Almena C. King was born around 1848 in Ohio to David King and Almena Caldwell. Her father died around 1849. She grew up and attended school in Springfield, Ohio. She lived with her mother and her sister Jane until at least 1870. By 1870, she owned $25,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property, presumably as an inheritance from her father. She died in 1878.