Available online on the Carroll College website is the digital Rufus and Charles King Collection which consists of photographs, family correspondence, and diaries.
Rufus King (1815-1876), a graduate of West Point, worked for the Army Corps of Engineers and was a journalist, editor and part owner of the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper. He was active in Wisconsin politics in state formation, in education and in the abolitionist movement. He served as a General for the Wisconsin Volunteers, also known as the Iron Brigade, during the Civil War.
Charles King (1844-1933), son of Rufus King, was also graduate of West Point. He served in the U.S. Army in the Indian Wars of the American West and as a General in the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection. Later, he served in Wisconsin as the Adjutant General ended his military career as an instructor at St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin.
Charles King died in Milwaukee in March of 1933 and is buried at Forest Home Cemetery. His son Rufus and grandson Charles both graduated from St. John’s Military Academy, and both had accomplished military careers.
The collection can be found here:
http://content-dm.cc.edu/King/index_king.php?CISOROOT=/king
