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King, Charles Brady
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King, Charles Brady

Born
02/02/1868
Birthplace
San Francisco, California
Titles and Honors
Served on the U.S.S. YOSEMITE during the Spanish-American War- Michigan Naval Reserve Chief Petty Officer, Chief Machinist.
Signal Corps-Head of Aviation engine design. WWI.
Architectural League, member.
Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer,Signal Corps, Army. 1916
Education
Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario
1887 entered Cornell University
Notes
50.164.21 Photo of & autographed by
47.105 signature of
63.233.001 Bronze plaque from J. L. Hudson Co., 1946
68.147.1 tape recording
Occupation
Automotive Pioneer
John Laurer Machine Shop-shop and office 1894-1902.
King Brake Beam-Railroad
Draftsman-Michigan Car Company
Russel Wheel and Foundry
Chief Engineer-Northern Manufacturing Company 1902
Designed and built the first automobile to run on Detroit streets, March 6, 1896
King Motor Car Co. Detroit 1910-1923
King Motor Car Co, Buffalo, NY 1923-1924
Silent Northern Car
Pneumatic Hammer
Publications
Psychic Reminisceneces (1935)
America's First Automobile Race (1945)
Father
General John Haskell King
Mother
Matilda C. Davenport
Spouse
Grace Fletcher King
Children
Fletcher
Relations
Sister, Mrs. Francis C. McMath (Madeline King) of Grosse Pointe Farms
Sister, Mrs. Thomas P. Howell of Cleveland, OH
Two Grandchildren
Nationality
American

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