Rufus King
Born: January 26, 1814
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Father: Charles King 1789 – 1867
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
Mother: Eliza Gracie 1790 – 1825
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
1st Wife: Ellen Eliot
2nd Wife: Susan McCown Eliot 1826 – 1892
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York)
Children:
Lt. Rufus King Jr. 1838 – 1900
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey)
Captain Charles King 1844 – 1933
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Education:
1829: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (4th in class)
Occupation before War:
1833 – 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt., United States Army Corps of Engineers
1833 – 1834: Assistant Engineer Construction of Fort Monroe, Virginia
1834 – 1836: Surveyor on boundary line of Ohio and Michigan
1836: Resigned from United States Army on September 30th
1836 – 1838: Assistant Engineer New York and Erie Railroad
1839 – 1843: Adjutant General for the State of New York
1839 – 1841: Editor of the Albany Advertiser Newspaper
1841 – 1845: Associate Editor of Albany Evening Journal Newspaper
1845 – 1861: Editor of Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette Newspaper
1847 – 1848: Member of Wisconsin State Constitution Convention
1848 – 1861: Regent of University of Wisconsin
1849: Member of Board of Visitors at West Point Military Academy
1857 – 1861: Colonel of Wisconsin State Militia
1859 – 1861: Superintendent of Milwaukee Wisconsin School System
Civil War Career:
1861: United States Minister to Italy
1861: Brigadier General of Wisconsin State Volunteers
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Division Commander on the Rappahannock
1862: Guarded the Fords of the Rapidan
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Served in the Army of the Potomac during Maryland Campaign
1862: Hospitalized with an epileptic seizure
1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862 – 1863: Member Court Martial of Major General Fitz John Porter
1863: Union Army Commander in Yorktown, Virginia
1863: Commander of Division at Fairfax Court House
1863: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia
1863: Military Governor of Norfolk, Virginia
1863: Resigned from the Union Army on October 20th
1863 – 1867: United States Minister to the Papal States
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1867: United States Minister to the Papal States
1867 – 1869: Deputy Collector of Customs, Port of New York
Died: October 13, 1876
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Not Listed
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Burial Place: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, New York
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