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Peter King

Birth	:	25 Mar 1805 York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	19 Aug 1891 Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Sunbury Memorial Park, Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2458000, -82.8610992
Plot	:	Sec OP, lot 79
Description	:	[From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 491-492] PETER KING. In the early years of Wabash county, probably no name had a greater significance in business and industrial affairs than that of Peter King. If for no other reason, he should be remembered in history for the mills which he built along the Wabash valley in this county, all of which did a good service to the people of the time, and one of which remained a landmark until recently. While a man of rather conspicuous ability and success, it was not his nature to seek... Read More	[From "History of Wabash County, Indiana" by Clarkson Weesner, pub. 1914, pp 491-492] PETER KING. In the early years of Wabash county, probably no name had a greater significance in business and industrial affairs than that of Peter King. If for no other reason, he should be remembered in history for the mills which he built along the Wabash valley in this county, all of which did a good service to the people of the time, and one of which remained a landmark until recently. While a man of rather conspicuous ability and success, it was not his nature to seek prominence in a public way, and he chiefly contributed to the making of Wabash county through his business and through the notable family which has since continued his work in varied and important lines. Peter King was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1805, was reared in that locality, and when a youth learned the milling business at York Haven, near his birthplace. Soon afterward he moved to Johnson's Corners in Summit county, Ohio, where he was engaged to operate a flouring mill on the shares. There he met and in 1830 married Elizabeth Boyer. His next removal took him to Seville in Medina county, where he built and managed a mill. With his wife and three children (Mary Ann, George N. and Thomas Wellman), he moved to Indiana in August, 1842. His object was to secure land at a less cost than it could be had then in northeastern Ohio. The village of Wabash was his first location, but later he moved out to the farm he had bought near town. The four hundred and twenty acres acquired by him in this vicinity cost him on the average about four dollars an acre. Subsequently his home was returned to Wabash, and that city was practically his place of residence throughout the rest of his life. On the Mississinewa river near Vernon he bought a site at which he erected about 1849 a mill which was under his direct management several years. Its machinery continued grinding for a long time, and its framework stood the shock of many years, a venerable landmark, until destroyed by the great flood of March, 1913. While milling was his primary calling, Peter King was one of the ablest business men of his time. He operated extensively in the buying of wheat, which he shipped over canal and railroad to the east. He was also one of the men who made the pork-packing industry valuable before the war. For the time his transactions were on a large scale, and in a good sense of the term he was a man of affairs. In 1858 he returned to his first vocation, and built at Wabash a steam flouring mill, which began operations in 1859. In 1861, with William Whiteside as partner, this mill was converted into a furniture factory. Two years later Mr. King disposed of his interest in the business, and bought a mill at North Manchester on the Eel river, spending about two and a half years in the operation of that plant. With James McCrea, he later bought the water mill, on the old canal, at Wabash, and that was practically the last enterprise to which he gave his active attention. At the end of about eight years he retired, and lived in the quiet of his home until his death in August, 1891. His wife had passed away in September, 1890, after a happy companionship of sixty years. After they came to Indiana one other son was born to them, Allen W. King.

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Peter King's memorial is located at: Sunbury Memorial Park, Sunbury, Delaware County, USA.
When did Peter King death?
Peter King death on 19 Aug 1891 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Peter King's memorial?
Latitude: 40.2458000
Longitude: -82.8610992

Family Members:

Spouse

Elizabeth Moyer King

(1812 - 1890)

Children

George Norman King

(1833 - 1897)

Thomas Wellman King

(1836 - 1912)

Pvt Allen W King Sr.

(1845 - 1917)

Flowers:

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Sunbury Memorial Park
Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2458000, -82.8610992

2. Galena Cemetery
Galena, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2206500, -82.8822770

3. Berkshire Cemetery
Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2648430, -82.9059525

4. Vans Valley Cemetery
Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2182999, -82.8039017

5. Burnside Cemetery
Galena, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1953011, -82.8944016

6. Trenton Cemetery
Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2482986, -82.7822037

7. Copeland Cemetery
Harlem, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1836700, -82.8715668

8. Stark Cemetery
Stark Corners, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3118000, -82.8433100

9. Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2893200, -82.7859600

10. Blue Church Cemetery
Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3231000, -82.8686000

11. Cheshire Cemetery (Defunct)
Berkshire, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2341670, -82.9655560

12. East Liberty Cemetery
Sunbury, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3257000, -82.8107500

13. Center Village Cemetery
Harlem Township, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1659300, -82.8103900

14. McNamara Cemetery (Defunct)
West Berlin, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2383003, -82.9800034

15. Patterson Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2324500, -82.7430300

16. Red Bank Cemetery
Galena, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1513723, -82.8663510

17. Harlem Cemetery
Harlem Township, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1520300, -82.8362400

18. Patterson Cemetery
Orange, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1888190, -82.9655090

19. Tussic Street Cemetery
Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1500015, -82.9017029

20. Peachblow Cemetery
Lewis Center, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2261400, -82.9907000

21. Davys Cemetery
East Liberty, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3266020, -82.7816500

22. Cheshire Cemetery
Berlin Township, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2414513, -82.9957428

23. Africa Cemetery
Lewis Center, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2052879, -82.9850845

24. Townhouse Cemetery
Lewis Center, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2430900, -82.9963200