David Clark King (1837 - 1915)

Born 19 Sep 1837 in Johnson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Louisa Andrews — married 12 Dec 1865 (to 2 Apr 1868) in Clark County, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 9 May 1915 at age 77 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

David Clark King born on 19 September 1837 in Tennessee in a moving wagon enroute to Illinois from Virginia. He was the son of Valentine King (1814) and Deborah Ann Umbarger (1817-1895). ^{[1] [2] [3]}
David Clark King and his parents settled in Marshall, Clark County, Illinois. ^{[1] [2]}
David Clark King had 5 siblings, Sarah Louise (King) Patten (1842-1923), James Harvey King (1845-1912), Lyman Taylor King (1849-?), Stoddard King (1854-1926), and Emma L. (King) Shipe (1855-1906). ^{[1] [2]}
David Clark King graduated from Marshall College. ^[3]

David Clark King served in the United States Civil War on the Union side. ^[3] He enlisted as a sergeant and mustered out as a 1st Lieutenant in Company F, 79th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. ^{[4] [3]} In 1907 and 1908, he was listed on an army invalid card for his service during the Civil War. ^[5] When he died, his widow Martha Long collected a widow's pension for his service. ^[6] He was wounded twice and participated in 25 or more battles of the Army of the Cumberland. ^[3]

David Clark King married Sarah Louisa Andrews (1843-1868), daughter of Reverend Dean and Louisa (Shaw) Andrews, on 12 December 1865 in Clark County, Illinois. ^[7]
They had 1 child.

Rev Harry Andrews King (1867-1927) ^[3]

David Clark King married Martha Long (1843-1942) on sometime before 1872.
They had 4 children between 1872 and 1879: ^{[8] [9] [6]}

Unknown King (b. sometime after 1872, d. sometime before 1900) Died young. ^{[8] [9]}

Annie Louise King (1874-1908) ^{[8] [9] [9]}

m. Benjamin Shore Deatherage (1869-1947) on 10 November 1898 in Jackson County, Missouri. ^[9]

Alice Jessie King (1876-1933) ^{[8] [9] [10]}

m. (1) William Stanley Laidlaw (1876-1926) on 14 February 1900 in Jackson County, Missouri. (Divorced before 1910.) ^[10]

m. (2) Holt David Miller (age 57), son of Henry Miller and Matildy Patten, on 2 October 1920 in Los Angeles, California.. ^[11]

Lyman Glenn King (1879-1960) ^{[8] [9] [9]}

David Clark King retired in 1890 and, due to poor health, moved to Long Beach, California. ^[3]
David Clark King died on 19 May 1915 in Long Beach, California and was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America. ^[12]

Research Notes

Add other sources that document the names of Rev. Harry Andrews King's parents.

The 1900 US federal census says that Martha King had 4 children, but only 3 were living. It also says she'd been married for 28 years. The child would have lived sometime between 1872 and 1900. ^[9]
The 1880 US federal census shows only 3 children, so either the 4th child was born and died between 1872 and 1880 or was born and died between 1880 and 1900. ^{[8] [9]}

Obituary

Kansas City Star. ^[13] FUNERAL OF DAVID C. KING
Kansas City Pioneer Died at Long Beach, Cal., May 9.
The burial of David C. King, one of Kansas City's pioneers, who died in Long Beach, Cal., May 9, will be here. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Independence Avenue M. E. Church, of which Mr. King was a member before moving to California 5 years ago. He was 77 years old.
Mr. King came to Kansas City in 1865 after serving in the Civil War as lieutenant in the Seventy-ninth Illinois. He engaged in the contracting and building business and built many of the business and school buildings of early Kansas City. For thirty years he lived at the northeast corner of Tenth Street and Baltimore Avenue, where the First National Bank now stands. Before Mr. King sold the property in 1890 it was a high clay bank standing forty feet above its present level. His contracting shop was on the site of the New York Life Building.
Mr. King was a member of the ... R., which will conduct the funeral ... ices. He is survived by his second wife ... two sons, Harry Andrews King, Mars Hill, Ind., and Lyman G King ... field, La; a daughter, Mrs. Jessie ... law, of Kansas City, and a sister ... Ben S. Deatherage of this city.

Census Records

United States Census, 1850, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, United States. ^[1]

United States Census, 1860, Marshall Township, Clark, Illinois United States. ^[2]

United States Census, 1880, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. ^[8]

United States Census, 1900, Precinct 8 Kansas City Ward 7, Jackson, Missouri, United States. ^[9]

United States Census, 1910, Palmyra, Douglas, Kansas, United States. ^[10]

Sources

^{[1] [2] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [5] [6] [13] [11] [3] [12]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4}
   "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M85V-MLZ : 12 April 2016), D C King in household of Valentine King, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, United States; citing family 28, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4}
   "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXCM-6KX : 13 December 2017), David C King in entry for Felty King, 1860.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7}
   History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, Archibald Shaw, January 1, 1915, Unigraphic, pp 473, 477-479, 628-630.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1}
   "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSTF-P2D : 4 December 2014), David C. King, First Lieutenant, Company F, 79th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 881,669.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1}
   "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2M29-FY9 : 11 March 2018), David C King, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,290.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2}
   "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NHCR-HNB : 24 March 2016), David C. King, 1915.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1}
   "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2LL-44L : 10 February 2018), David C. King and Sarah L. Andrews, 12 Dec 1865; citing , Clark, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,306,061.
   "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2PL-66K : 4 November 2017), David C King and Sarah L Andrews, 1865; citing Clark, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,306,061.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7}
   "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6XZ-H2D : 14 August 2017), D C King, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 473A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0693; FHL microfilm 1,254,693.
9. ↑ ^{9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11}
   "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3Z9-44L : accessed 24 March 2018), David C King, Precinct 8 Kansas City Ward 7, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 7A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,862.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3}
    "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2CQ-DRY : accessed 24 March 2018), David C King, Palmyra, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 4B, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 438; FHL microfilm 1,374,451.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1}
    "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8FB-8KP : 8 December 2017), David Clark King in entry for Holt David Miller and Jessie Laidlaw, 02 Oct 1920; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,264.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1}
    David Clark King on Find A Grave: Memorial #94367421 retrieved 24 March 2018
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1}
    Funeral Notice of David C. King, Kansas City Star, May 1915.