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SAMUEL KING, a prosperous and prominent farmer, was born October 16, 1821, in Allegheny County, Penn., and is one of five sons and an equal number of daughters born to the marriage of John W. King and Nancy Shaw, both natives of New England. John W. King was captain of a sea vessel, trading between eastern ports and the West India Islands. He was married in New York State and in about 1810 moved to the birth-place of our subject, where he farmed until his death, which occurred about the year 1844. His widow died in 1871. Samuel King began working in a brick-yard when only fourteen years old, continuing the same four years, and in 1839 began the ship and boat-builder’s trade. He made that his occupation for about twenty-five years with fair success. In 1863 he bought a saw-mill at Cannelton, Ind., and there built two boats by contract, afterward completing two more. In 1884 he moved from Cannelton to his present place in Section 26, Union Township, where he now resides. He is conservative in his political views, is an Ancient Odd Fellow and is one of the county’s best citizens and an enterprising farmer. October 16, 1867. Rachel, daughter of Nicholas and Ann Vaughan, became his wife, and to them two children were born— Sherley and Rachel—the latter dying in infancy. The mother died March 12, 1871.