Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

John P. KING, dealer in lumber, etc. (King & Bishop), Joliet; was born near Terre Haute, Ind., 
Dec. 18, 1832; in 1835, his father, Andrew KING, came to Will Co., and opened up a farm near 
the present city of Joliet, on which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1849; he 
left a family of eleven children, of whom eight are now living in this State, four of them 
being residents of Joliet. The oldest son was John P., the subject of this sketch; when he 
was 19 years of age, he made the journey, via the Isthmus, to California, where he followed 
mining, farming and staging for twelve years, being for three years one of the proprietors 
of the stage-line from Yreka to Red Bluffs; he returned to Joliet in 1864, and, in 1866, 
engaged in the lumber business, which he has continued ever since; in 1869, W. W. BISHOP 
became a partner, the firm now being King and Bishop. He is at present Alderman from the 
Seventh Ward, to which he was elected in April, 1877; he was elected School Trustee in 
June, 1877, and still holds the office; he is a prominent member and Trustee of the 
Universalist Church. He was married Sept. 12, 1867, to Miss Hannah LEONARD, of Joliet 
and has three children - Lulu B., Gertie and Harless W.