Absalom KING

  General Notes:

1870 Greenbrier Co., WV Census
White Sulphur Dist., 14 Jul 1870

33/26 King, Abselam 48 M W Machanist $2000 (personal) Virginia
Sally A. 21 F W Keeping Hous Virginia (cannot read or write)
David S. 6 M W Virginia

1880 Summers Co., WV Census
Greenbrier Dist., 31 Aug 1880

108/108King, Absolem W M 60 (M) Head Engineer Va. Va. Va.
-----, Sarah W F 28 (M) Wife Keeping House " " Va. (cannot write)
-----, David Sylvester W M 15 (S) Son Farmer W.Va. " "
-----, Rebecca Ann W F 9 (S) Dau " " "
-----, Early Absolem W M 7 (S) Son " " "

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Engineer.

Absalom married Sarah Ann Mason ELAM on 27 Jun 1837 in Powhatan Co., VA.⁷⁸ (Sarah Ann Mason ELAM was born in 1820 ³²⁰ and died on 25 Apr 1883 in Alexandria, VA ³²⁰.)

Absalom next married Sarah A. "Sally" BRITT, daughter of William BRITT and Martha Ann Jane SMITH, on 25 May 1870 in Monroe Co., WV.³¹⁹ (Sarah A. "Sally" BRITT was born on 27 May 1848 in Montgomery Co., VA,^321,322 died on 21 May 1929 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH ³²² and was buried on 23 May 1929 in Wesleyan Memorial Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH ³²².). The cause of her death was carcinoma of cervix.

  Marriage Notes:

Married by P. B. Baker. ³¹⁹