He was a son of Thomas Frothingham King and Submit Janes.
Sereno F. King
Sereno F. King, who died on Monday at his residence, in this city, 215 Sabine st., had been a useful and respected citizen of Syracuse for thirty years. He was a native of Otisco, where he was born December 6, 1812. He was the son of Thomas King, a soldier in the war of 1812, and he distinctly remembered the event of his father’s return from the war, although he was but two years of age at the time. After his marriage with Miss Cowles of Otisco, an aunt of ex-Supervisor Cowles, he moved to South Butler, Wayne county, where he remained, engaged in farming until the death of his wife. In 1850 he came to Syracuse and resided in the Seventh ward until about four years ago, when he moved into the Fifth.
Mr. King was a man of strong convictions and resolute temperament. Upon coming of age he identified himself with the anti-slavery cause, and was a foremost abolitionist. He had a hand (literally) in the Jerry Rescue episode in this city. He stood talking with Jerry in the court room, and was asking the prisoner whether he would accept freedom if it were offered. Before Jerry could answer, an officer stepped up and interfered with the conversation. Mr. King, feeling affronted, grasped the officer by the coat collar and in the scuffle that followed, which scuffle is now in national history, the collar was torn from the coat. Mr. King would, in after years, have given a considerable sum for the recovery of that collar as a memento of the stirring event. A year or afterwards, while returning from an abolition meeting, in which he had made a very strong speech, he was assaulted by three disguised men, struck upon the head with a club and left insensible. The injury received at that time undermined his health and greatly limited his usefulness in the community. It was the effect of that injury that caused his final sickness and death as shown by post mortem examination. Some years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Ellis of DeRuyter, who has been a most faithful and affluent companion. His only child, a daughter by his first marriage, was the wife of General Henry A. Barnum of New York. Mrs. King and two adopted daughters survive; also Mrs. Barnum’s two sons, one of whom is in Kansas City and the other in Texas, an officer in the army.
With the wealth that he accumulated by hard labor and wise management Mr. King found many ways of benefitting his fellowmen. He gave without ostentation and lent without surety. A score of young men have been enabled to complete their studies in the university by reason of his hospitality or his faith in a promise. Of the hundreds of men with whom he has dealt no one was ever known to accuse him of injustice or severity. He hated oppression above all things. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a devout Christian. His interest in the cause of temperance was almost a passion, and his chief regret in dying was that he should lose the chance to vote upon the prohibition amendment.
Syracuse Journal, June 19, 1890
Sereno F. King
Sereno F. King, who died on Monday at his residence, in this city, 215 Sabine st., had been a useful and respected citizen of Syracuse for thirty years. He was a native of Otisco, where he was born December 6, 1812. He was the son of Thomas King, a soldier in the war of 1812, and he distinctly remembered the event of his father’s return from the war, although he was but two years of age at the time. After his marriage with Miss Cowles of Otisco, an aunt of ex-Supervisor Cowles, he moved to South Butler, Wayne county, where he remained, engaged in farming until the death of his wife. In 1850 he came to Syracuse and resided in the Seventh ward until about four years ago, when he moved into the Fifth.
Mr. King was a man of strong convictions and resolute temperament. Upon coming of age he identified himself with the anti-slavery cause, and was a foremost abolitionist. He had a hand (literally) in the Jerry Rescue episode in this city. He stood talking with Jerry in the court room, and was asking the prisoner whether he would accept freedom if it were offered. Before Jerry could answer, an officer stepped up and interfered with the conversation. Mr. King, feeling affronted, grasped the officer by the coat collar and in the scuffle that followed, which scuffle is now in national history, the collar was torn from the coat. Mr. King would, in after years, have given a considerable sum for the recovery of that collar as a memento of the stirring event. A year or afterwards, while returning from an abolition meeting, in which he had made a very strong speech, he was assaulted by three disguised men, struck upon the head with a club and left insensible. The injury received at that time undermined his health and greatly limited his usefulness in the community. It was the effect of that injury that caused his final sickness and death as shown by post mortem examination. Some years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Ellis of DeRuyter, who has been a most faithful and affluent companion. His only child, a daughter by his first marriage, was the wife of General Henry A. Barnum of New York. Mrs. King and two adopted daughters survive; also Mrs. Barnum’s two sons, one of whom is in Kansas City and the other in Texas, an officer in the army.
With the wealth that he accumulated by hard labor and wise management Mr. King found many ways of benefitting his fellowmen. He gave without ostentation and lent without surety. A score of young men have been enabled to complete their studies in the university by reason of his hospitality or his faith in a promise. Of the hundreds of men with whom he has dealt no one was ever known to accuse him of injustice or severity. He hated oppression above all things. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a devout Christian. His interest in the cause of temperance was almost a passion, and his chief regret in dying was that he should lose the chance to vote upon the prohibition amendment.
Syracuse Journal, June 19, 1890
He was a son of Thomas Frothingham King and Submit Janes.
Sereno F. King
Sereno F. King, who died on Monday at his residence, in this city, 215 Sabine st., had been a useful and respected citizen of Syracuse for thirty years. He was a native of Otisco, where he was born December 6, 1812. He was the son of Thomas King, a soldier in the war of 1812, and he distinctly remembered the event of his father’s return from the war, although he was but two years of age at the time. After his marriage with Miss Cowles of Otisco, an aunt of ex-Supervisor Cowles, he moved to South Butler, Wayne county, where he remained, engaged in farming until the death of his wife. In 1850 he came to Syracuse and resided in the Seventh ward until about four years ago, when he moved into the Fifth.
Mr. King was a man of strong convictions and resolute temperament. Upon coming of age he identified himself with the anti-slavery cause, and was a foremost abolitionist. He had a hand (literally) in the Jerry Rescue episode in this city. He stood talking with Jerry in the court room, and was asking the prisoner whether he would accept freedom if it were offered. Before Jerry could answer, an officer stepped up and interfered with the conversation. Mr. King, feeling affronted, grasped the officer by the coat collar and in the scuffle that followed, which scuffle is now in national history, the collar was torn from the coat. Mr. King would, in after years, have given a considerable sum for the recovery of that collar as a memento of the stirring event. A year or afterwards, while returning from an abolition meeting, in which he had made a very strong speech, he was assaulted by three disguised men, struck upon the head with a club and left insensible. The injury received at that time undermined his health and greatly limited his usefulness in the community. It was the effect of that injury that caused his final sickness and death as shown by post mortem examination. Some years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Ellis of DeRuyter, who has been a most faithful and affluent companion. His only child, a daughter by his first marriage, was the wife of General Henry A. Barnum of New York. Mrs. King and two adopted daughters survive; also Mrs. Barnum’s two sons, one of whom is in Kansas City and the other in Texas, an officer in the army.
With the wealth that he accumulated by hard labor and wise management Mr. King found many ways of benefitting his fellowmen. He gave without ostentation and lent without surety. A score of young men have been enabled to complete their studies in the university by reason of his hospitality or his faith in a promise. Of the hundreds of men with whom he has dealt no one was ever known to accuse him of injustice or severity. He hated oppression above all things. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a devout Christian. His interest in the cause of temperance was almost a passion, and his chief regret in dying was that he should lose the chance to vote upon the prohibition amendment.
Syracuse Journal, June 19, 1890
Sereno F. King
Sereno F. King, who died on Monday at his residence, in this city, 215 Sabine st., had been a useful and respected citizen of Syracuse for thirty years. He was a native of Otisco, where he was born December 6, 1812. He was the son of Thomas King, a soldier in the war of 1812, and he distinctly remembered the event of his father’s return from the war, although he was but two years of age at the time. After his marriage with Miss Cowles of Otisco, an aunt of ex-Supervisor Cowles, he moved to South Butler, Wayne county, where he remained, engaged in farming until the death of his wife. In 1850 he came to Syracuse and resided in the Seventh ward until about four years ago, when he moved into the Fifth.
Mr. King was a man of strong convictions and resolute temperament. Upon coming of age he identified himself with the anti-slavery cause, and was a foremost abolitionist. He had a hand (literally) in the Jerry Rescue episode in this city. He stood talking with Jerry in the court room, and was asking the prisoner whether he would accept freedom if it were offered. Before Jerry could answer, an officer stepped up and interfered with the conversation. Mr. King, feeling affronted, grasped the officer by the coat collar and in the scuffle that followed, which scuffle is now in national history, the collar was torn from the coat. Mr. King would, in after years, have given a considerable sum for the recovery of that collar as a memento of the stirring event. A year or afterwards, while returning from an abolition meeting, in which he had made a very strong speech, he was assaulted by three disguised men, struck upon the head with a club and left insensible. The injury received at that time undermined his health and greatly limited his usefulness in the community. It was the effect of that injury that caused his final sickness and death as shown by post mortem examination. Some years ago he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Ellis of DeRuyter, who has been a most faithful and affluent companion. His only child, a daughter by his first marriage, was the wife of General Henry A. Barnum of New York. Mrs. King and two adopted daughters survive; also Mrs. Barnum’s two sons, one of whom is in Kansas City and the other in Texas, an officer in the army.
With the wealth that he accumulated by hard labor and wise management Mr. King found many ways of benefitting his fellowmen. He gave without ostentation and lent without surety. A score of young men have been enabled to complete their studies in the university by reason of his hospitality or his faith in a promise. Of the hundreds of men with whom he has dealt no one was ever known to accuse him of injustice or severity. He hated oppression above all things. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a devout Christian. His interest in the cause of temperance was almost a passion, and his chief regret in dying was that he should lose the chance to vote upon the prohibition amendment.
Syracuse Journal, June 19, 1890
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