Adeline Shackford, also known as Adaline, the daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Hobbs) Shackford and twin sister to Angeline was born on July 19, 1820. Apparently Adeline’s mother was too weak to raise her twins so Adeline was raised by Mrs Sarah (Chamberlain) Fisher. Mrs Fisher’s husband Jonathan died in 1832 and Sarah then married John Vincent of Middlesex, Vermont who had children by his first marriage.
The eldest of those children, John Prentis Wallace Vincent who was born Dec 19 1818 married Adeline on October 13, 1845 in Montpelier, Vermont. In 1850 John was working as the sheriff in East Montpelier, Vermont. John and Adeline had four children, two of whom died young before John also died at the age of 36 on 19 November 1855. Adeline then moved to Columbus, Ohio where her sister Angeline (Shackford) Preston lived.
While in Columbus, Adaline who was raising two children met Robert King, a farmer who had been widowed in 1861 and was raising three children. They married on March 3, 1863, added two children to the household, and then sometime before 1870 moved to Lewis, Missouri. Robert worked as a farmer until his death at age 81, on February 21, 1891. Adaline moved into her son-in-law’s home in Salem, Missouri and and died at the age of 87 on November 2, 1907. Her obituary was published in The La Belle Star on Dec 13, 1907.
DEATH OF MRS. ADELINE KING.
Mrs. Adeline S. King, one of the oldest residents of Lewis county, passed away at the home of her son-in-law, Albert Seeber, November 28, 1907.
Adeline S. Fisher was born at Duxbury, Vermont, July 19, 1820, and was united in marriage to P. W. Vincent October 13, 1845. Mr. Vincent died November 19, 1855, and she remained a widow until March 3, 1863, when she was married at Columbus, Ohio, to Robert King, Rev. Joseph M. Trimble performing the ceremony. Robert King departed this life in February, 1891.
Mrs. King was an estimable Christian woman, patient under her trials and thoughtful and kind to all. Her departure was sudden. She had not complained of any ailment and quietly passed away while sitting in her chair. Funeral services were held at the Seeber home November 29, conducted by the pastor of LaBelle Presbyterian church, a large number of friends being in attendance. The body was buried by the side of her husband, Robert King, in Newark cemetery.
Thanks to Michelle Pendleton who gave us permission to share this photograph she took of Adaline’s gravestone and shared it on Find A Grave, we can see Adaline’s gravestone which reads:
ADALINE S.
WIFE OF
ROBERT KING
BORN
JULY 19, 1820
DIED
NOV. 28, 1907.
Plus small words that are not readable from the photograph.
CHILDREN:
Charles Prentice Vincent (1846-1887) – married Mary Tom Walter – physician
Carlos B Vincent (1848-1852)
John Vincent (1852-1852)
Cora Angeline Vincent (1854-1925) – married Alexander McClain Kitch
Adaline Sarah King (1864-1936) – married Albert Seeber
Clarence King (1869-1938) – married Sarah E Stewart
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1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, East Montpelier, page 491 (penned), dwelling 626, family 636, Prentiss Vincent; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).
1860 United States Federal Census, Franklin, Ohio, population schedule, Franklin Township, Page No 1, Dwelling No 1, Family No 1, W B Preston; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2014).
1870 United States Federal Census, Lewis, Missouri, population schedule, Monticello, Page No 8, dwelling 52, family 52, Robert King; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).
1880 United States Federal Census, Lewis County, Missouri, population schedule, Salem, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 31, Page No 5, dwelling 44, family 46, Robert King; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2014).
1900 United States Federal Census, Lewis County, Missouri, population schedule, Salem, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 57, Sheet No 7B, Albert Seeber; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed ).
“Deaths.,” Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Mountpelier, Vermont), 7 December 1855, John Prentiss W. Vincent; digital images, Library of Congress Chroncling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 10 March 2016).
Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2019), Adaline Shackford King, MEMORIAL ID 12216245
“LA BELLE, DEATH OF MRS. ADELINE KING,” The La Belle Star (La Belle, Missouri), 13 December 1907; digital images, newspapers.com (newspapers.com : accessed 29 February 2024).
Ohio, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8SM-KZ4, Robert King m Adaline Vincent, 3 March 1863; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).
“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; SG SGA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #250 Adeline Shackford.
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