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Aaron H King
AARON H. KING, farmer, residing in South Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa.,
was born June 19, 1853, in Kiskiminetas township, this county, son of Silas
and Rebecca (George) King, and grandson of Thomas King.Silas King and his wife were born in Pennsylvania, and both died on the
family homestead in South Bend township, Armstrong county, the former in 1903
and the latter in 1911. They had six children, Aaron H. being the eldest of
the family. He has two sisters, Mrs. John Findley, of Leechburg, Pa.; and Mrs.
W. E. Trier, of South Bend. One brother, William, died in 1911. The father,
Silas King, owned the farm of 100 acres on which he lived for many years in
South Bend township. In politics he was a Democrat. He and his wife were
members of the Reformed Church.Aaron H. King attended the district schools with more or less regularity
until he was about eighteen years of age, and after assisting his father for
two more years, left home and became a coal miner, following the coal industry
for twenty-five years. Prior to taking charge of the homestead he worked for
five years in a restaurant at Wilkinsburg, Pa. His farm is an excellent
property, and he has it under a fine state of cultivation and has very
comfortable surroundings.On June 24, 1877, Mr. King was married at Conemaugh, Indiana Co., Pa., to
Mary E. Foster, daughter of James Foster, and they had four children, Joseph,
Norman and Mary still living. Mrs. King died in 1897, when Mary was only three
years old. In politics Mr. King is a Democrat, as was his father, and he
attends the Reformed Church.Source: Page 992 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Jeffrey Bish for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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