Gaston, Joseph.  "Portland, Oregon Its History and Builders."  Vol. 3. 
Chicago and Portland, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911. p. 7203.
 
J. C. ELLIOTT KING, M. D.

     The profession as well as the public, accords to Dr. J. C. Elliott King a
prominent position among the medical practitioners of the northwest. Close study
has formed the basis of his advancement and combined with an appreciation of the
scientific phase of his profession is a deep and abiding sympathy that prompts
him to put forth earnest and unfaltering effort where the welfare of his
fellowmen is involved.  
	Dr. King is a western man by birth, training and experience. He was born in
Steams county, Minnesota, September 26, 1861. His father, Eli B. King, is a
native of New York, has devoted his life to farming, and is now living in
Monticello, Minnesota, where he is numbered among the pioneers, having located
there fifty-six years ago. He is now living retired, having reached the age of
eighty years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Adelia Burns, was born in
Dundalk, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage, and became a resident of the state of
New York when twelve years of age. She has now passed the seventy-ninth
milestone on life's journey. Three of the children of Eli B. and Adelia King are
living: Lorin U. and Mrs. Mason Allen, both of St. Paul, Minnesota; and J. C.
Elliott King, of this review.
     As a pupil in the public schools, Dr. King pursued his early education, and
later entered the State University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated
with the B. A. degree in 1886. For a year he engaged in teaching at Elk River,
Minnesota, and afterward took up the study of medicine, completing his course in
the Northwestern University Medical School, which conferred upon him his
professional degree upon his graduation with the class of 1890. He spent eight
months as interne in St. Luke's Hospital, being appointed to the position as the
result of his first grade in a competitive examination. He also took an
examination with the graduating class in science, literature and medicine, and
for his excellent scholarship received a cash prize of fifty dollars.
     Removing to Salt Lake City, Dr. King there began practice, continuing for
thirteen years, and his high standing among his professional brethren is
indicated by the fact that he was honored with the presidency of the city and
county medical society. He was also chosen secretary of the state medical
society, served on the staff of St Mark's Hospital, and during the last four
years was health commissioner of the city. Deciding to further equip himself for
his life work, he then went to Europe and pursued post-graduate studies in skin
diseases in Vienna, Berlin and Breslau, and also visited clinics in Paris and
London. On his return in the summer of 1904, he located in Portland, since which
time he has given his attention entirely to his profession. He has served in
this connection on the staff of the county hospital, and is a lecturer on skin
diseases in the medical department of the University of Oregon. Feeling that
progress should be the watchword of the profession at all times, he keeps in
touch with the great truths which science is constantly revealing, through his
membership in the Multnomah County, Oregon State and American Medical
Associations. Aside from his practice, he is interested in fruit growing, owning
two hundred acres of land at Eagle Creek, Oregon, where he has planted an apple
orchard, and also walnut trees, making his summer home there.
     On the 14th of May, 1891, Dr. King was married in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
to Miss Adelia M. Kiehle, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. D. L. Kiehle, who was for
twelve years state superintendent of public instruction in Minnesota and later a
professor in the University of Minnesota, of which Mrs. King is a graduate. Unto
Dr. and Mrs. King have been born three children: Rachel, Constance and David,
aged respectively eighteen, sixteen and five years.
	The family reside at No. 227 East Sixtieth street, in Mount Tabor, and are
members of the Mount Tabor Presbyterian church, of which Dr. King is a trustee.
His political views led to his endorsement of the candidates of the Republican
party. He belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, also to the Phi Delta
Theta, a college fraternity, and to the Arlington Club, and engaging social
qualities have won him prominence in that direction, while his comprehensive
study and native ability have gained him distinction in the professional field.
 
 
Transcriber’s additional notes:
 
OBITUARY
Dec. 27, 1948; Oregonian, p 9
"Death Takes Dr. J. C. King"
   Dr. J. C. Elliott King, 87, prominent physician in Portland for many years,
died Saturday at his La Mesa, Cal., home.  Dr. King was widely known as a
specialist in dermatology and for many years was head of the dermatology
department at the University of Oregon medical school. He was born in Minnesota,
September 26, 1861.  He received his education at University of Minnesota and
later at the University of Vienna. Dr. King had been retired for several years.
   Survivors include the widow, Adelia M. King; two daughters, Constance King,
La Mesa, and Rachel Snedecor, Portland, and one son, David L. King, Portland.
Private funeral service will be Monday at La Mesa.

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