Dr. William H. King and Jane Carpenter

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Husband Dr. William H. King ¹

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           Born: 17 Apr 1823 - Jefferson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: John King (1791-1881) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Stewart (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 4 May 1871 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4

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Wife Jane Carpenter ⁴

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1 F Jane King ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. William H. King

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the Monongahela Republican, Monongahela, PA
DEATH OF DR. WILLIAM H. KING.
About 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, July 16th, 1892, Dr. William H. King, the well known dental surgeon of this city, died at his home in his 70th year. He had been ill but a few days. William H. King was born on the farm in Jefferson township, Allegheny county, Pa., April 17th, 1823, in what is now the centre of the West Elizabeth gas and oil field. He spent the first 14 years of his life there, and was playmate and schoolmate with the late James P. Shepler. He was the third child of John and Jane King, there being ten sons and three daughters. Six of the family yet live: Mrs. A. K. Devore, Williamson, Kansas; Dr. Courtland King, Uniontown; Dr. J. S. Calvin, and Dr. M. S., of Pittsburgh, and John King, of Spring Valley, Minn.
The family moved from Jefferson to Forward township, over the river, where the boys and girls mingled with Monongahela young folks, and grew up part and parcel of our local society. William stayed on the farm till he was 21 years of age, when he attended lectures at the Ohio College of Dentistry, Cincinnati, where he took an honorary degree. He practised dentistry in Lancaster, Ohio, for a number of years, then came to the home place, where he was living when the war broke out.
He enlisted in Co. F, 155th Pa. vols., under Captain John Markell, August 22d, 1862, in which regiment he served with distinction, being twice promoted for bravery, once from the ranks at the request of General Allebaugh, and once by General Pearson. He was mustered out as first lieutenant at the close of the war.
Dr. King, as officer of the skirmish line, had advanced with the troops opposite to Appomattox Court House when the flag of truce came in, and so he saw the end of the war, and received one of the surrender flags. His record as a soldier is a rich legacy left to his family, and as he rests in his coffin with the bronze brown badge of the Grand Army on his pulseless breast, it covers a heart that never faltered in war or in peace, in devotion to the flag, to country, to citizenship. His regard for loyalty could brook no excuse. Recently when the Homestead trouble began, his sympathy with the mill men was pronounced, but as soon as they overstepped the law he was instantly changed to the other side. When some suggested that the militia would run before a Winchester rifle, his indignation broke forth, saying, "What! would they run with the blue on? No, no! If they did I would be willing to help shoot them down myself." He was loyal to the blue.
In politics Dr. King was republican, in religious inclinations he favored the Baptist belief; as a citizen progressive, public spirited and modern. His ideas as to advanced education found expression in the new school building and the excellent schools then established. He was once in councils, and was assistant Burgess of the town in 1872. After the war he located in this city in the practice of dentistry, being quite successful always. He was married in Pittsburgh to Miss Jane Carpenter, May 4th, 1871, to whom, and to his only daughter, Jane, the sympathy of many warm friends go out in sincerity in this hour of shadow.
Dr. King was a genial, pleasant man; fond of humor, cheerful and contented; he hated sham, despised bigotry, and as a general thing was for the under dog in a fight-ready to help a man up, willing to befriend the weak, anxious to see justice done; and in a quiet way, without ostentation or parade, to do his own duty as he understood it.

1 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 168.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 170.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 43.

4 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 171.