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 1842 - 1920
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| Born |
15 Jun 1842 |
Johnson County, Missouri  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
Dec 1920 |
Mt. Zion Cemetery, Burnet County, Texas |
| Died |
4 Dec 1920 |
Burnet County, Texas |
| Notes |
- James Carmichael King served in the Civil War Company I, 2nd Texas Calvary, Green's Texas Brigade under Col. Ford and later under CL Pyron. He enlisted June 16, 1861 and was honorably discharged 19 May 1865. After the War, he lived some in Louisiana, where he met Susie Miles.
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KING, James C. -- 6 Dec 1920
Contributed by Teresa Shands, 14 May 2000, From the Burnet Bulletin - Dec 6, 1920
JAMES C. KING DEAD
Saturday morning, December 4th, 1920, at his home in Burnet James C. King, following a short illness, departed this life. He was sick only a short time and seriously for only a few days.
The body was interred Sunday afternoon in the Mt. Zion community, by the side of his wife, who preceded him to the Great Beyond some two years ago, and in which community he lived for many years and reared his family. Notwithstanding the very threatening weather, many friends of deceased and family from this place and hundreds from Mt. Zion and Bertram gathered to gathered to pay their last sad rites of respect. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. A. S. Broaddus of Bertram.
The active pallbearers were S.E. Guthrie, Herman Schnabel, Geo. Lamon, Willis Smith, Jesse Root, and Walton Christian. The honorary pallbearers were Gen. Johnson, James Guthrie, Sr., W.T. Cumins, D.T. Munn, J.C. Lamon, R.B. Potts, L.D. Ater, Geo. W. Pierce, H.F. Yoe, and Dr. Howell.
Deceased leaves five daughters, as follows: Mrs. Lon Gothcher of Falfurrias, Mrs. F.W. Jennings of Bertram, Miss Clara King of Dallas, Mrs. Stanley Demand of Oklahoma, Mrs. Bob Reed of Bertram; sons Wat King of Arizona, Tecumseh King of (New) Mexico, and Ben L. King of Burnet. With the exception of Mrs. Gotcher, Wat and Tecumseh, all reached this place in time for the funeral.
Mr. King had been a resident of Burnet County for almost 40 years, the greater portion of this time being spent in the Mt. Zion community. When very young he moved to Texas from Missouri and settled in Karnes County, Texas, where he grew to manhood. When war was declared between the states he promptly volunteered and served under General Tom Green. He made a splendid soldier and was justly proud of the part he played in the Civil War. He attended many of the Confederate Reunions and enjoyed them as few men could.
Shortly after the close of the war he moved to Louisiana, where he remained for several years, and where he married his late companion, a woman of rare gifts and intelligence. J.C. King had the intellect of a Gladstone and in his youth had he been blessed with the educational advantages of the present day, he would have left behind him a great name as a lawyer, educator, journalist or in some field of endeavor. He was a great student of history and current events, and one of the most fascinating talkers and recounter of incidents that had come under his observation that this writer has ever known. I have known him since I was a small boy and King was the only man that by his conversation could completely captivate my attention and make me forget to want to got out and play. He had a rare vein of humor that would give added interest to his descriptions of men and events.
People not well acquainted with him might have thought him gruff and indifferent, but such was not the case. He had a heart as tender as a woman and few men surpassed him in genuine love for his family, friends and neighbors. If he did not like a man, he avoided him, but was never ungracious.
In his death Burnet County loses a spendid citizen, and one who will be missed by scores of warm personal friends. The daughters and sons will mourn a father whom they truly venerated and loved. Especially will he be missed by his younger son Ben who had never left the parental roof and who in his declining years and last days was so tender and faithful in administering to his comfort.
The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the children in the loss of their loving and faithful father. &endash; Burnet Bulletin.
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notes: James Carmichael King, born June 15, 1842 in Johnson Co. MO., was the son of John Lewis King and Elizabeth Barton. He married 1874 in LA, Susie Matilda MILES, who preceded him in death Apr 1, 1918.
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| Person ID |
I732 |
Our Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
18 Aug 2008 |
| Father |
John Lewis KING, b. 8 May 1807, Greene County, Tennessee? , d. 11 Feb 1880, Burnet County, Texas |
| Mother |
Elizabeth BARTON, b. 15 Feb 1819, Jefferson County, Tennessee , d. 11 Jan 1902, Burnet County, Texas |
| Married |
5 Feb 1841 |
Johnson County, Missouri |
| Family ID |
F1679 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Susan MILES, b. 16 Jul 1850, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana , d. 1 Apr 1918, Burnet County, Texas |
| Married |
11 Feb 1874 |
Louisiana |
| Children |
| | 1. Eva KING, b. 6 Jul 1876, Burnet County, Texas , d. 6 Nov 1952 |
| | 2. Watkins KING, b. 4 Feb 1878, Burnet County, Texas , d. 25 Nov 1933, Constellation, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| | 3. Tecumseh KING, b. 13 Dec 1879, Burnet County, Texas , d. 13 Jul 1946, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| | 4. Ben L. KING, b. 20 Mar 1880, Burnet County, Texas , d. 8 Jan 1949, Burnet County, Texas |
| | 5. Lida KING, b. 25 Jul 1883, Burnet County, Texas |
| > | 6. Lillie Rose KING, b. 4 Jan 1886, Burnet County, Texas , d. Jun 1958, Burnet County, Texas |
| | 7. Clarabel KING, b. 4 Jul 1888, Burnet County, Texas , d. 26 Oct 1952 |
| | 8. Grace KING, b. 6 Nov 1890, Burnet County, Texas |
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| Family ID |
F1691 |
Group Sheet |
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