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HENRY KING, one of the well-to-do and enterprising citizens of Jackson Township, was born November 3, 1828, being the oldest but one in a family of six children, the parents of whom were natives of Germany. He received a fair education in common schools of his neighborhood, and in 1852 bade kindred and friends farewell, crossed the Atlantic Ocean and came to the United States, engaging in agricultural pursuits. He was also employed in factory, store and such work as he could get, and in this way secured means sufficient to begin business with. He was married at Louisville, Ky., about the year 1844, but was left a widower with one child. For his second wife he selected Caroline Wibking, and to their union nine children were born, six of whom are yet alive. Mr. King began his business at Gentryville, Ind., in 1871, in addition to which he has 125 acres of land. His mill has a capacity of 175 bushels of wheat and 120 bushels of corn daily, and turns out a superior quality of flour. During the late war he was a volunteer in his country’s cause, enlisting in Company G., Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1864, and receiving an honorable discharge in 1865.