Archibald Gracie King1 
b. 11 July 1821, d. 21 March 1897
Archibald Gracie King|b. 11 Jul 1821\nd. 21 Mar 1897|p7088.htm|James Gore King|b. 8 May 1791\nd. 3 Oct 1853|p7026.htm|Sarah Rogers Gracie|b. 14 Dec 1791\nd. 3 Nov 1878|p7027.htm|Rufus King|b. 24 Mar 1755\nd. 29 Apr 1827|p7000.htm|Mary Alsop|b. 17 Oct 1769\nd. 6 Jun 1819|p7001.htm|||||||
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
3rd cousin 4 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
Archibald Gracie King was born on 11 July 1821 in Everton, England.1,2 He was the son of James Gore King and Sarah Rogers Gracie.1 He married Elizabeth Denning Duer on 8 May 1845.1,2 He died on 21 March 1897 in Weehawken, Hudson County, New Jersey, at age 75.1,2
Archibald Gracie King was educated in America and at the school of Herr yon Fellenberg at Hofwyl, near Berne, Switzerland, and graduated from Harvard College in 1840 with honors. First, clerk in the banking house of Prime, Ward & King, in 1844 he was admitted to partnership. He rose to the head of the house, which became known in 1853 as James G. King's Sons. Mr. King was a capable, clear-headed and sound business man. He was elected a trustee of The Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks in 1861, treasurer in 1865 and president in 1873, resigning his connection with the bank in 1881, in consequence of his removal to New Jersey, the laws of New York requiring trustees of savings banks to be residents of New York. He was a trustee in The Metropolitan Trust Co.2
Archibald Gracie King was educated in America and at the school of Herr yon Fellenberg at Hofwyl, near Berne, Switzerland, and graduated from Harvard College in 1840 with honors. First, clerk in the banking house of Prime, Ward & King, in 1844 he was admitted to partnership. He rose to the head of the house, which became known in 1853 as James G. King's Sons. Mr. King was a capable, clear-headed and sound business man. He was elected a trustee of The Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks in 1861, treasurer in 1865 and president in 1873, resigning his connection with the bank in 1881, in consequence of his removal to New Jersey, the laws of New York requiring trustees of savings banks to be residents of New York. He was a trustee in The Metropolitan Trust Co.2
Citations
- [S707] John King of Boston MA, online http://members.tripod.com/~loupero/famous1.htm
- [S711] Henry Hall, editor, America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. 1 (New York, NY: New York Printing Company, 1895), 370.
