Newburgh and New York Railway Company. Edward King (1833–1908), who married Isabella Ramsay Cochrane in 1858. After her death, he married Elizabeth Fisher. Fanny King (1836–1905), who married James Latimer McLane, brother of Robert Milligan McLane, in 1859. King died of a "congestion of the lungs" on October 3, 1853 at his country place, "Highwood," near Weehawken, New Jersey, which he had purchased in 1832. He was interred in the churchyard of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York. Descendants Through his son Archibald, he was the grandfather of May Denning King (1848–1925), who married John King Van Rensselaer, a son of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and grandson of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, the patroon of Rensselaerwyck. His great-great-granddaughter Ellin Travers Mackay married Irving Berlin. Another great-great-grandchild was Wolcott Gibbs, who was also a direct descendant of Martin Van Buren (James Gore King's grandson married Martin Van Buren's granddaughter, and Wolcott Gibbs was their grandson). Through his youngest daughter Fanny, he was the grandfather of Robert McLane, who served as the 32nd Mayor of Baltimore. References External links James Gore King at The Political Graveyard Guide to the Erving-King Family Papers, 1709-1975 at the New-York Historical Society. 1791 births 1853 deaths Businesspeople from New York City 19th-century American railroad executives Harvard College alumni Litchfield Law School alumni People from Weehawken, New Jersey Gracie-King family Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American politicians Politicians from New York City Alsop family