History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . ese few lines are devoted is prominently con-nected with the journalism of central Indiana, and at this time is editorand publisher of the Danville Gazette, one of the best Democratic papers ofthis section of the state in news, editorial ability and mechanical execution. Will A. King, the son of E. Douglas and Ruth (Warner) King, w^asborn in Cincinnati. Ohio, May 5, 1864, and has lived in this county since hewas fourteen years of age. His father was born in Uniontown, Pennsyl-vania, and came to Indiana in 1869 as e
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . ese few lines are devoted is prominently con-nected with the journalism of central Indiana, and at this time is editorand publisher of the Danville Gazette, one of the best Democratic papers ofthis section of the state in news, editorial ability and mechanical execution. Will A. King, the son of E. Douglas and Ruth (Warner) King, w^asborn in Cincinnati. Ohio, May 5, 1864, and has lived in this county since hewas fourteen years of age. His father was born in Uniontown, Pennsyl-vania, and came to Indiana in 1869 as editor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel,and also has the honor of publishing the first directory of that city. InFebruary, 1878, he came to Danville and established the Hendricks CountyDemocrat and in September, 1880, he started the Danville Gazette, takinghis son, Will A., the subject of this sketch, into ])artnership with after starting the Gazette he accepted a position in the governmentprinting office at Washington, D. C, and left his son in full charge of WILL A. KING HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 209 \y\]\ A. King received a good practical education and when a small boy-entered the printing office of his father, who had been a printer and news-paper man for thirty years. Under the able guidance of the latter he acquireda through knowledge of the mechanical part of the business and, l>einga lad of keen ability, he was soon competent to assume the control of thepaper and manage it from the editorial as well as the mechanical side. Ashas been said, he helped his father establish the Gazette in 1880 and he hasbeen in charge of the paper up to the present time. It has for years beenrecognized as the official organ of the Democratic party in Hendricks county. Mr. King was married to Jennie Hill, the daughter of John C. andSarah J. (Parker) Hill, and they have an interesting family of threechildren. Ruth Sarah J. and Robert H. They are fitting their children
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