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Volney King

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Volney King

Birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
30 Jan 1925 (aged 77)
Teasdale, Wayne County, Utah, USA
Burial
Antimony, Garfield County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Son of Thomas Rice King and Matilda Robison

Married Carlie Eliza Lyman, 15 May 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Eliza Rosetta Syrett, 9 Nov 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Eliza Rosetta King, Volney Emery King, Susan Mae King, Edmund Rice King, Leland King, Clarence King, Warren King, Ada Delilah King, Claudius Melvin King, Lawrence King

History - Volney was born at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1847. To Utah, 1851. Settled at Fillmore. Seventy in Forty-Second Quorum, 1866. Sent to Salt Lake City to learn telegraphy, 1865-66. Worked at Cove Creek. Called to go with team to Laramie to meet emigrants, 1868. Married Carlie Lyman, 1871. Wife dissatisfied and divorced him. Attended University of Deseret briefly. Worked on co-op farm. Taught school at Kanab. British Mission, 1873-74. Home missionary. Lived in United Order at Circleville. Moved to Kingston, also living United Order there. Taught day school and night school. Farmer.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Easton Kelsey Company (1851)
Son of Thomas Rice King and Matilda Robison

Married Carlie Eliza Lyman, 15 May 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Eliza Rosetta Syrett, 9 Nov 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Eliza Rosetta King, Volney Emery King, Susan Mae King, Edmund Rice King, Leland King, Clarence King, Warren King, Ada Delilah King, Claudius Melvin King, Lawrence King

History - Volney was born at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1847. To Utah, 1851. Settled at Fillmore. Seventy in Forty-Second Quorum, 1866. Sent to Salt Lake City to learn telegraphy, 1865-66. Worked at Cove Creek. Called to go with team to Laramie to meet emigrants, 1868. Married Carlie Lyman, 1871. Wife dissatisfied and divorced him. Attended University of Deseret briefly. Worked on co-op farm. Taught school at Kanab. British Mission, 1873-74. Home missionary. Lived in United Order at Circleville. Moved to Kingston, also living United Order there. Taught day school and night school. Farmer.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Easton Kelsey Company (1851)


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  • Maintained by: SMS
  • Originally Created by: Ray Memmott
  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11796389/volney-king: accessed ), memorial page for Volney King (11 Mar 1847–30 Jan 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11796389, citing Antimony Cemetery, Antimony, Garfield County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).