Generation Three

 

 

8.  Thomas Baker KING (589);[1] born February 4, 1844 in Pulaski Co., VA;[2] married Mary Jane Rankin (590), daughter of James Rankin (614) and Amanda M. Godby (615), December 19, 1866 in Pulaski Co., VA;[3] died of influenza on October 7, 1918 in Pulaski Co., VA, at age 74.[4]^,[5]

     A Civil War Veteran, he enlisted in the 50th VA INF as a Private, Co. I  in Dublin, Pulaski Co., VA "in the spring" of 1863 and served two years.  Born in Pulaski Co. on Feb. 4, 1844, Thomas King was a laborer, age 16, in 1860.  He  On Feb. 15, 1865, he was detailed "to gather forage for army."  After the war, Thomas King was a farmer.  He was living, age 63 in Pulaski Co., VA on Aug. 12, 1907 and he eventually died there of influenza on Oct. 7, 1918.[6] He ended military service after February 15, 1865.[7]

     He was a farmer in 1867[8]^,[9] in Pulaski Co., VA.[10]

 

     Mary Jane RANKIN (590)[11]^,[12] was born after February 12, 1850 in Pulaski Co., VA.[13]

     Children of Thomas Baker King (589) and Mary Jane Rankin (590) were as follows:

+       11.        i.    Cornelia Idella (545), born August 28, 1867 in Pulaski Co., VA; married John Chester Roseberry (544).

         12.        ii.    William Chapman (591); born December 5, 1868 in Pulaski Co., VA; died July 15, 1961, at age 92[14] and was buried in Newbern Community Cemetery, Pulaski Co., VA.[15]

     He lived on November 3, 1954 in Newbern, Pulaski, VA.[16]

         13.      iii.    George Edward (592); born April 13, 1877.

         14.       iv.    Rhoda (593); born February 26, 1879.

         15.       v.    Fred Hydon (594); born May, 1880.

         16.       vi.    Edgar Boynton (595); born August 28, 1881.

         17.     vii.    Ella Howe (596); born March 5, 1883; married ? McCrow (602).

     She lived on November 3, 1954 in Radford, VA.[17]

         18.     viii.    Bessie Cloyd (597); born March 1, 1885; married ? Robbins (601).

     She lived on November 3, 1954 in Blacksburg, VA.[18]

         19.       ix.    Mary Jane (598); born October 13, 1886; married ? Roseberry (600).

     She lived on November 3, 1954 in Glen Rock, PA.[19]

         20.       x.    Walter Wysor (599); born September 5, 1887.

     He lived on November 3, 1954 in Switchback, WVA.[20]

 

 

Generation Four

 

 

11.  Cornelia Idella KING (545);[21]^,[22] born August 28, 1867 in Pulaski Co., VA;[23]^,[24] married John Chester Roseberry (544), son of Samuel Roseberry (566) and Agnes Jane Manly (567), September 17, 1885 in Pulaski Co., VA;[25] died November 2, 1954 in Pulaski Co., VA, at age 87;[26] and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski Co., VA.[27]

    

     John Chester ROSEBERRY (544)[28]^,[29] was born on October 11, 1863 in Carroll Co., VA.[30]^,[31],[32] He worked at Pulaski Veneer Corporation between 1927 and 1940.[33] He worked at RCA after 1940.[34] Roseberry lived before 1954 in Newbern Ave., East Pulaski, Pulaski, VA[35]^,[36] and was a member of the Aldergate Methodist Church.[37] He died on April 10, 1959 in Pulaski Co., VA, at age 95[38] and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski Co., VA.[39]

For more on this family see the Roseberry section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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