Robert
"Bob"
King
Born about in Illinois, USA
Son of Wilsey P. King
and Eliza (Wilson) King
Brother of
Frances King, John King, William J. King, James Alfred King, Mary Jemima (King) Chastain and Matilda A. (King) Baty
Husband of
Tabitha Ann (House) Watson
— married
28 Jul 1870 in Howell County, Missouri, USA
Descendants 
Father of
William Fletcher King and Dora (King) Peters
Died
at about age 28
[location unknown]
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Biography
Robert was born about 1848. He is the son of Wilsey King & Eliza P. Wilson
In 1850 They were living in McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, USA[1]
King, W P Male 30 Tennessee
. . . Eliza Female 33 Tennessee
. . . Francis Female 17 Alabama
. . . John Male 11 Alabama
. . . William Male 8 Alabama
. . . James Male 7 Illinois
. . . Mary Female 5 Illinois
. . . Robert Male 3 Illinois
. . . Matilda Female 1 Tennessee
1860 Missouri Census, Howell Co., Howell, p12[2]
King, Wilzey P., - 40 AL, Mechanic
. . . . Eliza P. - 43 TN, Domestic
. . . . John A. - 20 AL, Farmer
. . . . William J. - 18 AL
. . . . Alfred - 16 AL
. . . . Robert - 12 IL
. . . . Matilda A. - 11 TN
. . . . Mary - 10 IL
In 1870 they were in Oak Grove Township, Oregon County, Missouri. Robert was the only child still living at home.[3]
1870 Missouri Census - Oregon Co., Oak Grove twp., pg11
King, Wilzey - 50 b AL, Farmer
. . . . E.P. - 56 TN (looks like “W.P.”)
. . . . Robert - 22 IL, F.L.(Farm Laborer)
Next Door is son:
King, Wm. - 26 MO, Farmer
. . . . Sarah - 22 MO
. . . . Mary - 1 MO
He married Tabitha Ann House, July 28, 1870, Howell County, MO.[4]
They had 2 children.
- William Fletcher, b 1873; m Mary M. French, 1893;
- Dora (sometimes went by Watson, her step-father), b about 1875; she was 2 when her father died; she had a child when she was 16 with Posey Woodside Willard in 1900, then she m William Edward Peters a few months after her baby was born. She died from a snake bite.
Robert died in 1876, about 29 years old.[5]
Tabitha remarried in 1879 to Sam Watson. They had 8 more children.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", McNairy, McNairy, TN, USA, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-GHC : Thu Mar 07 03:11:06 UTC 2024), Entry for W P King and Eliza King, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", Howell County, MO, USA, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ3-DGH : Fri Mar 08 22:30:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Wilsey P King and Eliza P King, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", Oak Grove, Oregon Co., MO, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46B-Q7L : Tue Mar 05 08:38:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert King in household of Wilzey King, 1870.
- ↑ Missouri"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CY6-FTGB : Sun Mar 10 16:56:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert King and Tabitha House, 28 Jul 1870. Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Ancestry.com, Marriage of Robert King & Tabitha House, Howell Co., MO, 28 July 1870
- ↑ The obituary of Tabitha House Watson, 1937, Shannon Co., Missouri, newspaper clipping, undated, unsourced. Emailed to me by Wanda Affholter, 2010. It says she was married to Robert King in 1870 and they had two children named Dora King and William Fletcher King and that Robert King died in 1876. -- the newspaper might have been the Shannon County Democrat in Winona, MO, but the Feb 11 & 18 edition doesn't have her obit.--https://shsmo.org/collections/newspapers/mdnp
- 1860 census
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