David L. King, president of the King Varnish Company, one of Akron's many important industrial enterprises, was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 24, 1825. His parents, Leicester, and Julia Anne(Huntington) King, were both natives of New England, their ancestors being among the early settlers, many of whom are known to fame. He
graduated in the scientific course at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1843, and studied law at Dane Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He came to Akron in 1846, where he at once entered upon the study of law in the office of King & Tayler. He was admitted to the
bar in Cleveland, in 1848, and in 1851 established his residence there, practicing his profession with success until 1856, when he returned to Akron. In 1867 he abandoned his profession, and accepted the offices of secretary and treasurer in the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, then the
largest institution of the kind in the world engaged in the manufacture of vitrified sewer pipe. Rapid success followed his management of the company. As early as 1869, largely through his instrumentality, a charter was obtained for the Akron and Canton Railway, which developed into the larger and more important Valley Railway, running from Cleveland to a junction with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, near
Zoar, Ohio. This company was duly incorporated August 21st 1871, and Mr. King was elected vice-president. For the five years, from 1874 to 1879, that he was president of the corporation, he carried the road through all its financial difficulties and vicissitudes, until it was placed on a sure and prosperous footing, when, on account of failing health, he resigned the presidency in favor of J. H. Wade, Esq., of Cleveland-he still remaining one of the directors of the company and on the executive committee. The King Varnish Company is a new and extensive enterprise, which Mr. King has personally placed on a substantial footing, giving it
for such purpose his time and attention for a period. On the death of his father, in 1856, Mr. King assumed the management of his vast real estate interests, pursuing a policy in the disposal of lands, which materially aided the interests of the growing city. The land which Judge
King and General Perkins bought and platted is now (1883) covered with a vast city, many immense manufactories; is a great railroad center, and has a population of twenty-five thousand. He is a man honored, respected, esteemed, and beloved. He was married May 1st, 1849, to Miss Bettie Washington Steele, of Charleston, Virginia, a grandniece of
General Washington. To them were born Ellen Lewis, Bettie Steele, Howell Steele, Susan Huntington, and Martha Perkins.
graduated in the scientific course at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1843, and studied law at Dane Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He came to Akron in 1846, where he at once entered upon the study of law in the office of King & Tayler. He was admitted to the
bar in Cleveland, in 1848, and in 1851 established his residence there, practicing his profession with success until 1856, when he returned to Akron. In 1867 he abandoned his profession, and accepted the offices of secretary and treasurer in the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, then the
largest institution of the kind in the world engaged in the manufacture of vitrified sewer pipe. Rapid success followed his management of the company. As early as 1869, largely through his instrumentality, a charter was obtained for the Akron and Canton Railway, which developed into the larger and more important Valley Railway, running from Cleveland to a junction with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, near
Zoar, Ohio. This company was duly incorporated August 21st 1871, and Mr. King was elected vice-president. For the five years, from 1874 to 1879, that he was president of the corporation, he carried the road through all its financial difficulties and vicissitudes, until it was placed on a sure and prosperous footing, when, on account of failing health, he resigned the presidency in favor of J. H. Wade, Esq., of Cleveland-he still remaining one of the directors of the company and on the executive committee. The King Varnish Company is a new and extensive enterprise, which Mr. King has personally placed on a substantial footing, giving it
for such purpose his time and attention for a period. On the death of his father, in 1856, Mr. King assumed the management of his vast real estate interests, pursuing a policy in the disposal of lands, which materially aided the interests of the growing city. The land which Judge
King and General Perkins bought and platted is now (1883) covered with a vast city, many immense manufactories; is a great railroad center, and has a population of twenty-five thousand. He is a man honored, respected, esteemed, and beloved. He was married May 1st, 1849, to Miss Bettie Washington Steele, of Charleston, Virginia, a grandniece of
General Washington. To them were born Ellen Lewis, Bettie Steele, Howell Steele, Susan Huntington, and Martha Perkins.
David L. King, president of the King Varnish Company, one of Akron's many important industrial enterprises, was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 24, 1825. His parents, Leicester, and Julia Anne(Huntington) King, were both natives of New England, their ancestors being among the early settlers, many of whom are known to fame. He
graduated in the scientific course at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1843, and studied law at Dane Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He came to Akron in 1846, where he at once entered upon the study of law in the office of King & Tayler. He was admitted to the
bar in Cleveland, in 1848, and in 1851 established his residence there, practicing his profession with success until 1856, when he returned to Akron. In 1867 he abandoned his profession, and accepted the offices of secretary and treasurer in the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, then the
largest institution of the kind in the world engaged in the manufacture of vitrified sewer pipe. Rapid success followed his management of the company. As early as 1869, largely through his instrumentality, a charter was obtained for the Akron and Canton Railway, which developed into the larger and more important Valley Railway, running from Cleveland to a junction with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, near
Zoar, Ohio. This company was duly incorporated August 21st 1871, and Mr. King was elected vice-president. For the five years, from 1874 to 1879, that he was president of the corporation, he carried the road through all its financial difficulties and vicissitudes, until it was placed on a sure and prosperous footing, when, on account of failing health, he resigned the presidency in favor of J. H. Wade, Esq., of Cleveland-he still remaining one of the directors of the company and on the executive committee. The King Varnish Company is a new and extensive enterprise, which Mr. King has personally placed on a substantial footing, giving it
for such purpose his time and attention for a period. On the death of his father, in 1856, Mr. King assumed the management of his vast real estate interests, pursuing a policy in the disposal of lands, which materially aided the interests of the growing city. The land which Judge
King and General Perkins bought and platted is now (1883) covered with a vast city, many immense manufactories; is a great railroad center, and has a population of twenty-five thousand. He is a man honored, respected, esteemed, and beloved. He was married May 1st, 1849, to Miss Bettie Washington Steele, of Charleston, Virginia, a grandniece of
General Washington. To them were born Ellen Lewis, Bettie Steele, Howell Steele, Susan Huntington, and Martha Perkins.
graduated in the scientific course at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1843, and studied law at Dane Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He came to Akron in 1846, where he at once entered upon the study of law in the office of King & Tayler. He was admitted to the
bar in Cleveland, in 1848, and in 1851 established his residence there, practicing his profession with success until 1856, when he returned to Akron. In 1867 he abandoned his profession, and accepted the offices of secretary and treasurer in the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, then the
largest institution of the kind in the world engaged in the manufacture of vitrified sewer pipe. Rapid success followed his management of the company. As early as 1869, largely through his instrumentality, a charter was obtained for the Akron and Canton Railway, which developed into the larger and more important Valley Railway, running from Cleveland to a junction with the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, near
Zoar, Ohio. This company was duly incorporated August 21st 1871, and Mr. King was elected vice-president. For the five years, from 1874 to 1879, that he was president of the corporation, he carried the road through all its financial difficulties and vicissitudes, until it was placed on a sure and prosperous footing, when, on account of failing health, he resigned the presidency in favor of J. H. Wade, Esq., of Cleveland-he still remaining one of the directors of the company and on the executive committee. The King Varnish Company is a new and extensive enterprise, which Mr. King has personally placed on a substantial footing, giving it
for such purpose his time and attention for a period. On the death of his father, in 1856, Mr. King assumed the management of his vast real estate interests, pursuing a policy in the disposal of lands, which materially aided the interests of the growing city. The land which Judge
King and General Perkins bought and platted is now (1883) covered with a vast city, many immense manufactories; is a great railroad center, and has a population of twenty-five thousand. He is a man honored, respected, esteemed, and beloved. He was married May 1st, 1849, to Miss Bettie Washington Steele, of Charleston, Virginia, a grandniece of
General Washington. To them were born Ellen Lewis, Bettie Steele, Howell Steele, Susan Huntington, and Martha Perkins.
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