Brief Life History of William Jefferson
When William Jefferson King was born on 13 July 1833, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson King, was 27 and his mother, Rebecca Englesby Olin, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Elizabeth Catherine Bair. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1845 and Village Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 30 June 1860, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Wm King in household of Rebecca King, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Jefferson King, "Find A Grave Index"
- William J King, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
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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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS FRANKLIN KING
Thomas Franklin King, a High Councilor in the Davis Stake, is the son of Thomas Jefferson King and Rebecca E. Olin, and was born in Portage County, Ohio, May 1, 1842. In a sketch prepared for this wor …
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