Married Hannah Amelia Montgomery 20 April 1836 in Vermont
John-Rose Ellen-Russell-Norma
Died 28 February 1877 in Ohio
Buried in Mantua
1850 Census
1860 Census
1870 Census
This comes from the Hatch Family Album and has a little information about John Russell King. I hope to find or create a more complete history soon.
Rose Ellen King Hatch's great-grandfather, John King, lived in Ashfield, Massachusetts, in the 1760s and died in Bennington County, Vermont, in 1822. His son, Enoch King, was the one who first joined the Church, in September, 1830, and moved to Hiram, Ohio. This was during the Kirtland period of Church history and many Saints were moving to Kirtland, Hiram, and vicinity. Enoch King also bought land in Jackson County, Missouri, and later near Nauvoo, Illinois. It is reported that he tried to come west but was unable to because of his wife's strong objections.
Rose Ellen's mother was Hannah Amelia Montgomery, who married Enoch's son, John Russell King. She was John Russell King's second wife, as his first wife had died. Rose Ellen had twelve brothers and sisters, three of them from the earlier marriage of her father.
Rose Ellen's father, John Russell King, farmed. He would often buy pieces of depleted land, replant the land with legumes, and then plow them into the soil. By doing this over a period of several years to enrich the soil, he was then able to sell the land for a profit. He and his family came west shortly after the first pioneers. They were a prosperous family and did not sell their home in Ohio. They were able to take many horses west with them.
When they arrived in Salt Lake City, they visited Jane King Smith, John Russell King's niece, who was the wife of Judge Elias Smith. While there, one of the King family had a dream which was interpreted to mean that only one of the family would remain in Utah. This was later fulfilled as Rose Ellen King was the only one to settle in Utah.
The family left the Salt Lake Valley and journeyed north to Brigham City, and, while there, John Russell King helped to survey Mantua, five miles east of Brigham City Utah. The Kings were not impressed by the farming conditions here and decided to return to Ohio by route of Alder Gulch (Virginia City, Montana) with the intention of doing some gold prospecting on the way. While traveling, in order to protect themselves from some roughnecks along the trail, they joined Ephraim Hatch and his brother who were freighting produce from their farm in Woods Cross to the miners in Nevada City, Montana.
Rose Ellen and Ephraim fell in love and later were married in Nevada City. She obtained work as a cook and Ephraim planted grain on a local farm. He grew a fine crop but became disillusioned as the owner allowed horses to run over and damage the grain. The young couple left Nevada City and returned to Woods Cross where they established themselves permanently. (Writings of Thomas F. King, Son of Thomas J. King, Treasures 0f Pioneer History, p. 49. Vital Records of Vermont, F6593 part 1.)
You can see an account here of John's brother Thomas's family's moving to Utah.
The following is from the Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio:
John R. King was born and reared in Massachusetts, and was educated in Bennington, Vermont. He was twice married. By his first wife, nee Alcista Miles, whom he wedded in Bennington, he had three children: Lewis, David M. and Chester. The last named served all through the war as a member of the Second Ohio Battalion, under Captain Conklin, and is now a resident of California. The mother of these children died in 1836. His second wife, whose maiden name was Hannah A. Montgomery, was a daughter of Robert Montgomery, a Revolutionary soldier. She died in Mecca township, January 21, 1892, at the age of seventy-nine years. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, four of whom died in childhood. Those living are Augusta P., Horace M., George E., Rose Ellen, A. P. and Elmer P. John R. King was one of the pioneer farmers and stock men of Portage county, Ohio. In 1863 he removed to Jefferson county, Montana, and located fifty miles south of Helena, where he remained until 1877, the time of his death.
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