TAG
Event: Alt. Birth. 9 Jul 1823.
Note: #NI343.
Note NI343Anna "Nancy" Zook King.
Birth: Jul. 9, 1823.
Mifflin County.
Pennsylvania, USA.
Death: May 12, 1889.
New Wilmington.
Lawrence County.
Pennsylvania, USA.
KING - On the 12th of May, at her residence in Wilmington township, Lawrence Co., Pa., of erysipelas, Anna King (maiden name Zook), widow of Bishop Shem King, aged 65 years, 8 months and 12 days. 1
She was married to Shem King January 20, 1842; was the mother of 10 sons and 1 daughter. Two sons and a daughter died in childhood; all the surviving sons attended the funeral.
Buried on the 14th of May, in the Amish Mennonite burying-ground, near New Wilmington. Many friends and relatives met to pay their last respects to one who was a faithful sister in the Amish Mennonite church, a kind mother and devoted Christian. Services by John K. Yoder, of Wayne Co., O., and John R. Zook, from John 14:1-6.
Herald of Truth, June 1, 1889, pages 172, 173. 1
Family links:
Spouse:
Shem King (1819 - 1876). 1
Children:
Johathan K King (1845 - 1897).
Christian Z King (1846 - 1914).
Abraham Z King (1849 - 1921).
Jacob Z. King (1851 - 1922).
Samuel S King (1852 - 1907).
John Z. King (1856 - 1921). 1 1
Burial:
Maple Grove Mennonite.
New Wilmington.
Lawrence County.
Pennsylvania, USA.[1]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured Female Poet connections: Anna is 16 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 25 degrees from Ruth Niland, 28 degrees from Karin Boye, 26 degrees from 照 松平, 20 degrees from Anne Barnard, 39 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 27 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 18 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 29 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 20 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 22 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 16 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.