Captain Rufus King

1817 - 1895  (78 years)

• Name	Rufus King  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	8 Apr 1817	Maine, USA   [3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Census	1850	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Margaret and Rufus King
  Census	1860	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Margaret and Rufus King
  Census	1870	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [7]
  	Eliza and Rufus King
  Census	1880	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Married to Eliza; Relation to Head: Self
  Death	27 Oct 1895  [8]
  Burial	Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2, 8]
  Person ID	I19035	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret D Ward,   b. 14 Dec 1819, Manset, Hancock, Maine, USA d. Abt 1861 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1840  [10]
  Family ID	F7152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza F Stanley,   b. 24 Jul 1839, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 11 Aug 1935, Manset, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F7153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Apr 1817 - Maine, USA Census - 1840 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Margaret and Rufus King - 1850 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Margaret and Rufus King - 1860 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Eliza and Rufus King - 1870 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Eliza; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Burial - - Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S257] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 141; Page: 282; Family History Library Film: 0009703. 1840 United States Federal Census Year: 1840; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 141; Page: 282; Family History Library Film: 0009703 [S1513] Ancestry.com, Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;). Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 [S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Page: 647. 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Page: 647 [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 382b. 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 382B; Image: 335 [S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 31. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 31 [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 392C; Enumeration District: 159. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 392C; Enumeration District: 159 [S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_545; Page: 712A. 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_545; Page: 712A [S10903] Find a Grave: KING Rufus 1817-1895, Captain Rufus King. Married Margaret Ward and Eliza Stanley https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97533109/rufus_king [S4336] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Eliza King • Bangor Daily News - Aug 1935, (Name: The Bangor Daily News; Location: Bangor ME; Date: 21 Aug 1935;), Eliza F Stanley King -- The Bangor Daily News; Publication Date: 21 Aug 1935; Publication Place: Bangor, Maine. Mrs Eliza King, widow of Rufus King, 96, died at her home in Manset. She was born in this town where she had always lived. She retained her keen faculties to the end and her interest in the affairs of the day. She had been cared for by her daughter Miss Fanny King. She leaves besides her daughter, one granddaughter, Mrs Pauline King Higgins of Bar Harbor. Funeral services were in the Manset church with Rev Oscar L Olsen of Castine and Rev RJ Carson officiating. Burial was at Mount Height. https://www.newspapers.com/image/662364676/?article=efcce9d0-85a7-4139-984a-fff615a53b26&focus=0.010071583,0.6040373,0.13056989,0.6633907&xid=3355 Obituary-KING Eliza (Stanley) Obituary of ELIZA STANLEY KING • The Bangor Daily News • Bangor, Maine • 21 Aug 1935, Wed • Page 17 [S10904] Find a Grave: WARD Margaret King 1819-1861, Margaret D Ward King. Wife of Captain Rufus King https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97533185/margaret-king