William Calvin King and Mary E. Bell

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Husband William Calvin King ¹

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           Born: 7 Aug 1828 - Claysville, Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: William King (1800-1829) 1 2
         Mother: Catharine Stevenson (1804-1889) 2 3

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       Marriage: 10 Jan 1855 4

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Wife Mary E. Bell ⁴

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           Born: 17 Jan 1836 - Abbottstown, York Co, PA 4
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         Father: David Bell (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 M William C. King, Jr. ⁴

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         Spouse: Minnie Smith (      -      ) 4

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2 F Ella V. King ⁴

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         Spouse: Rev. O. T. Langfitt (      -      ) 4

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3 F Mary Katharine King ⁴

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4 M Harry B. King ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - William Calvin King

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In his native town his boyhood days were spent, attending the common schools of the place until the age of fifteen years, which was the only advantage of an education afforded him. On April 1, 1846, at the age of eighteen years, he ap-prenticed himself to Samuel D. Rickey, for the term of three years, to learn the harness-making business, for which service he was to receive the munificent sum of $25 per annum, as well as his board. At the expiration of his term of service he continued to work at his trade for about three years, and in 1852 became associated with M. L. Stillwagen in the general merchandising business, which partnership continued two years. He then went to the assistance of his mother in the man-agement of the old homestead farm, to which she had previously removed, and there remained two years.
On March 1, 1857, he entered the serv-ice of the old Hempfield Railroad, which at that time was only completed as far as Claysville. After serving in the several capacities of brakeman, conductor, fireman and locomotive engineer, he was, on February 1, 1864, appointed station agent at Wheeling, West Virginia, which duties eventually merged into those of general freight, passenger and ticket agent, and paymaster. He followed the fortunes (or rather the misfortunes) of the Hempfield up until April 1, 1871, at which time it passed into the hands of the Baltimore & Ohio Company, and he en-tered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio, and was assigned to the position of freight revenue collector at Wheeling Station, which position he held until November 1, 1877, during which time millions of the company's money passed through his hands. On November 1, 1877, he was transferred to Wash-ington, Pennsylvania, to take charge of the company's agency there, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. John Baird, in which position he remained un-til April 1, 1890, when he resigned to accept the cashiership of the National Bank of Claysville, then being organized in his native town. Thus ended his career of thirty-three years and one month of continuous railroad service, and with the re-markable record of never having failed to draw a full month's salary for twenty-six consecutive years.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary E. Bell

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She was born in Abbottstown, York County, Pennsylvania, and came to Claysville, Washington County, with her father's family in 1843.

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

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 604.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1043.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 44.