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Note: MARY E. KING Mary E. King died at her home in east Holden June 8, 1926. The funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church Thursday, Newton and Murray funeral directors. Mary Elizabeth Day was born in Indiana January 14, 1846. She was the daughter of Richard Day and Sarah Stone Day. At the age of two years she was brought to Missouri by her parents, the long journey being made in a covered wagon. The father purchased a farm near Cornelia where the deceased grew to womanhood. She attended the district schools of her locality and gained a fair education. On March 4, 1869, she was married to Henry King, who resided in the same vicinity. They remained in that locality for years when they disposed of their farm, buying another near Magnolia where they resided until 1912 after which they lived in Holden. The husband died in 1922. They are survived by the following daughters: Mrs. W. A. Meek, Holden; Mrs. Charles Taggart, Mrs. W. C. Taggart, Boise City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Hayes R. Lewis, Mrs. A. A. Mueller, Missoula, Montana; Miss Irene King, Holden; one son died in infancy. She is also survived by fourteen grandchildren, two brothers, Joseph M. Day, now past 92, of Edmond, Oklahoma, D. L. Day of Chilhowee, and two sisters, Mrs. N. C. Scott, West Plains, and Mrs. B. V. Clark, Hardin, Illinois. The King family have long been leaders in the religious activities of the county. Her husband was an elder in the church for more than 50 years. His grandfather, Rev. Samuel King, with Rev. Ewing and Rev. Meadow, founded the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1810. Her daughter Miss Irene King was for some years a missionary in China. The deceased united with the Methodist church during her girlhood, later going with her husband to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She devoted a great deal of time to church work and attended regularly until advancing years and infirmities compelled her to forego much of her church work. Her gentle Christian spirit was an inspiration to her family and friends and her many virtues will long be cherished by all who were so fortunate as to be numbered among her acquaintances. Mary E. King June 08, 1926 Johnson 19913
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