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King, Sylvester, was born in Ulysses near Willow Creek, December 1, 1826, and was educated in the schools of
that day, following farming. November 17, 1849, he married Rachel King, of Greenwood, Steuben county, and they
have one daughter, Addie A., who married Edward P. Boughton, of Trumansburgh, and their four children are: Harry
M., Arthur E., Edward P., and Rachel K. Mr. King's father, John, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1792, and
came here at an early day. He married Elizabeth Genong, of Chenango county, and they had ten children who grew
to maturity: Jehiel, Lucy, Judah, Hiram, Orrin, Sylvester, Aaron, Orsemus, Judson and Adonirurn. They came to reside
in this county about 1814, where his father died in 1875 and his wife about 1870. Mrs. King's father, Jeremiah,
was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1784 and came to this countyin an early day. He married Sarah Campbell by
whom he had thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity: Chauncey, Nancy, Diantha, Delaney, Cordancy, Samantha,
John F., Hannah, Howells; Ann Catharine and Rachael. The father died in 1870 and the mother in 1846. Mrs. King's
father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Cornell University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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