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Descendants of Wesley Henry King

Generation No. 1

1. WESLEY HENRY¹ KING (KING^A) was born Abt. 1801 in North Carolina, and died in Cane Hill Arkansas. He married (1) SALLY REED December 25, 1827 in Independence County, AR ¹, daughter of WILLIAM REED and MARGARET ROBERTSON. She was born August 19, 1811. He married (2) EVALINE HOLT November 1836, daughter of JACK HOLT and ELIZABETH POGUE. She was born Abt. 1821 in Alabama, and died Abt. 1907 in Cane Hill Arkansas.

Notes for WESLEY HENRY KING:
"............undoubtedly of English origin and perhaps came from Englad as a lad. Older family members think there were two sisters also, but there is nothing definite enough to state with any degree of accuracy. He came to Arkasas, along with William Reed and his family when they came from Kentucky in 1825; stopped a bit at Batesville, Arkansas, and came on to Cane Hill as one of the seven original families to form the settlement of Boonesboro, later re-named Cane Hill. HIs first wife was Sally Reed, William Reed's oldest child, and by this union there were five chiildren. The marriage record says "Westley King and Sarah Reed." (Sally was a common nickname for Sarah)

Following her death he was wed to Evaline Elizabeth Holt, in November 1836. Eveline was not quite 15 when this marriage took place. She came to be a mother of four step children, the oldest not quite five years her junior! In spite of her age, she was a young lady of considerable aplomb........"
A History of the HOLT FAMILY in WASHINGTON COUNTY ARKANSAS
by Ruth Holt Payne and Mrs. Burlene Hilton

Notes for EVALINE HOLT:
She and Wesley King made their home at Fly Creek, Arkansas.

"..........Eveline was not quite 15 when this marriage took place. She came to be a mother of four step children, the oldest not quite five years her junior! In spite of her age, she was a young lady of considerable aplomb.

"She had already attended the Young Ladies' Female Seminary at Cane Hill, where the young ladies from Boston, who had established this institution instilled culture in the bosoms of the young women in the area. The accounts of Eveline's exploits are legion. Her stamina which was to stand her in good stead throughout her life, is reflected in such stories as the one of her swimming across the river in Alabama where she was born and lived until their removal to Tennessee and then to Arkansas. Another, of the slaughter of thirteen rattlesnakes with a brother seconding her efforts.

"Having thirteen children of her own, and having reared a total of nineteen, she was oblivious to almost anything that would alarm her. During her long life she was an incessant reader. Stories are told of her granddaughters combing and dressing her hair by the hour, literally, while she read, completely oblivious to them. As a result, they always adored her. Her sternest rebuke was to say "Tut tut!"

"She always loved beauty. Flowers were for her almost a necessity and even in the winter months, she would use dried things dusted with flour, to decorate her bedroom. For a fruitful life, there could be no better example. Her activities were in no wise confined to her family circle which was large enough to have occupied most women--------but she was constantly in demand as a midwife. There were almost no medical facilities and her husband, who acted as a doctor and a dentist, among other things, was also in demand. She was his assistant in much that he did. At her death, she had 70 grandchildren and many great grandchildren, also a few great great grandchildren. Hers is the only family to date, in the year 1960, to reach into the eighth generation from the original family of Jack and Elizabeth Holt----the children of Bobby Howard and Teda Jean Howard Braly. The Kings also have the largest number of descendants."
from " A History of the HOLT FAMILY in WASHINGTON COUNTY ARKANSAS
by Ruth Holt Payne and Mrs. Burlene Hilton"

Children of WESLEY KING and SALLY REED are:

	i.		JANE² KING, m. ANSON HODGES.
	ii.		WILLIAM KING, b. 1828.
	iii.		JOSEPH KING, b. 1830.
	iv.		SAMUEL KING, b. 1832; d. 1906.
	v.		MARGET KING, b. 1834.

Children of WESLEY KING and EVALINE HOLT are:

2.	vi.	JAMES HENRY² KING, b. October 08, 1854, Cane Hill Arkansas; d. November 10, 1923.
3.	vii.	EARL (TOBE) KING, b. Abt. 1843.
	viii.	LAURA EMILY KING, b. Abt. 1859; d. Abt. 1945, Cane Hill Arkansas.

Notes for LAURA EMILY KING:
Known to her family as Aunt Em.
Unmarried

She was the youngest daughter of Evaline King. Her red hair was a key to her unusual personality. Although she never married whe was a party in a number of romances and until her dying day, she had a twinkle in her eye, that told you she was a person with a sense of humor. She was never bound by convention and was wont to do whatever appealed to her. This might take the form of a hat or dress or conduct that often jarred the family and the community. At a time when women of middle age were supposed to be sedate, she was not above appearing in a daring bathing suit and disporting herself among the young fry and they enjoyed the water sports. She was always ready with a word for any situation or condition that might arise.

When her hair began to grey, she colored it (unusual at that time). She was known as "one of the most colorful people ever known."

by Conrow Miller (her nephew)

4.	ix.	LEONIDAS KING, b. Abt. 1868; d. 1958.
	x.	SILAS BUNYON KING, b. Abt. 1852.
5.	xi.	BENJAMIN FRANCIS KING, b. Abt. 1854, Beaty Mountain AR.
6.	xii.	ALLEN SEA KING, b. Abt. 1848.
7.	xiii.	JOHN KING, b. Abt. 1838.
8.	xiv.	MARTHA ANN KING, b. Abt. 1841.
9.	xv.	WILLIS JASPER KING, b. 1838.
10.	xvi.	SARAH KING, b. 1851; d. 1921.
11.	xvii.	HIRAM KING, b. 1846; d. 1918.
12.	xviii.	MARY EMMALIN KING, b. Abt. 1852.

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