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

William KING, retired farmer; P. O. Naperville; was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 23, 1829; 
in 1848, he emigrated to America, and located in Bloomingdale, Du Page Co., IL; here he 
engaged in farming, one year; he next came to Du Page Twp., Will Co., and entered the 
employ of Jonathan ROYCE, Sr., for whom he labored two and one-half years; in March, 
1852, he went to California, and engaged in mining and butchering; in 1857, he returned 
to Illinois, and purchased one-half of the farm originally entered by Robert STRONG, and 
sold by him to Samuel GOODRICH; direct from the hands of GOODRICH it passed to Mr. KING, 
and is now owned by him. He was married Jan. 27, 1857, to Hypsia ROYCE, daughter of 
Jonathan ROYCE; she is a native of New Hampshire; in 1870, he left his farm and moved 
to Naperville; in 1871, he started a tile and brick yard, which, to-day, is one of the 
best paying institutions of the town; in the spring of 1878, he sold out his interest 
in the factory, owing to ill health, and has since devoted himself to superintending 
his farm. Owns 360 acres in Will Co., valued at $25,000; he also owns a fine property 
in Naperville; has held the office of Supervisor of Lisle Twp., Du Page Co., four years; 
is at present a member of the City Council.