William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Nov. 11, 1809; died Sept. 7, 1889; married, Henry Button. ISSUE: i. ROBERT EUGENES BUTTON, b. Oct. 6, 1838; d. Sept. 10, 1842. ii. ROBERT EUGENE BUTTON, (again) b. Oct. 22, 1843; d. Jany. 20, 1907; m. Emma K. Martyn, b. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 6, 1845. ISSUE: I ROSE FLORENCE BUTTON, b. June 18, 1874; m. 2 Haven, Conn. ISSUE: I ROBERT EARLE 10 WOLCOTT, b. West Haven, HARRY EMERSON BUTTON, b. Hartford, Conn., 478 SEYMOUR ZENO KING, (Zeno, Dan, Ebenezer, James, James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Jany. 21, 1802; died in Suffield, April 15, 1889; married May 21 1823, Electa Ann Riley of Southwick, Mass., who died April 3, 1879. They had six children all of whom died in infancy except the following: ISSUE: 862* 8 i. CORDELIA, b. Oct. 13, 1826; m. Oct. 20, 1844, George Hodge. 479 WYLLYS KING, (Zeno, Dan, Ebenezer, James, James, William1), born in Suffield Conn., Aug. 30, 1803; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 29, 1872; married (1) Hartford, Conn., 1825, Eliza Ann Smith, daughter of Normand and Mary Boardman Smith, who died in St. Louis, Mo., July 6, 1839; (2) Dec., 1840, Mary Woodbridge Smith, daughter of Solomon and Ursula Bull Smith, who died Dec. 1852; (3) Newark, N. J., 1854, Mrs. Eliza Lyman Mead, who died in Newark, N. J., 1878, without issue. Mr. Wyllys King went to St. Louis, Mo., in 1832, and was subse quently a member of the mercantile firm of Doan, King & Co., a house which for more than thirty years held highest rank among the business houses of St. Louis. Upon the establishment of the State insurance department in 1869, his firm having retired from business a short time previously, Mr. King was appointed by Governor McClurg the first Superintendent of Insurance. His administration is well remembered for the vigor with which he pursued and the success he attained in ridding Missouri of the brood of wild-cats which for years had been a blot and shame upon the insurance business. Mr. King was also a member of the convention during the Civil War called to draft a new State Constitution, which was adopted in 1865. ISSUE: 863* i. 8 CHARLES EDWARD, b. Hartford, Conn., July 6, 1830; d. Feb. 19, 1897; m. Nov., 1866, Caroline Smith Morris. 864* ii. WYLLYS SEYMOUR, b. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 15, 1834; m. Oct. 18, 1865, Lucy Graham. 865* iii. 866* iv. 867* 2 V. CAROLINE MORRIS, b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1, 1837; m. May, 1863, Robert Cooper Grier. ROBERT ARTHUR, b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16, 1849; m. (1) Feb. 4, 1873, Myra Howell; (2) June 18, 1890, Gertrude Bigley. NORMAND SMITH, b. Hartford, Conn., July 4, 1851; m. Dec. 19, 1872, Fannie Elizabeth Bill. 482 AMOS LATHAM KING, (Isaac, Dan, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., July 21, 1825; died Aug. 10, 1893; married Jany. 2, 1856, Ruth Rising. They had four children, two of whom were twins who died in early infancy while the other two died before reaching the age of nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Amos L. King are also deceased. ISSUE: 868 i. HENRY B. (OR HERBERT),8 b. Dec. 8, 1856; d. Aug. 27, 1865. 869 ii. FREDERICK, b. May 10, 1862; d. Aug., 1862. 483 WILLIAM HENRY' KING, (Isaac, Dan, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Oct. 17, 1827; died in Springfield, Mass., Aug. 12, 1892; married (1) in Suffield, Conn., April 14, 1856, Elizabeth F. Stead; (2) Mrs. Harriet Bidwell. In early life Mr. King came to Springfield, Mass., and began the business of manufacturing balmoral skirts, but after about three years sold out his interest to a New York firm and went to New Jersey, where he engaged in the manufacture of paper. He was quite successful until his factory was destroyed by fire causing a total loss. He then returned to Springfield, entered into the junk business and was very prosperous. He erected a block of buildings, had a large paper business and also a paper manufactory in Hampden. He engaged more extensively in building blocks and while inspecting the erection of one of his buildings which was in process of erection a timber fell striking him on the head and killing him. His sons, William Henry Jr., and John Benjamin King, continued the paper business until 1893 when they suffered a heavy financial loss and John B. King sold out his share, but William H. King Jr. continued in the new firm, It was not long thereafter, however, until William H. King, Jr., met with severe losses and was also compelled to sell out his share of the paper business. His children were by his first marriage. ISSUE: 872 i. 875* iv. 876* V. CHARLES, d. in infancy. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 26, IDA, b. Oct. 12, 1859; m. Aug. 3, 1876, Henry Chapin. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Springfield, Mass., March 2, 1864; m. June 2, 1885, Hattie Grace Chapin. 877* vi. JOHN BENJAMIN, b. Springfield, Mass., Nov. 26, Mary Louise Power. 486 1865; m. DAN ISAAC KING, (Isaac, Dan, Ebenezer, James, James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Oct. 6, 1839; married in Suffield, Feb. 12, 1863, Delia Eliza Abbe, born March 22, 1842. They live in Suffield on the old homestead opposite the island in the river once owned by Mr. King's ancestors and which is called Kings Island. Their children were born in Suffield. ISSUE: 878* i. CLARA IDELIA,8 b. June 13, 1864; m. Jany 12, 1887, Ralph Eugene Clark. 879 880 881 ii. CHARLES DAN, b. July 5, 1867; m. March 24, 1897, Lena Bell Adams. No issue. He is a builder and contractor. Res. Suffield. iii. CLAYTON CLARENCE, b. July 19, 1870; unmarried. Res. Suffield. iv. 882 V. 883* vi. Delia Eliza, b. Dec. 31, 1872; m. March 31, 1897, BURTON JOHN, b. Aug. 9, 1875. Res. Suffield. 884 vii. GEORGE PRESTON, b. July 4, 1882; unmarried. Res. 885 Suffield. viii. FRED ALBERT, b. July 1, 1884; unmarried. Res. Suffield. 487 CORINTHA JANE KING, (Isaac, Dan, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn. Feb. 24. 1842; married in Suffield May 23, 1861, John Phelps, born July 4, 1836; died July 19, 1905. They settled in Enfield where their children were born and where the family still reside. ISSUE: i. ARTHUR DANS PHELPS, b. July 11, 1862; m. Dec. 20, 1906, Bertha Button. ii. ELLA CORINTHA PHELPS, b. Dec. 13, 1863; m. March 8, 1893, Elmer Baker; d. May 3, 1895. Res. Springfield, Mass., 48 Chrystal St. iii. ADA ELIZA PHELPS, b. Jany. 20, 1866. iv. LEWIS JOHN PHELPS, b. March 9, 1868; m. Dec. 19, 1903, Grace Wetherby. Res. 144 Cross St., Gardner, Mass. V. ISSUE: I EDWARD WETHERBY PHELPS, b. May 5, 1906. ISSUE: vi. ISAAC KINGS PHELPS, b. Feb. 16, 1872; m. June 27, vii. viii. 488 2 ELLA DEBORAH KING, (Isaac, Dan, Ebenezer, James,3 James, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., Oct. 17, 1848; died in Suffield July 12, 1905; married in Suffield, Feb. 22, 1871, Emmet Albert Harrington, of Springfield, Mass. ISSUE: i. FLORA MAY HARRINGTON, b. Nov. 25, 1871. Res. 79 Cedar St., Springfield, Mass. ii. LILLIAN BELL HARRINGTON, b. Nov. 28, 1874; d. Feb. 8, 1879. iii. BABY, b. May 19, 1881; d. May 22, 1881. ETHEL MILDRED HARRINGTON, b. Dec. 20, 1889. Res. 79 Cedar St., Springfield, Mass. 497 JOHN FRANKLIN KING, (John Addison, Dan, Nathaniel,* James, James, William'), born in Suffield, Conn., Dec. 31, 1798; died in Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 12, 1857; married Aug. 22, 1819, Sarah Redford, born in Genesee Co., N. Y., July 18, 1803; died March 28, 1878, daughter of Lewis Redford of the old "Eagle & Lion," or Redford tavern. Their first four children were born in Otter Creek Township, Ind. All the others were born in Terre Haute, Ind. ISSUE: 886* i. WILLIAM HENRY,8 b. Feb. 2, 1821; d. Dec. 16, 1886; m. Susan Redford. 887* ii. JULIA, b. Dec. 22, 1823; d. Oct. 15, 1894; m. Sept. 23, 1845, William Henry Stewart. 888 iii. 889 EDWARD CLINTON, b. April 22, 1825; d. Darlington, Wis., Aug. 11, 1904; m. Mary Warren; d. May, 1874; no issue. iv. CAROLINE, b. April 30, 1827; d. in infancy. 890 V. RICHARD ROSE, b. Jany. 21, 1829; d. 1849, while on his way to California. |