KING’S MOVE TO NORTH AMERICAThe King clan relocated to North American in 1833, when William was 21 years old. They sold their farm in Ireland for $120.00 an acre and shipped the potato crop to New York to sell. William accompanied the crops and the family followed. In 1835, the Kings purchased 640 acres of wilderness at $1.25 per acre in Maumee, Ohio (near Cleveland). The cost to have land cleared was $16.00 per acre; William and his brothers cleared the land, after two months he could work an axe all day without tiring! Once the King family were established at their new homestead, William eagerly set out on his own to apply the university degree he'd earned.
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