Born about in Steuben Co., New York, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Clark Barton Biggers
and Hulda (Truesdale) Biggers
Sister of
Emily (Biggers) Cook, Matilda (Biggers) Clark, Daniel D Biggers, Rebecca (Biggers) Whitehead and Harriet (Biggers) Gilchrist
Wife of
George W. King
— married
28 Feb 1852 [location unknown]
Mother of
Mary E. King, Ida A. (King) Blackman, Emma L. (King) Vanhise, Ella King, Effa Huldah (King) Babcock and Ettie M. King
Died about
at about age 58
in Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2015
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Biography
According to the 1880 USCensus for Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, forty-eight-year-old Richael (Unknown) King was the wife of George W. King, a farmer of the Flagg area. In 1880 George and Richael had four daughters between the ages of 22 and 11 years. Richael was born in New York about 1832 and passed away after 1880. There were also three farm laborers in their household: John Otto, Nelson Johnson and Andrew Carlson.
Sources
- The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 664.
- Find A Grave memorial page for Rachel King (10 Jun 1832–20 Jul 1890), Find A Grave: Memorial #39904814, citing Lawnridge Cemetery, Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by ogleCounty (contributor 46623374) .
- 1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 82A.
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S Stevenson
Unknown-454140 and Biggers-148 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates
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