#52Ancestors: Week 2 – James Larkin King

This is week two of the 2015 #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of u52ancestors-2015 Images blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

Our theme inspiration for this week is “Kings,” in honor of Elvis’s and Martin Luther King. Did we have any royal relatives, or those who fled oppression? Since I have a King surname in my collateral family tree, I chose to write a short post about them.

I wrote about Ervin and May King in the 2014 Challenge #52Ancestors No. 34 Just A Photo In A Box.  James Larkin King is their grandfather.  James was born in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1856.  He married Mary Elizabeth Toy in 1873.  James and Elizabeth had five known children, Rose Etta, Laura, Eliza, L. Marvin, and Ewin O.

James may have died in 1899 or later.  There is a listing at FindAGrave, however, no records or good sources can verify date of death. I have not been able to affirmatively find a reference to the family in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.  They just seem to be an enigma.  I even tried searching forward and tracing using the children’s names and have not had much luck.

The family at one time lived near Robards (pronounced Roberts) in Henderson Co.  Elizabeth Toy’s mother is Martha Frances Robards.  Robards was founded by J.D. Robards just after the Civil War.  Triplett is also a well known surname in Robards.  Rose Etta married John W. Triplett and had one child.

These surnames are listed in the “History of Henderson County” by Edmund L. Starling, printed in 1887.  It is available for free at Google Books. If I had more direct ties to this county and family, I would give the book a more thorough read.  For  now it goes on a research log.

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