Ernest King (1877 - 1972)

Born 19 Oct 1877 in Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie Lourilla (Blunt) King — married 19 Dec 1899 in Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States

Died 23 May 1972 at age 94 in Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Ernest King, son of John King and Caroline Gannon, was born 19 October 1877.^[1][2]
He may have been born in Union Township, Rock, Wisconsin where they lived in 1880.^[3]

In 1881, the John King family and his brother, James King, left their home in Rock County, Wisconsin, for Dakota territory. They settled on government land in what is now Fairview Township, Hanson County.^[4] John and Caroline King's three sons married three Blunt sisters, daughters of Charlotte (Cordray) and James Madison Blunt: Vernell "Vern" King married Lucy Blunt, Ernest King married Nellie Blunt, and Irven King married Julia Blunt, and their sister, Georgie King married Frank Boehmer. A 4th Blunt daughter, Lydia Louise, married Caroline's brother, Henry Philip Gannon.

Ernest King and Miss Nellie Blunt of Fulton were married at the residence of and by Rev. T.H. Youngman in Mitchell, South Dakota, on Tuesday, 19 December 1899. ^[5]

Ernest and Nellie had one son born 17 January 1903 in Hanson County.

1. Everett Foster King^[6]

Ernest and Nellie farmed in Fairview Township, Hanson, South Dakota until her death more than four decades later. ^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Nellie died 15 March 1946, ^[13]and by 1950, Ernest lived with his widowed brother Vernell in Fairview Township.^[14]

Ernest King died 23 May 1972 in a Mitchell nursing home in Mitchell, South Dakota. ^[15][16][2]He is buried with Nellie and their son Everett in Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, Hanson County, South Dakota.^[17][1]

Ernest King Obituary^[2]

1972 - Ernest King Obituary

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119699002/ernest-king: accessed 17 September 2023), memorial page for Ernest King (1877–1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119699002, citing Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by High Plains (contributor 47607357).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The Daily Republic Mitchell, South Dakota · Thursday, May 25, 1972
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHX-DD3 : 14 September 2017), Ernest King in entry for John H King, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 200, sheet 419B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1444; FHL microfilm 1,255,444.
4. ↑ Argus-Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Wednesday, April 09, 1941, Caroline Gannon King Obituary
5. ↑ The Mitchell Capital Mitchell, South Dakota · Friday, December 22, 1899
6. ↑ "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-C6PK : 11 February 2018), Ernest King in entry for Everett King, 17 Jan 1903; citing Birth, Hanson, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR7-YHF : accessed 17 September 2019), Ernest E King, Fairview & Spring Lake Townships, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 3B, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,550.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXB-NJW : accessed 17 September 2019), Ernest King, Fairview, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 220, sheet 9A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1481; FHL microfilm 1,375,494.
9. ↑ "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMH6-Z7F : 29 July 2017), Ernest King; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,283,546.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J9-XMD : accessed 17 September 2019), Ernest Ring, Fairview, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing ED 90, sheet 8B, line 81, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1719; FHL microfilm 1,821,719
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVW-8W4 : accessed 17 September 2019), Ernest A King, Fairview, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 3A, line 22, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2224; FHL microfilm 2,341,958.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V19K-BVY : 27 July 2019), Ernest King, Fairview Township, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-5, sheet 2B, line 56, family 31, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3857
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. South Dakota, U.S., Death Index, 1879-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.[1]
14. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.[2]
15. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBMD-62R : 20 May 2014), Ernest King, May 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
16. ↑ Ernest King funeral card [In Memory of Ernest King; 19 Sep 1877-23 May 1972; funeral services 26 May 1972, Montgomery's Funeral Home, Alexandria, SD; officiating Rev. Peary Wilson]
17. ↑ Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, South Dakota, Jasper Township Sec. 17-103-58 (online) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdhanson/cemetery.html [KING, Nellie 1879-1946; Ernest 1877-1972; KING, Everett E. 1903-1967]