By request. 22. W. C. King, p. 547-48 W. C. KING Was born June 16, 1830, in Preble county, Ohio; his parents, John and Elizabeth King, being natives of Pennsylvania. When he was four years old his parents moved to Darke county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated in the common schools. He was engaged in railroading about five years, and the remainder of his life has been given to farming. He was united in matrimony September 25, 1863, to Miss Martha Doty, a native of Darke county, Ohio, born March 18,1837. They have five children, whose names are, Edwin B., born February 28, 1865; Lizzie E., born February 11, 1867; James, born May 30, 1869; John R., bom April 5, 1873; and Joseph W., born June 19, 1880.