PAUL KING, dealer in ice, insurance agent and book-keeper Farmers’ National Bank; P. O. Cynthiana; was born in this county, Dec. 15, 1841, son of Paul and Sarah B. (Bell) King; he, a native of Harrison County, born Aug. 18, 1806, a farmer by occupation, and dying March 8, 1872; she, born Jan. 24, 1822, and died Aug. 19, 1859. They had twenty-one children born to them, of whom seven died; those remaining were seven sons and seven daughters. Our subject received his education at the district schools at Mt. Zion, and was raised to farming. From 1869 to 1871 he was in the grocery business, but since the later date he has been engaged in the ice and insurance business, and has also filled the position of book-keeper for three years of the Farmers’ National Bank. He resides on Main street, Cynthiana, where he has a fine two-story brick residence. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served three years. Dec. 14, 1865, he married Miss Sallie E. Garnett, born Sept. 29, 1845, daughter of Capt. William and Margaret (Newell) Garnett, of this county, which union has been blessed with four children, viz: Willie G., Lawrence Erwin, Lizzie Felix, and Gracie Marguerite. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a member of the A.O.U.W. and Knights of Honor, and is a Democrat.
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 660.
[Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct]