Husband James Wesley King 1
Born: 29 Sep 1859 - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Father: George King (1812-1898) 2
Mother: Mary Ann Fiscus (1820-1897) 3
Marriage: 25 May 1887 4
Wife Ida Lillian Cooper 4
Born: - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA
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Father: John Cooper (1821-1914) 5 6
Mother: Sarah Roll ( - ) 4 6
Children
1 M James Perry King 4
Born: 8 Mar 1889 4
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2 M Fenimore Cooper King 4
Born: 24 Apr 1891 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Wesley King
He was brought up in Burrell township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and began his education in the local district school. Then he attended preparatory school at Leechburg, the Leechburg Normal Institute, where he was under the instruction of Professor Duff, and following this taught school in Armstrong County for four winter terms, to earn the money necessary to enter Thiel College, at Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was a student there for two years, following which he began the study of law, in 1883, under E. S. Golden, of Kittanning, in his day considered the best all-around lawyer in Armstrong County. Mr. King was admitted to the bar in Armstrong County in May, 1886, and began practice there. Owing to his experience as a teacher he has always took a deep interest in educational matters, and served several terms as a member of the school board. For more than ten years he served as chairman of the Democratic central committee, and he was sent as a delegate to county and State conventions. He was one time on his party ticket as a candidate for the Legislature, and in 1909 was its choice for President Judge of Armstrong County, running against Judge W. D. Patton. His personal popularity was shown by the fact that he was defeated by only sixteen votes, in a county that usually gives a Republican majority of from 2,000 to 2,500 votes. On September 16, 1913, he was again nominated, and he was elected in November by an overwhelming majority. The non-partisan ballot law, enacted in 1913, provided that the candidate receiving the majority of votes cast at the primaries in the judicial district was entitled to have his name alone printed on the official ballot, and Mr. King having received a majority of 1,223-the only candidate to get a majority of all the votes cast-was thus alone on the ticket. At the election he won by six thousand votes. [HAC 1914, 403]