Irven King (1880 - 1938)

Born 21 Sep 1880 in Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Julia (Blunt) King — married about 1904 in South Dakota, United States

Died 11 Dec 1938 at age 58 in Davison, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Irven King, son of John King and Caroline Gannon, was born 21 September 1880.^[1][2]
He was probably 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][5]

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.

After the marriage of Irvin King and Julia Blunt in 1904, they farmed in Fairview Township^[6] then later in Jasper Township, Hanson County. ^[7][8]

Their children were born in South Dakota:

1. Ruth Otella King^[6]
2. Esther King^[6][7]
3. Vernell King^[6][7][8]
4. Floyd King^[6][7]
5. Rachel King^[7][8]
6. Herbert King^[7][8]

When Irven King registered for the WWI draft 12 Sep 1918, he was a married, self employed farmer in rural Fulton, Hanson, South Dakota.^[1]

Irven King died 11 December 1938 in Davison, South Dakota; ^[9] burial in Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, Hanson County, South Dakota, with his wife Julia.^[2][10]

Gravestone Inscription ^[2]

FATHER

IRVEN KING

SEPT 21, 1880

DEC 11, 1938

MOTHER

JULIA KING

JULY 26, 1883

AUG 22, 1970

Research Notes

Re: Given name spelling
His name is spelled Irven on his gravestone and WW I draft registration ;
aka Irvin, Ervin, Irving

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119699468/irven-king: accessed 17 September 2023), memorial page for Irven King (21 Sep 1880–11 Dec 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119699468, citing Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by High Plains (contributor 47607357).
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. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR7-LQT : accessed 17 September 2019), Irvin King in household of 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.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPX1-NBS : accessed 17 September 2019), Irvin King, Fairview, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 220, sheet 8A, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1481; FHL microfilm 1,375,494.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J9-Q8S : accessed 17 September 2019), Irving King, Jasper, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing ED 91, sheet 6B, line 56, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1719; FHL microfilm 1,821,719.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVW-N29 : accessed 17 September 2019), Irvin King, Jasper, Hanson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2A, line 38, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2224; FHL microfilm 2,341,958.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. South Dakota, Death Index, 1879-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. Index to South Dakota Death Records, 1905-1955. Pierre, SD, USA: South Dakota Department of Health [2]
10. ↑ Graceland Cemetery, Fulton, South Dakota, Jasper Township Sec. 17-103-58 (online) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdhanson/cemetery.html [KING, Irven Father/Irven King/Sept. 21, 1880/Dec. 11, 1938; Julia Mother/Julia King/July 26, 1883/Aug. 22, 1970]