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Portrait and biographical record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago - 1893

Page 122-123

          CHARLES L. KING. In noting the business interests of a city or
      town, it is particularly gratifying to be able to point to the
      success of such a house as that of C. L. KING & Co., for the reason
      that their success may be used as a fair gauge of the average of
      prosperity in the community. With the inventions, improvements and
      other accessories discovered, a degree of excellence closely akin
      to perfection in the manufacture of fruit packages, wood plates,
      veneers, etc., has been attained in the last ten or twelve years.
      CHARLES L. KING, who has been engaged in manufacturing the above
      mentioned articles in Holland since 1891, is a gentleman possessed of
      excellent business capacity and good judgment.
          He was born at Winona, Minn., February 22, 1856, and his father,
      L. R. KING, was a native of the Keystone State, where he grew to man-
      hood. At an early date he came Westward and settled in Winona, Minn.,
      where he was elected to the office of Sheriff, being the first one in
      the county. Later he removed to Rochester, Minn., and he there em-
      barked in the agricultural implement business and followed this until
      his death, in 1868. He married Miss REBECCA SHEPHARD and to them were
      born seven children, two besides our subject now living. Both parents
      were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and active
      workers in the same. The father, who was a successful business man,
      accumulated a large property, and gave liberally to the support of
      all worthy enterprises.
          The youthful days of our subject were passed in Winona, Minn.,
      and he was educated in the schools of that city and those of
      Rochester. After the death of his father our subject continued to
      live in Rochester for three years, when he joined a surveying
      expedition to Yellowstone Park and experienced many thrilling ad-
      ventures during this trip. Returning home, he went to New York City
      and there followed the cigar business for about six months, after
      which he went to Chicago, where he learned the business he is now
      following, and which he has made such a decided success. Two years
      later he took charge of a factory at Decatur, Mich., and operated it
      two and a half years, when the factory was moved to Muskegon and he
      took charge of it there. The factory mentioned was the Wood Package
      and Basket Company, and our subject managed that for several years.
          From there Mr. KING went to Montague, Mich., where he branched
      out in business for himself. The present company was organized in
      August, 1881, and the Hanchett Paper Company, of Chicago, is con-
      trolled by the firm of C. L. KING & Co. Mr. KING selected his wife in
      the person of Miss MARY JOHNSON, daughter of WILLIAM JOHNSON, and
      their union was solemnized in the year 1882. Politically, Mr. KING is
      a strong Republican and has taken an active part in the work of his
      party. While residing at Montague he was a member of the Council and
      was prominent in all matters of moment. The large factory of C. L.
      KING & Co. was erected in 1891 and they now have five large build-
      ings. The main building is a fine structure, made of Zeeland brick,
      and is 73x223 feet. Their capital is about $150,000 and they do an
      annual business of $250,000. About two hundred hands are employed.
      This firm also has a Chicago office, situated at Nos. 11 and 13 La
      Salle Street. Mr. KING has been at the head of this business since it
      first started and is familiar with its every detail. Socially, he is
      a Knight Templar of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Mystic
      Shrine, and is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
      of Elks. He is active in his support of all worthy measures, is pub-
      lic spirited and pushing, and a credit to any community. Whole-souled
      and genial, his friends are legion.

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