b. Dec. 12, 1849. Mr. Clark lived and died in Hartford, Conn. ISSUE: I 2 CHARLES MAHLON CLARK, b. June 21, 1870; d. WALTER HAVEN CLARK, b. Jany. 20, 1872; m. ISSUE: I ELEANOR MARY10 CLARK, b. March 6, 1904. 536 ALMIRA KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin,* Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., Nov. 2, 1815; died July 16, 1887; married May 12, 1835, Lester Russell, born Sept. 22, 1808; died Dec. 22, 1891. They lived and are buried near Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. ISSUE: i. JUSTINA ALMIRA RUSSELL, b. May 23, 1836; d. Nov. 22, 1854. ii. GERALDINE ADELINE RUSSELL, b. Nov. 22, 1839. Resides near Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. iii. BURDETTE CHAPIN RUSSELL, b. Aug. 8, 1841; d. Aug. 30, 1847. iv. ORSON ALBERT RUSSELL, b. Oct. 30, 1846; d. Oct. 1, 1844; unmarried. V. ANN ESTELLA RUSSELL, b. Sept. 12, 1849; d. Oct. 29, 1852. vi. ORESTES KING RUSSELL, b. Feb. II, 1854; m. Dec. 21, 1876, Julia E. Crawford. They are in Katy, Texas. ISSUE: I 2 9 LENA A. RUSSELL, b. June 24, 1880. FLOYD K. RUSSELL, b. Nov. 7, 1883. vii. ALICE BUTTONS RUSSELL, b. Jany. 31, 1859; d. Nov. 15, 1885; m. April 8, 1884, John H. Bowers, of Chicago, Ill. No issue. 537 LAVENTINE KING, (Capt. John," Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1817; died in Scitico, Enfield, Sept. 9, 1897; married in Enfield, May 16, 1852, Miranda Spencer, who died Feb. 9, 1906. For many years he was postmaster at Scitico, Enfield, Conn, as his father, Capt. John King, had been before him. His eldest daughter, Miss Jennie H. King, was for many years assistant postmaster under her father and on his death succeeded him as postmaster, holding that position until her death on Feb. 19, 1906. 8 JENNIE HORTENSE, b. May 16, 1853; d. Feb. 19, ANNA FRANCES, b. Sept. 17, 1854; d. Aug. 11, 1855. BEAUREGARD, b. April 7, 1862; unmarried. Res. En- WILLIE LORIN, b. Sept. 14, 1865; unmarried. Res. NELLIE ANN, b. April 7, 1869; m. Nov. 25, 1896, ALICE BUTTON, b. Oct. 30, 1872; unmarried. 538 6 LUCY ANN' KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin,* Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., May 1, 1819; died in Scitico, Enfield, April 27, 1897; unmarried. She lived in Milwaukee and Racine, Wis., and later in Atchinson, Kansas, but finally returned to her old home where she died. (Enfield Land Records, Bk. 32, p. 15, and Bk. 34, p. 415.) 539 LYMAN KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., Sept. 25, 1821; died in California June 6, 1871; unmarried. He was living in San Francisco, Cal., June 1, 1854 (Enfield Land Records, Bk. 19, p. 297), and on Feb. 26, 1863, resided at Empire Ranch, Yuba Co., Cal. (Enfield Land Records, Bk. 22, p. 557). He and his brother Eli went to California in 1849-50 when the gold excitement was intense. 540 ELI' KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin,* Benjamin,3 James,2 William1), born in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 9, 1823; died in Enfield Oct. 8, 1864; unmarried. He was living in San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 14, 1853 (Enfield Land Records, Bk. 19, p. 291), but returned to Enfield. 541 CHARLOTTE KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., May 20, 1825; married in Enfield, June 24, 1845, Henry Killam, Jr., of Enfield, Conn., born Jany. 6, 1821; died Sept. 20, 1896. They moved to New Haven, Conn., where he was a well known carriage builder for over forty years. Children born in New Haven. Res. 303 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Conn. ISSUE: i. CHARLOTTE ALENE KILLAM, b. Dec. 11, 1848; m. April 16, 1872, Robert Augustus Brown of New Haven, b. Nov. 30, 1835. ISSUE: I 2 FLORENCE ALENE Brown, b. April 4, 1875. KATHARINE FRANCES BROWN, b. Aug. 31, 1878; m. April 12, 1904, William Dowd Scranton (Yale University, 1897), b. June 10, 1875. ii. ALICE BUTTON KILLAM, b. April 29, 1851; m. May 19, 1874, John Murphy of New Haven, b. May 14, 1847. ISSUE: I JOHN KILLAM MURPHY, b. March 21, 1875. Yale 2 3 HENRY KILLAM MURPHY, b. Aug. 10, 1877; Yale ALICE MURPHY, b. Nov. 21, 1879. Graduate of 4 CHARLOTTE MARGARET MURPHY, b. Sept. 17, 1881. 542 LAVINIA HARRIET KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin,* Ben jamin, James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., April 30, 1827; died June 6, 1881; married Oct. 7, 1847, John H. Bowers. Was "of Springfield, Mass." March 14, 1854, and "of Cook County, Ill." Dec. 20, 1861. (Enfield Land Record, Book 26, p. 88.) She lived many years in Chicago, Ill. No issue. 543 BETSEY KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin,* Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 6, 1829; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 1905; married in Enfield, Conn., Sept. 19, 1848, Harlow Martin, who died Oct. 15, 1896. ISSUE: i. HENRY MARTIN, b. Jany. 14, 1850; d. Nov. 23, 1887; m. June 7, 1882, Margaret Darling of Woonsocket, R. I. ISSUE: I GILBERT DARLING MARTIN, b. Feb. 22, 1884. ii. JOHN KING Martin, b. ; m. Is living in 4 THOMPSON OLIVER KING, (Capt. John, Joel, Benjamin, Ben; jamin, James, William1), born in Enfield, Conn., July 13, 1846; died Dec. 30, 1892. Unmarried. Unmarried. He went to Hartford with his mother upon her marriage to Mr. James L. Prosser. She was his guardian. He settled in Hartford, Conn., and was a prominent and noted horseman. 548 JEROME EATON KING, (Jeremiah, Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin, James, William1), born in Ellington, Conn., May 4, 1819; died in Kingsville, O., March 31, 1904; married in Kingsville, O., Feb. 16, 1859, Emeline Babbett, born Feb. 4, 1839. Their children were born in Kingsville, O. Mrs. King resides with her son in Kingsville. Mr. King like many of his neighbors caught the gold fever in 1852 and went to California where he remained seven years. On his return from California he engaged in the manufacture of fruit baskets. ISSUE: 945* 946* 8 i. MABEL ANN, b. March 1, 1860; d. Kingsville, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1880; m. Kingsville, Oct. 1, 1879, Louis Stanton. ii. LELAND WESLEY, b. April 19, 1865; m. Kingsville, O., Dec. 6, 1883, Lucy Doty. 550 MARY E. KING, (Jeremiah, Joel, Benjamin,* Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Ellington, Conn., Oct. 11, 1824; died in Rockford, Ill, March 17, 1903; married in Kingsville, O., 1861, John Henry Hall. their children were born. They moved to Rockford, Ill., where of Rockford, Ill., and one of the public school buildings is named after him. ii. HELEN M. HALL, b. Jany. 8, 1866; d. Rockford, Ill., Aug. 30, 1906; m. Rockford, Ill., Oct. 18, 1902, Amos C. Horton. 552 MARIA C KING, (Jeremiah, Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin,3 James, William1), born in Ellington, Conn., Dec. 1, 1827; married in Kingsville, O., Jany. 24, 1850, Raymond Brown, born Oct. 8, 1824 died Dec. 1, 1887. Mrs. Brown resides at Kingsville, Ohio. Mr. Brown was a farmer during the first years of his married life but afterward, in company with a brother, was engaged in the cold storage of eggs. He was highly respected and loved by all. 553 LURA WARD KING, (Jeremiah, Joel, Benjamin, Benjamin,3 |