# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-henry-king
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:58:20.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-henry-king"
name: "Charles Henry King"
slug: "charles-henry-king"
description: "Charles Henry King was an American businessman and banker who was instrumental in founding several cities in the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. He saw opportunity with the expansion of the railroad west and built up related retail businesses, banks and freight operations. His fortune was estimated at $20 million. He was also the paternal grandfather of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was born in his home in Omaha."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Charles_Henry_King.jpg/330px-Charles_Henry_King.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1853-03-12"
deathDate: "1930-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.098742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "تشارلز هنري كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_King"
    title: "Charles Henry King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "チャールズ・ヘンリー・キング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5078948"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations