Nancy Cassandra (Coleman) King (1850 - 1921)

Born 13 Oct 1850 in Catahoula, Louisiana, United States

Wife of Benjamin Franklin King — married 28 Dec 1871 in Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1921 at age 71 in Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Burial

Forsyth Cemetery, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA ^[1]

Obituary

AUTO FUMES KILL THREE.
Gases From Engine Fatal to Woman and Two Children.

WINNFIELD, La., December 26. - Mrs. King, mother of John King, locomotive engineer of the Louisiana and Arkansas railroad, and his two children - Frank, eight, and Dorothy, six - were asphyxiated yesterday by fumes from an automobile engine, according to authorities.

King, accompanied by his mother and children, started to Jena, La., to spend Christmas and were halted at Curry, eight miles from here, because of roads.

King is said to have left the engine of his car running and went for help to get his car out of the mud. Upon returning he found the three dead. According to Coroner Fitz of Winnfield, the deaths were due to gas fumes from the engine.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30319010/nancy-cassandra-king: accessed 14 June 2023), memorial page for Nancy Cassandra Coleman King (13 Oct 1850–24 Dec 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #30319010, citing Forsyth Cemetery, Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Tommye Price (contributor 46827428).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QY-QWZ : 29 May 2021), C Coleman in entry for Sarah Coleman, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6K-42B : 14 January 2022), Nancey King in household of Benjamin King, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPY-YGX : accessed 14 June 2023), Nancey C King in household of Benjamin F King, Ward 6, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 21A, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,561.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY3-4R5 : accessed 14 June 2023), Nancey C King, Police Jury Ward 4, La Salle, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 11B, family 550, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,374,529.

• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS15-V13 : 4 March 2021), Nancy C King, 24 Dec 1921; citing Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, certificate number 14607, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,367,142.