King, Clarence – King, Mitchell
King, Clarence
geologist, author, was born Jan. 6, 1842, in Newport, R. 1.
He is a geologist, for a number of years in the government service, and the author of Mountaineering in the Sierra, Nevada; and Systematic Geology.
King, Cyrus
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1772, in Scarborough, Maine. He was a majorgeneral of militia; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1813 to 1817. He died April 25, 1817, in Saco, Maine.
King, Dan
physician, author, was born Jan. 27, 1791, in Mansfield, Conn.
He was a Rhode Island physician, and the author of Life and Times of Governor Dorr; Quackery Unmasked; and Tobacco:
What it Is and What it Does. He died Nov. 13, 1864, in Smithfield, R. I.
King, Daniel Putnam
state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 8, 1800, in Danvers, Mass. In 1836 and 1837 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature; in 1838 and 1839 was a member of the state senate; and in 1840 and 1841 was president of that body. He was speaker of the house in 1843; and during that year was elected a representative in congress, and held that position until his death. He died July 25, 1850, in Danvers, Mass.
King, David Bennett
lawyer, author, was born June 20, 1848, near Mt.
Pleasant, Pa. He is a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Latin Pronunciation; and The Irish Question.
King, Edward
lawyer, state legislator, was born March 13, 1795, in New York city. He was several times elected to each branch of the Ohio legislature, and for two sessions was speaker of the house. He attained success at the bar, and was instrumental in forming the Cincinnati law school in 1833. He died Feb. 6, 1836, in Cincinnati, Ohio. as
King, Edward
journalist, author, was born July 31, 1848, in Middlefield, Mass. He was a journalist who lived in Paris correspondent for American journals, and the author of The Gentle Savage; The Golden Spike; French Leaders; My Paris, or French Character Sketches; Kentucky's Love; The Great South; Echoes from the Orient, a volume of poems; Europe in Storm and Calm.; A Venetian Lover, a Poem; Joseph Zalmonah; and Under the Red Flag. He died in 1896.
King, Frank Loui
musician, composer, was born Dec. 17, 18-, in England. He was dean of the first conservatory of music in California.
He is the founder of the King Conservatory of Music of San Jose, Cal., where he has been most successful teacher of the pianoforte for many years. He has made many pianists of the first order; and is a composer and director of the higha est class. The advancement of music as an art, and the dissemination of all that is best and refining in music, has ever been attributed to his influence in Santa Clara county, and from there extending more or less all over the state of California.
King, George C
Congressman, was born in Rhode Island. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1849 to 1853; and was presidential elector in 1849. He died July 17, 1870, in Newport, R. I.
King, Grace Elizabeth
author, was born in 1859, in New Orleans, La.
She is a popular writer of New Orleans and the author of Monsieur Motte; Tales of a Time and Place; Earthlings; New Orleans, the Place and the People; Jean Baptiste Lemoine, Founder of New Orleans; and Balcony Stories.
King, Henry
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Hampden, Mass.
He was a member of the senate of Pennsylvania, when elected a representative in the twenty-second congress. He was re-elected to the twenty-third congress.
He died July 13, 1861.
King, Henry Melville
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1838, in Oxford, Maine. He is a baptist clergyman, and since 1891 pastor of the First Baptist church of Providence, R. I. He is the author of Early Baptists Defended; Mary's Alabaster Box, a collection of homilies; and Our Gospels.
King, Horatio
postmaster-general of United States, author, was born June 21, 1811, in Paris, Maine. In 1854 he was appointed first assistant postmaster-general, and from President Buchanan he received the appointment of postmastergeneral. He was the author of Sketches of Travel, or Twelve Months in Europe; and Turning on the Light, a Survey of the Administration of Buchanan. He died in 1897.
King, Horatio Collins
journalist, author, was born Dec. 22, 1837, in Portland, Maine. He is a journalist of New York city, and the author of Guide for Regimental Courts Martial; The Brooklyn Congregational Council; and The Plymouth Silver Wedding.
King, J. Floyd
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 20, 1842, near St. Mary's, Ga. He entered the confederate army and served throughout the war, attaining the rank of colonel. He was appointed brigadier-general of militia in Louisiana. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat. was
King, James
merchant, banker, congressman, born May 8, 1791, in Highwood, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1849 to 1851. He died Oct. 3, 1853, in Highwood, N. J.
King, James L
librarian, was born Aug. 2, 1850, in La Harpe, Ill. In 1871 he moved to Topeka, Kan.; and in 1894 was elected state librarian.
King, James Wilson
naval engineer, author, was born in Maryland. He is a naval engineer, chief of the bureau of steam engineering in 1869-73; and the author of European Ships of War; and The War Ships and Navies of the World.
King, Jeannette
HARRIET, educator, artist, poet, was born March 29, 1829, in Cheshire, Conn. She received her education in the Young Ladies' Select school of her native city. She is the wife of James W. King, the celebrated portrait painter, who died in 1877. Mrs. King has attained success in art; and has given instruction in music, embroidering, and in painting. Since her youth she has contributed extensively .to current periodicals; and her poems have received recognition in Poets of America and other standard collections.
King, John
congressman, was born in 1775. He served in congress as a representative from New York from 1831 to 1833. He died Sept. 1, 1836, in New Lebanon, N. Y.
King, John A
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 3, 1788, in New York. He was a member of the New York assembly from 1819 to 1821; was again elected in 1832 and in 1840 from Queens county; and in 1823 was elected to the state senate. was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 τo 1851; and was governor of New York from 1856 to 1858.
He died July 7, 1867, in Jamaica, L. I.
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King, John Crookshanks
sculptor, was born Oct. 11, 1806, in Scotland.
From 1837 till 1840 he resided in New Orleans, modeling busts of public men and making cameo likenesses. He died April 21, 1882, in Boston, Mass.
King, John Pendleton
United States senator, was born April 3, 1799, near Glasgow, Ky. He was a senator in congress from Georgia from 1833 to 1837.
He died March 19, 1888, in Augusta, Ga.
King, John William
portrait painter, was born Feb. 8, 1832, in Rochester, N. Y. He attained success as a portrait painter; and was known as one of the most talented artists of the south.
His pictures have become celebrated; and his portrait of General Lee alone would have made his reputation. It was exhibited at the Cotton exhibition at Atlanta, Ga. The picture of General Lee is noticeable for the strength and purity of color; and the careful work of its detail. It was commenced while the army was in camp at Hamilton Crossing, after the battle of Fredericksburg; and was completed at Richmond, Va. He died Oct. 15, 1877. a
King, Jonas
missionary, author, was born July 29, 1792, in Boston, Mass. He was congregational missionary in Greece who has lived at Athens since 1831.
He was the author of Classical Greek, French, and Arabic; The Defence of Jonas King; Exposition of an Apostolic Church; Hermeneutics of the Sacred Scriptures; Sermons; Synoptical View of Palestine; and Miscellaneous Works.
He died May 22, 1869, in Athens, Greece.
King, Joshua Ingersoll
state senator, was born in 1801, in Ridgefiera, Conn. He represented his district as senator in the Connecticut legislature of 1849. He died July 30, 1887, in Ridgefield, Conn.
King, Louise Woodward
author, was born July 6, 1850, in Sand Hills, Maine. She established in Georgia the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was the founder of the Louise King Home for widows in Augusta. She contributed several sketches and poems to periodicals. She died Dec. 7, 1878, in Augusta, Ga.
King, Mitchell
educator, lawyer, jurist, lecturer, author, was born June 8, 1783, in Scotland. He was judge of the Charleston city court in 1819, and again in 1842-44. In 1830-32 he was an active opponent of nullification. He was the author of many essays and addresses, including one before the state agricultural society at Columbia on The Culture of the Olive. He died Nov. 12, 1862, in Flat Rock, N. C.