Thurman Malvern King (1863 - 1930)

Born 20 Mar 1863 in near Laurel Run Church, Grant District, Preston, West Virginia, United States

Husband of Katie E (Cunningham) King — married 18 Oct 1891 in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, United States

Died 29 Jul 1930 at age 67 in West Virginia, United States

Biography

Son of William J., son of Thomas, son of James. Buried at Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

Children:

1. Edward Thorp - b. Sept. 25, 1895 - m. Viola Reed.

2. Hazel McKinley - b. June 23, 1897 - m. 1st. at Bruceton Mills, W. Va, May 5,1918, JAMES SUMNER ELLIOTT - b. Mar. 11, 1894, Davis, W. Va. - d. Oct. 30, 1918, Camp Mead, Md., buried at Terra Alta, W. Va, served during World War with Co. 8, 154 Depot Brigade, July 25, 1918, to Oct. 30, 1918, son of Edward P. Elliott and Electa Forman - m. 2nd at Morgantown, W. Va, Aug. 14, 1930, ZADOK WHITESELL - b. Aug. 14, 1894, Johnstown,. P a , son of Jonathan Whitesell and Mary Springer. - Children by 1st. marriage:

i. Edward Sumner Elliott - b. Feb. 8, 1919, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.

3. William Scott - b. Aug. 10, 1899 - m. Edna Mosser.

4. Lyda Helen - b. Jan. 19, 1907 - m at Bruceton Mills, W. Va, Oct. 2, 1926, THOMAS RICHARD FIELD - b. Jan. 16, 1904, Kingwood, W. Va, son of Samuel Field (Richard) and Mae Cool (Thomas) - residence, Kingwood, W. Va. - Children:

i. Donald King Field - b. July 31, 1927, Kingwood, W. Va.

ii. Robert Dale Field - b. Feb. 26, 1930, Kingwood, W. Va.

iii. Joseph Richard Field - b. Oct. 29, 1931, Terra Alta, W. Va.

Sources

• Genealogy of some early families in Grant and Pleasant districts, Preston County, West Virginia; Also The Thorpe Family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania; and The Cunningham Family of Somerset County, Pennsylvania; King Genealogy; Page 50; Quote: 1236. THURMAN MALVERN KING (William J. – Thomas – James) – b. Mar. 20, 1863, near Laurel Run Church, Grant District, Preston County, W. Va. – d. July 29, 1930, buried at Bruceton Mills, W. Va. – m. at Bruceton Mills, W. Va., Oct 18, 1891, Katie Cunningham – b. Feb 2, 1869, Ohio Pyle, Penn., daughter of Thaddeus S. Cunningham and Eliza Jane Liston (see Cunningham Genealogy) – lived near Hopewell Church, Grant District, Preston County, W. Va., except between the years 1887 and 1889 in Nebraska and Colorado.