John Henry King (1844 - 1916)

Born 21 Dec 1844 in District of Columbia, United States

Husband of Caroline (Gannon) King — married 25 Feb 1874 in Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1916 at age 71 in Alexandria, Hanson, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

John Henry King was born 21 December 1844 at Washington D.C. , the fifth of eight children of Mary and Thomas King.^[1] The King family migrated to Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin before 1850. ^[2] John remained there with his mother after his father's death (before 1870). ^[3]

John was a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, serving four years in Company F, 3rd Minnesota Infantry (27 Sep 1861-15 Sep 1865). ^[4]While "on garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee...most of the men were captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 13, 1862." ^[5]

"During an interval of parole, his regiment was commissioned to service at the Indian Uprising in the state of Minnesota in 1862, resulting in the terrible 'New Ulm massacre', ^[6]and the regiment of which he was a member effecting the capture of the notorious Indian chief, 'Little Crow'." ^[7]

At the end of the brief campaign, the regiment returned to Fort Snelling to reorganize. The 3rd Minnesota returned to garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee in January 1863, joined in the Siege of Vicksburg, participated in the campaign to capture Little Rock, Arkansas (August-Sept 1863). The 3rd Minnesota Infantry was discharged from service at Fort Snelling on 16 [15] September 1865. ^[5][8]Alternatively, he may have been discharged 2 September 1865 in Devall's Bluff, Arkansas, according to the "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865."^[4]

After the war, he returned home and in 1870, he lived with his mother Mary, sister Ann, and brother James in Brooklyn..^[9]

Caroline Gannon and John Henry King married on 25 February 1874 in Rock County, Wisconsin. ^[10][11]They lived in Union Township, Rock, Wisconsin in 1880.^[12]

Their sons were born in Wisconsin and a daughter was born in South Dakota:^[1]

Vernell King (1875-1952)

Ernest King (1877-1972)

John M. King (1879-1879)

Irven King (1880-1932)

Georgie (King) Boehmer (1885-1974)

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. They built a "pleasant farmstead" where they raised their children. ^[13][14][15]

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 Kingmarried Julia Blunt, and their sister, Georgie King married Frank Boehmer. A 4th Blunt daughter, Lydia Louise, married Caroline's brother, Henry Philip Gannon.

John was an honored member of General Harrison Post, G.A.R. No. 36. ^[16]He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd fellows, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. ^[7]He was elected to the South Dakota lower house for a term of two years (1907-1908). ^[17] John filed for his Civil War pension in 1907.^[18]

In 1910, John and Caroline moved to Pipestone, Minnesota, where Caroline's father, Thomas Gannon, had been living with her siblings, Clara and Frank.^[19]Her father died there in 1911. ^[20]

John and Caroline returned to South Dakota shortly before John's death at their home in Alexandria on 28 August 1916. The cause of death was apoplexy. ^[21]The largely attended funeral services were conducted at his residence by Rev. Joseph Kearton, pastor of the M.E. church at Miller, South Dakota; ^[7]burial in Green Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota. ^[1][22]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113750739/john-henry-king: accessed 17 September 2023), memorial page for John Henry King (21 Dec 1844–28 Aug 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113750739, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by sameelee (contributor 48534864).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DJ-9X7 : Sun Mar 10 13:33:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas King and Mary King, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMB-5TM : Sat Mar 09 16:51:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas King and Mary King, 1860.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.[1]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Wikipedia contributors, "3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2019).
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Battles of New Ulm," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2019).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Unknown newspaper, 1916, John H King Obituary
8. ↑ NO IMAGE: "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR3L-Z4PZ : 14 January 2019), John H King, 15 Sep 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9X-HJ9 : Tue Mar 05 10:03:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary King and Anna King, 1870.
10. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8G-GG3 : 16 March 2018), John King and Caroline Gannon, 25 Feb 1874; citing , Rock, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,528.
11. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRRP-82V : 11 February 2018), John King and Caroline Gannon, 25 Feb 1874; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,528.
12. ↑ "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.
13. ↑ Argus-Leader Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Wednesday, April 09, 1941, Caroline Gannon King Obituary
14. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SS-K44 : 11 March 2018), John King, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,253.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR7-LQP : accessed 17 September 2019), John H King, Fairview & Spring Lake Townships, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 2B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,550.
16. ↑ "South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3Q-28KZ : 16 March 2018), John H King, 1882-1932; citing , , South Dakota, United States, box #Box 3379A Post lists and members, 1861-1932, line #, South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,400,586.
17. ↑ South Dakota Legislature, Statehood Legislators, (online) http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorsByType.aspx?Type=S "King, John H., born 1850, death 1906 [1916], 2 years,Public Utilities Commissioner 1889-1892 ]
18. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288 [John H King, Place Filed SD, Relation to Head: Soldier, Spouse:Caroline King, F3 MN INF, Invalid filed:19 Mar 1907 in SD, Widow filed:9 Oct 1916 in SD]
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2P9-TH7 : accessed 5 November 2019), Carrie King in household of John H King, Pipestone Ward 1, Pipestone, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 166, sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 715; FHL microfilm 1,374,728.
20. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V47S-P6N : 4 December 2014), Thomas Gannon, 17 Jul 1911; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Pipestone, Minnesota, record 80942, certificate number 010114, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
21. ↑ Ancestry.com. South Dakota, U.S., Death Index, 1879-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.[2]
22. ↑ Greenhill Cemetery, Wayne Township, Alexandria, South Dakota, 58-102-10 (online) http://sites.rootsweb.com/~sdhanson/greenhillh_q.htm [King, John H. John H. King/Co. F. 3 Minn. Inf./1844-1916 and King, Carolina Carolina King/Sept. 1, 1854/Apr. 3, 1941]