Brief Life History of Corydon B.
When Corydon B. King was born in March 1851, in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, Richard J. King, was 27 and his mother, Huldah P. Bennett, was 21. He married Nancy Miller on 27 July 1871, in East Hampton, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1915 and Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 12 May 1926, in Sag Harbor, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Corndon King in household of Richd King, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Corydon B. King - Published information: birth: 1851; East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
- New York State Marriage Index - 1905
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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