salesman, Standard Oil Company
2. David Orson King
b. 16 March 1881, Oakland, California
d. 11 April 1951, City and Co. of San Francisco, Cal. aged 70 years, Interment: 13 April 1951 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mato County, Cal.
spouse: Elsie Eva Erhart
married, 11 Nov. 1899, City and County of San Francisco, California
occ. carpenter, garment cutter, Anthony Brothers, San Francisco
2nd. spouse of Adelbert William King: Frances Lucy " Fannie " Morris
b. Oct. 1, 1876, Fresno, California
d. 25 June 1954, San Francisco, California, aged 77 yrs.; ( ref. California Death Index / the index says that fathers Surname was Morris & mothers maiden was Morris )
father, b. Missouri or Illinois; Mother, b. Missouri or California
1947: Residence: 201 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, California
children of Adelbert William King & , 2nd. spouse, Francis Lucy ( Fannie ) Morris were:
1. Thelma T. King
b. 19 Aug. 1901, City and County of San Francisco, California
note: Birth records unavailable as a result of the earthquake and subsequent Fire of 1906
d . 27 Sept. 1947, City and Co. of San Francisco, Cal. , aged 46 years, Interment: 29 Sept, 1947 Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mato County, California; single at time of death (never married ?)
occupation: Actress
1910: United States Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California: Thelma King is living with her parents , she is listed as daughter, age 9 years, b. California
1920, United States Federal Census, San Francisco, California : Thelma King is living with her parents , she is listed as daughter , age 19 years, b. California
1930, US census: Not found , perhaps married after 1920 ?? and divorced before late 1930's
1947: Residence: 201 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, California
San Francisco City Directories:
late 1930's through 1944 : Thelma lived at 50 Golden Gate Street
1945: no listings
2. Evelyn King
b. 24 Oct. 1917, City and County of San Francisco, California ( no birth or death records listed California birth and death Index)
d. still born., Interment, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Mateo County, Ca. Grave marker 468 (no stone) Harriet, Adelbert, & Evelyn King all buried at same grave marker.
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