Obedience King

Femaleabout 1820–24 November 1857

Brief Life History of Obedience

When Obedience King was born about 1820, in Ohio, United States, her father, Curtis King, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Green, was 44. She married Jonathan McCarty Logan on 22 December 1835, in Hendricks, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Danville, Center Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 24 November 1857, in Hendricks, Indiana, United States, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan McCarty Logan
1812–1883
Obedience King
1820–1857
Marriage: 22 December 1835
Mary Jane Logan
1835–1902
Sarah Ann Logan
1840–1910
Lydia Ann Logan
1843–1910
Eliza Hannah Logan
1846–1910
James Todd Logan
1848–1909
Benjamin Martin Logan
1851–1933
William Logan
1854–
Enoch Lycurgas Logan
1857–1938

Sources (6)

  • Obedience Logan in household of Jonathan M Logan, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Malissa King in entry for James S Logan and Mary E Staggs, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 December 1835Hendricks, Indiana, United States

    • Children (8)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 0

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1824

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries: 1824: Wabash New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1824: Hendricks, Indiana, United States

    1832 · The Black Hawk War

    Age 12

    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.

    English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.

    Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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