Moses King was born at Charlesbrook, Canada, February 21, 1843. When he was eleven years old in 1864, with his parents, he moved to Kankakee, Illinois, then moved to Iroquis county, Illinois. In 1884 he was married to Miss Salina Detour who was a neice of Victor Detour. To this union four children were born, one son and three daughters, The eldest daughter, Mrs. Wm. McCracken, died December 13, 1907.
Mr. King was discontented with conditions in Illinois, and having heard of the Republican valley in Nebraska he decided to make a change. So he loaded his (paper folder here - cannot read) goods and with his wife and two children arrived in Otoe county, Nebraska September 6, 1871. Here they rested a few weeks and leaving his family with relatives, in company with a couple of men came on to Webster county, and homesteaded the piece of land on which he died and which was his home for 44 years. In the spring of 1872 his family was brought here and the work of cultivating a raw piece of prairie and building a frontier home was commenced.
He had always been a steady worker, and was not contented with farm work alone, but was always doing something in his shop when other men were usually idle. Only three years ago did he cease trying to do a man's work on the farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses King celebrated their golden wedding October 14, 1914. His life was one of devotion to his family. No man was ever more devoted to his wife than Mr. King.
He leaves to mourn his departure (paper folded here - cannot read) wife, three children-Moses King, Margaret Nolette of Guide Rock and Ida Gibean of Lebanon, Kansas, and twenty grandchildren.
He also leaves two brothers and one sister, Nels King of Mt. Rose, Colorado; James R. King, address unknown; Ida Chapman of Chicago.
His death occurred April 30, and interment was May 2 in the Guide Rock Cemetery. The voice so frequently heard about his farm will be heard no more.