SAMUEL S. KING.

Samuel S. King, a Pennsylvanian and an Iowa pioneer of '55, did not reach Lincoln township until the spring of 1871. He was a carpenter and joiner, as well as farmer, but while a resident of this locality devoted himself to the improvement of his large holdings. The first year of his residence in Lincoln township he broke 120 acres and erected a small frame dwelling. In 1882 he built an elegant and commodious residence, which was considered one of the handsomest cottages in the county. Eventually he was the owner of three eighties located on sections 21, 28 and 22, which included two houses, two groves and a fine orchard, and he was classed as one of the most energetic and successful farmers and stock-raisers in his section of the county.

From "Compendium and History of Cass County, Iowa." Chicago: Henry and Taylor & Co., 1906, pg. 161.