Lewis King papers
Collection
Identifier: L083
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the minutes of the 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment Association; a religious tract from 1849 by Reverend Robert Newstead; a medal of a Grand Army of the Republic veteran from 1866; a typed and autographed manuscript from Lewis King; an autographed, signed poem by Lewis King; autographed and signed letters from Thomas Deputy, Joshua Deputy, W. E. McGuire, Mrs. Archie McEwen, and Edmund R. Brown in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia ranging from 1862 to 1929 regarding U.S. Civil War military service, life in the army and reunions of the members of the infantry.
Dates
- 1849-1929
Creator
- King, Lewis, 1845-1929 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Lewis King was born around 1845 or 1846. He was the youngest of six children. King was orphaned at the age of two and was bound out, at the age of five, to a couple for more than 10 years. They treated him abusively and did not allow him to attend the two years of school for which they had contracted, only three weeks. As had Abraham Lincoln, he learned, by candle and fire light, reading, writing and arithmetic.
King enlisted in the Union Army, in part to counter the South's treatment of slaves because he had experienced slavery first hand, as a private in Company H, 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment on September 12, 1861. He met Louisa M. Alcott when she nursed him through sickness and was mustered out on September 1, 1864 in Indianapolis, Indiana. King later enlisted in Company G, 145th Indiana Infantry as a private and was mustered out as a corporal.
King married Caroline Deputy in Jennings County, Indiana on September 30, 1866. She was born in 1845 and died in 1911. They lived in Bartholomew County, Indiana where he worked as a teacher in 1880 and a minister in 1900. King and Flora were married by 1920. He served as a department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, Indiana. King filed as an invalid August 30, 1887 and died July 30, 1929. He is buried in the Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
Sources.
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "King, Lewis." Boardman Family Tree. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/22170181/person/28116266813.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Lewis King." Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Accessed June 22, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142847216/lewis-king.
King enlisted in the Union Army, in part to counter the South's treatment of slaves because he had experienced slavery first hand, as a private in Company H, 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment on September 12, 1861. He met Louisa M. Alcott when she nursed him through sickness and was mustered out on September 1, 1864 in Indianapolis, Indiana. King later enlisted in Company G, 145th Indiana Infantry as a private and was mustered out as a corporal.
King married Caroline Deputy in Jennings County, Indiana on September 30, 1866. She was born in 1845 and died in 1911. They lived in Bartholomew County, Indiana where he worked as a teacher in 1880 and a minister in 1900. King and Flora were married by 1920. He served as a department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, Indiana. King filed as an invalid August 30, 1887 and died July 30, 1929. He is buried in the Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana.
Sources.
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." 1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "King, Lewis." Boardman Family Tree. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/22170181/person/28116266813.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Lewis King." U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Accessed June 22, 2015. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Lewis King." Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Accessed June 22, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142847216/lewis-king.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Flora King on August 3, 1948.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015/06/22 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2015/06/22 by Edythe Huffman.
Creator
- King, Lewis, 1845-1929 (Person)
- Title
- Lewis King papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
