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Born 1855, Portage Township
From Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910), History of Hancock County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of the Northwest Territory, history o (1886)
CYRUS F. KING, M. D., Arlington, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, January 26, 1855, son of John King, who is now a retired farmer of Hancock County. The subject of this sketch worked on the farm and taught school in his early years, and soon gave his attention to the study of medicine. He commenced under the direction of Dr. J. H. Watson, of McComb, this county, and afterward studied with Dr. F. W. Entrikin, of Findlay, Ohio, attending three courses at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduating therefrom May 8, 1878. He located at once in Arlington where he has since continued in the practice of his profession with success, and has also kept a drug store most of the time. The Doctor is a member of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association and the Northwestern Ohio Eclectic Medical Association, of which he is now vice-president. He was united in marriage with Miss Minerva L. Porter, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Comer) Porter, of this county. Their union has been blessed with five child-en, three of whom are living: Dwight J., Alvin E. and Merrill S. The Doctor has been postmaster of Arlington for the past four years. In politics he is a stanch Republican, being chairman of the Hancock County Rejiublican Convention in 1885, both temporary and permanent. He holds a prominent place in the ranks of his native county.
As printed in History of Hancock County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of the Northwest Territory, history o (1886). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
CYRUS F. KING, M. D., who is the only registered drug physician in Hancock County, O., has been in active practice at Mt. Cory, since the summer of 1895 and is one of the best known members of his profession in this section. He was born in Portage Township, Hancock County, January 26, 1855, and is a son of John and Louisa (Hart) King.
John King, who is probably the oldest resident of Hancock County, was born in Ashland County, O. In earlier years he taught school through Portage and Liberty Townships and for many years resided near McComb. He married Louisa Hart, also of Ashland County, who died July 10, 1898, at Findlay.
Cyrus F. King was reared in Portage
Township and obtained his early education in the old No. 9 district school, after which he completed the school course at Findlay. He started to read medicine with Dr. Watson, a practitioner at that time at McComb, and from under his instruction entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated June 8, 1878. He started into practice at Arlington, O., where he opened the first drug store, also opening the first one at Mt. Cory, and maintained his home at Arlington for seventeen years. He came to Mt. Cory, June 19, 1895, and has been a leading citizen, serving as mayor of the town for two years, and for two years was a member of the town council. He was a member of the board of pension examiners at Findlay, for ten years.
Dr. King was married December 17, 1876, to Miss Manerva Porter, a daughter of Amos and Sarah (Comer) Porter, the former of whom died April 6, 1899, and the latter August 9, 1900, near Findlay. To Dr. and Mrs. King a family of twelve children was born, as follows: Dwight J., who formerly was superintendent of schools at Vanlue, O., for four summers has been attending the Illinois Medical College at Chicago, married May Brenneman of Mt. Cory and they have two children — Ralph and Wendell; Alvin E., who, for the past year has been a student at his father’s old college, formerly taught school for five years at Van Buren, one year in Orange Township and four years in Union Township, married Coza M. Light, of Mt. Cory; Merrell
5., who also studied medicine at Chicago,
111., married Ida Hubler, of Mt. Cory; Bessie, who died September 22, 1906, at the age of twenty years, was a teacher in Cass
Township; Wade, who is a student at the Ohio Normal University at Ada, O.; Carrie, who is employed in the Farmers’ Bank of Mt. Cory; Marco, Sarah, Martha and Mary, who are at home; and two who died in infancy. Three sons: Merrell S., Dwight J. and Alvin E. are attending the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati. A number of Dr. King’s children have been successful teachers and for five years before entering on medical practice he taught school in Blanchard, Pleasant, Liberty, and Findlay Townships. The family is an unusually intellectual one. They are members of the Evangelical church at Mt. Cory, Dr. King being one of its trustees. In politics he is a Republican. He is identified with several fraternal organizations, belonging to the Modern Woodmen at Bluffton, to the Maccabees at Mt. Cory, and to the Royal Arcanum at Findlay.
As printed in Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: J. H. Watson (b. 1833)
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