- Philander King, Joiner, born in US, Baptist, 44, Married
Sophiah King, born in Canada, Baptist, 42, Female, Married
Roswell King, born in Canada, Baptist, 21, Male, Single
Lyman King, born in Canada, Baptist, 20, Male, Single
Temperance King, born in Canada, Baptist, 18, Female, Single
John King, born in Canada, Baptist, 16, Male, Single
Mortimer King, born in Canada, Baptist, 10, Male, Single
Matilda King, born in Canada, Baptist, 7, Female, Single
Abigail King, born in Canada, Baptist, 5, Female, Single
Mehitable King, born in Canada, Baptist, 2, Female, Single
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- Philander M. King is a native of Michigan, born in Augusta, Kalamazoo county on the 7th of June, 1841, to Philander S. and Sophia Mabie King. He was the fifth of eight children, four sons and four daughters, born to these parents.
Philander was three years old when his parents removed to Canada and he remained there until the spring of 1856 when he joined his father in Marshall, Michigan. His education, which was begun in Canada, was concluded with two years' attendance of the Marshall public schools. Following that, he went to New York City where he became apprenticed to a watch maker, but after three years he gave up the work on account of ill health. Returning to Marshall, Michigan, he took up decorating and followed it until 1896 when he turned his attention to agriculture, the vocation in which he has since been engaged. He located on a farm four miles west of Marshall and remained there until 1911, when he sold that farm and in May of that year bought another of 84 acres, known as the Berry farm, on which he now resides [1913].
Mr. King has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Ella Thornton, of Canada, whom he wedded in 1861 and who bore him two children: Clara, who was born in 1863 and died in 1882, and Reuben D., now engaged in the mercantile business at Brainard, Minnesota.
The second marriage of Mr. King occurred in 1880 and united him to Mrs. Lottie J. Robbins, a widow and the daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Shaver) Buddington, pioneers of Jackson, Michigan.
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1841 - 1934 (93 years)
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