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Note: Enlisted in Missouri Militia October 1, 1864. Private, Company L, 40th Regiment. (40th Regiment Enrolled Militia Infantry Duty In District of Central Missouri. Skirmish on Clear Fork near Warrensburg September, 1862. Beach Creek, Johnson County, February 5, 1863. Operations against Price September and October, 1864. Defense of Jefferson City September 30-October 7, 1864.) JAMES HENRY KING James Henry King died Thursday, February 9, 1922, at his home in the East suburbs of this city. The funeral was held Saturday at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. George R. Scroggs, his pastor, delivered the sermon. The deceased was born on the King homestead in Post Oak Township, September 30, 1846. He was a son of Richard M. King and Elizabeth Jane Stewart King. The mother died when he was a very small boy, leaving the father and five children. The father married again and all remained on the farm until the breaking out of the Civil War. The father, who was a Union sympathizer was ambushed and killed by the Confederates. After the death of his father the stepmother kept the five children together, giving them the same care and attention she would her own. She continued to reside with her foster son, the subject of this sketch, until her death some ten or twelve years ago at the age of eighty-nine years. Although a mere boy during the Civil War he was unable to remain at home. During the latter part of the war he enlisted in the Union army under Captain Lee Duncan, of Kingsville, serving until the company was mustered out of service in 1865. He returned home to begin anew the farming operations abandoned by war necessity. March 4, 1869, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Day, the daughter of a prominent farmer living in the same neighborhood. To this union six daughters came to bless this home, all of whom are living. Mrs. Charles J. Taggart and Mrs. Calvin Taggart of Texhoma, Oklahoma, Mrs. Hayes Lewis, of Missoula, Montana; Mrs. Albert Mueller, Bosworth, Missouri, Mrs. W. A. Meek and Miss Irene King, of this city. Soon after he returned from the army he united with Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Cornelia. He served as an elder in the church for a period of fifty years. At the union of the churches he united with the Presbyterian Church. His entire life has been spent in Post Oak, Chilhowee and Madison townships. He farmed all his life until he removed to Holden eight years ago. His family has been prominent in church affairs for more than 100 years, both in Missouri and Tennessee. The deceased was the grandson of Rev. Samuel King, who, with Rev. Finis Ewing and Samuel McAdow founded the Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Dickson, Tennessee, February 4, 1810, or 1812. The grandfather was active in the ministry in Tennessee for several years removing to Clay County, Missouri, in 1828, and to Johnson County in 1833 where he founded Shiloh church above referred to where his grandson found Christ. He, with Rev. Robert D. Morrow, who came to Missouri in 1819 from Randallville, Kentucky, were the torch bearers of the Cumberland faith in Western Missouri. The grandfather passed away in 1842. The Cumberland Presbyterian Presbytery erected a shaft to his memory over his grave at Shiloh Cemetery. An uncle was also an early day minister of that faith in South Missouri and Arkansas, finally locating in Texas, where he died many years ago. A brother of the deceased, Rev. Samuel Finis King, was prominent in the Cumberland Presbyterian ministry for a long period of time. The father, Richard M. King, was prominently identified with the development of this county from the time of his arrival in 1833 until he was murdered May 2, 1864. During the 1850s he served as a member of the county court and in other official capacities. It has been the privilege of the writer to know the deceased for a lifetime and we can testify to his true Christian spirit. His Christianity was of the pure and simple kind. He was as good a Christian on any day as Sunday, and he lived and died without an enemy. Besides the children above named, he is survived by his widow and one sister, Mrs. John B. Cull of Cornelia. Truly a good citizen has gone to his reward and his family has suffered an irreparable loss. ______ Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171&enc=1> about James H King Name: James H King Marriage Date: 4 Mar 1869 Marriage County: Johnson Spouse Name: Mary E Day 1870 Census -Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri Dwelling 402 King, James 23, MO, farmer, 140.00, 600.00 Mary 22, MO next household is family of Salathiel Stone - 3 household from stepmother, Mary King & family 1880 Census -Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri 1900 Census -Chilhowee Twp, Johnson County, MO June 18, 1900 King, Henry - Sept 1830, 69, married 30 years, MO, TN, MO, farmer Mary E. - Jan 1846, 54, married 30 years, 7 children, 6 living, IN, NC, NC Nellie G - Feb 1881, 19, S, MO, MO, IN Mary F - Dec 1884, 15, S, MO, MO, IN 1910 - Chilhowee Twp, Johnson County, MO April 15, 1910 King, J. H. 64, married 1, 40 years, MO, TN, TN, farmer King, Mary E., 64, married 1, 40 years, IN, NC, NC King, Irene S., 30, S, MO, MO, IN, missionary/China 1920 - 3 WD, Holden, Johnson County, MO January 2, 1920 King, James H. 73, M, MO, TN, MO, occupation - none King, Mary E. 73, M, IN, NC, NC King, Irene S. 40, S, MO, MO, IN, missionary/foreign field U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1138&enc=1> about James King Name: James King Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Missouri Regiment Name: 40 Missouri Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 40th Regiment, Missouri Infantry Company: F Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M390 roll 26
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