Leslie Lynch King, Sr.

Leslie Lynch King, Sr. was the biological father of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Because of his alcoholism and abusive behavior, his wife, Dorothy Gardner, left him sixteen days after Fords birth. King is believed to have seen Ford only once while he was in high school.

King was born in Chadron, Nebraska, the son of businessman Charles Henry King and Martha Alicia King. His father founded several small trading towns in Nebraska and Wyoming along the railroad. He also became a banker and was very successful. In 1908, the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where his parents commissioned the construction of a large Victorian mansion. He became a wool trader, probably working with his father.

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