The Portland daily press., 1892-01-19
OBITUARY..
Col. C. F. King.

On next Thursday, the funeral of Col.
Charles Frederick King will occur at his
late residence, Summer street, Boston. The
body will beiplaced in receiving tomb amp
in the spring be brought to Portland for
final interment Colonel King was born
in this city December 27, 1928, and was
educated at the Portland public schools.
After he was graduated from Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Conn, he en-
gagged in the lumber business in Port
land. In 1858 he married Miss Ida Dunn,
daughter of Hon. E. B. Dunn of Water
vile, by whom he had one son.
In 1861, at the breaking out of the war,
Mr. King left his business and enlisted in
the Tenth Regiment Maine Volunteers,
as quartermaster sergeant. He was
made second lieutenant, subsequently
first and then captain During his ser
vice Mr. King participated in the battles
of the Tenth Regiment. Maine Volun-
teers, at Banks's Retreat, Culpepper,
Second Bull Run, South Mountain, An
tietam, Charlottesville and Gettysburg.
Upon the consolidation of the Eleventh
and Twelfth Corps, to form the Twen-
tieth Corps, preparatory to Gen. Sher-
mans grand march to the sea, Capt. King
was transferred to the Twenty-ninth
Regiment Maine Volunteers, under Gen.
Emory The captain participated, with
the dashing Phil Sheridan, in the battles
of Winchester, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek
and the various other engagements OF the
campaign. When his regiment went into
winter quarters Capt. King was put in
charge of the coast defences of the state
of Maine and remained at Fort Knox on
the Penobscot for nearly year.
Capt. King was mustered out Septem-
| 4r,
Somerville and started in the cotton and
wooden business on Washington street,
Boston, where he remained until 1870,
| when he entered the Boston Custom
House as clerk and assistant house keeper.
Mr.. King was captain of Company d,
old Somerville Light Infantry, and major
and lietenant colonel, Fifth Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteers. He was
| Senior Past Master of the old Portland
Lodge of f. and A. NJ, which recently
| celebrated it's 10th anniversary. He was
also Royal Arch Mason and Knight
| Templar and member of the Legion OF
Honor. He was for two years an efficient
member of the Somerville School Board,
and president of the Sons of Maine. Col
King was first commander of the Willard
| c. Kinsley Post 139, G.. A. R. and First
Scribe of the Royal Arch Chapter of Som
erville and member of the First M. E,
church.
The G. A. r. and Masons of Somerville
will attend the funeral in a body.
DR., w. G. Smith.
CHICoPEE CENTRE, Mass, January II.
DR. w. G. Smith, one of the oldest ply
sicians in this section, died at his resi-
dence in Chicopee late Saturday night.
He was 70 years old, being born in Will
| ton, Eng, in 1872. He came to this city
in 1S49, having previously graduated from
the medical college of Bowdoin in the
class of Al.
/ Obituary Notes.
Samuel Payson Emerson of Waltham,
Mass, for a time a resident of Biddeford,
died Sunday evening, aged Is.
Archduke Charles Salvador of Austria
| died yesterday afternoon.
Benjamin Scott, fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society and chamberlain OF
London, died yesterday. f.
Caleb v. Bosworth of Upton died on
Friday, aged Il years. A native of Up
ton, he early prepared himself as teach
er, but later became merchant of Port
land, and then of Boston.
Rev. Samuel l.. Gould, for years resi-
| dent in Auburn and a Congregational
clergyman of many years service, died il
Auburn Saturday at the age of 50 years
He preached for many years in Albany.
The venerable Deacon Stephen Davis
| died at his house on Pleasant street. Lew.