Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-29
WILLIAM KING DIES;
ILL FOR z MONTHS
Native of Washington, Long
Active in Business World,
Expires at Age of 70.

william King, proprietor of William
| King & Son, Oldest coal merchants of
this city, died last night at his home
! 3114 N street, of perniciouS anemia
after an illness of more than two
| months.
Mr.. King, who was 70 years old, lived
| in Georgetown all his life, having been
born at IL Congress street 6now Thirty
first street, on October 25, 1856. He
was president of the Farmers & Me-
chanics National Bank of Georgetown
from 1918 until 1919, when he resigned.
AT the time of his death he was a men,
Der of the executive committee of the
advisory board of the branches of the
Riggs National Bank.
He was also for many years a d.
rector of the Washington Gas Light
Co., and the Georgetown Gas Light Co.
until control recently passed to out-of-
town interests. He was also a member
of the board of the old Arlington Fire
Insurance Co., now out of business.
Attended Mrs. Browns School.
Mr. King had vast fund of informa-
ton about Washington and Georg atown.
having lived to see the two places grow
to their present size From 1868 to 1868
he attended the school for boys kept by
Mrs. Brown in the frame house still
standing in the yard of the home at
30l0 o street northwest. Most of the
boys in Georgetown attended the school
at that time. He bought his first school
books when he was 6 years OF age at
Ballantyns book store, then located at
Seventh and d streets.
From 1868 to 1870 he attended the
school of Rev. Parker Hall Sweet,
retired Baptist minister, in a house
on Dumbarton avenue. In 1871 he at
tended Columbian College, now George
Washington University.
In 1873 Mr.. King became associated
with Duncanson Bowling g. Co.. auc-
tioneers, then at Ninth and D streets.
where he had charge of the Office for
many years. In 1887 he went with his
father, also William King. who owned
William King g. Son. and who was fail
ing in health. He remained there until
1894, when his father died, at which
time he became proprietor of William
King & Son, which business he con-
Quoted until his death. In 1880 he
married Alice Hubbard Pond, who died
in 1910.
Member of Episcopal Church.
When Mr.. King attended Columbian
College it was located at Fourteenth
and Euclid streets, the gate being on
Fourteenth street just above Florida
avenue. He used to tell interesting
SJOIl6S ABOUT reaching the COlleEe, ana
that there were only four or five houses
between Rock Greek and the college
grounds. In order to get there he had
to cross Rock Greek, where the @ Street
Bridge now is, on two boards
MIR. King was member of the Epis-
copal Church and a member of the
vestry of St. Johns Church, George
town. He is survived by two sons,
Kenneth H. and Leroy Ordway King,
the latter having been associated with
him in the coal business for many
years, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
F. Bland Tucker, pastor of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, will be held from the
residence Friday morning at 10 o'clock
Interment will be private in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be J. H.
Lounsbury. William Leetch, william
Beall. r. D. Weaver, c. L. Nicholson,
G. H. Cragin. Ward Preston, P. G.
Stanton, James Young, w. D. Elicit,
Spencer Gordon, Paul Fishbaugh, j. w.
Chambers and A. c. Chambers.