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    Joshua Howard King

    Birth: 1830

    Death: 7-18-1900

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Joshua Howard King was born in Albany, NY. He first attended the Albany Academy and then entered Union College. This source sites King as graduating in 1848, before returning to Albany to pursue a career in banking. He became President of the New York State National Bank. He also served as a trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, and had connections with the Albany Insurance Company. He was one of the founders of the Fort Orange Club, one of the leading social organizations in Albany. He married Henrietta Emerson, with whom he had three daughters.

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Biography: 
Joshua Howard King was born in Albany, NY. He first attended the Albany Academy and then entered Union College. This source sites King as graduating in 1848, before returning to Albany to pursue a career in banking. He became President of the New York State National Bank. He also served as a trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, and had connections with the Albany Insurance Company. He was one of the founders of the Fort Orange Club, one of the leading social organizations in Albany. He married Henrietta Emerson, with whom he had three daughters.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Cuyler Reynolds
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Year: 
1914
Start Page: 
1018
End Page: 
1022
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Biography: 
This source sites Joshua Howard King as graduating from Union College in 1849, rather than 1848.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Charles Warren
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Lewis Publishing Company
Year: 
1908
Start Page: 
58
End Page: 
58
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Cuyler Reynolds
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Year: 
1914
Start Page: 
1018
End Page: 
1022