| Sources:
1. Marriage Index: Kentucky, 1851-1900. Liahona
Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-233):
| King, B.B. |
Berry, Elizabeth |
01 Sep 1864 |
Lincoln Co. |
| Fishback, Elliott |
King, Annie A. |
21 Jun 1888 |
Lincoln Co. |
| Prewitt, George B. |
King, Mamie J. |
24 May 1892 |
Lincoln Co. |
| McAlister, James O. |
King, Rhoda E. |
21 Jun 1893 |
Lincoln Co. |
2. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image
#12 of 13): Parksville P.O., Parksville, Boyle Co., KY, Roll 448
(Book 1), p. 141A, PN 5, 29/29, enumerated 2 Jul 1870, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| King Benjamin |
30 |
M |
W |
Laborer |
1700 |
|
Kentucky |
| ____ Lizzie |
24 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
|
|
" |
| ____ William |
5 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
" |
| ____ Addie |
3 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
" |
| ____ Mary |
1 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
" |
3. 1880 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#54 of 66): Parksville, Boyle Co., KY, Roll T9_404, p. 342A, PN 53,
SD 3, ED 10, enumerated 7 Jul 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880
(extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880: for an explanation of the column
headings, please see
What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
21 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
| 447 |
458 |
King Benjamin B |
W |
M |
41 |
|
|
/ |
|
Merchant |
|
Ky |
Va |
Ky |
| |
|
____ Elizabeth |
W |
F |
34 |
Wife |
|
/ |
|
Keeping House |
|
" |
Ky |
" |
| |
|
____ William B |
W |
M |
15 |
Son |
/ |
|
|
Clk in Store |
/ |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ Anna A |
W |
F |
13 |
Dau |
/ |
|
|
At home |
/ |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ Mary J |
W |
F |
11 |
Dau |
/ |
|
|
" " |
/ |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ Rhoda E |
W |
F |
9 |
Dau |
/ |
|
|
" " |
/ |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ Larra B |
W |
F |
7 |
Dau |
/ |
|
|
" " |
/ |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ Thomas A |
W |
M |
3 |
Son |
/ |
|
|
" " |
|
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
____ James A |
W |
M |
1 |
Son |
/ |
|
|
" " |
|
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
Berry Adaline |
W |
F |
57 |
Mother-in-Law |
|
|
/ |
" " |
|
" |
Va |
Va |
4. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules
were destroyed.
5. 1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image
#26 of 30): Hustonville (Precinct No. 1), Lincoln Co., KY, Roll 539
(Book 1), p. 158B, SN 13, SD 8, ED 39, enumerated 16 Jun 1900, official
enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1900: for an explanation of the
column headings, please see What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 257 |
258 |
King Ben B |
Head |
W |
M |
Jan 1839 |
61 |
M |
36 |
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Farmer |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
O |
F |
F |
140 |
| |
|
____ Lizzie |
Wife |
W |
F |
May 1846 |
54 |
M |
36 |
13 |
11 |
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ Thomas |
Son |
W |
M |
May 1877 |
23 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Clerk (Dry goods ?) |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ James H |
Son |
W |
M |
Mch 1879 |
21 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Farm Laborer |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ Dora P |
Dau |
W |
F |
May 1881 |
19 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
0 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ Maggie J |
Dau |
W |
F |
Aug 1883 |
16 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
5 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ Ida E |
Dau |
W |
F |
Jan 1886 |
14 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
10 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
____ John E |
Son |
W |
M |
Apr 1888 |
12 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
10 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
6. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image
#10 of 94 — indexed "H. B. King"; online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of
34): Hustonville (Magisterial District 4, Precinct 10), Lincoln Co.,
KY, Roll 490 (Book 1), p. 232B, SN 5B, SD 8, ED 57, enumerated 23 Apr 1910,
official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1910: for an explanation of the
column headings, please see What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
23 |
24 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| 99 |
103 |
King? ? B |
Head |
M |
W |
71 |
M1 |
46 |
|
|
KY |
VA |
KY |
Eng |
President |
Bank Emp |
|
|
Y |
Y |
O |
F |
F |
57 |
| |
|
_____ Lizzie |
Wife |
F |
W |
66 |
M1 |
46 |
13 |
11 |
KY |
KY |
KY |
Eng |
None |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
_____ Margaret |
Daughter |
F |
W |
23 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Eng |
None |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
_____ John |
Son |
M |
W |
21 |
S |
|
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Eng |
Fireman |
Rail Road |
W |
N |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Montgomery W G |
Son-in-law |
M |
W |
32 |
M1 |
8 |
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Eng |
Minister |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
__________ Ida |
Daughter |
F |
W |
31 |
M1 |
8 |
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
Eng |
None |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
This record was extremely difficult to read; I may not have extracted it
entirely accurately.
7. 1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#9 of 34): Hustonville (Magisterial District 4, Precinct 10), Lincoln
Co., KY, p. 239A, SN 5A, SD 8, ED 85, enumerated 12 Jan 1920, official
enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1920: for an explanation of the
column headings, please see What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
23 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| Fm |
85 |
93 |
King Ben B |
Head |
O |
F |
M |
W |
79 |
M |
Y |
Y |
KY |
VA |
VA |
Y |
Farmer |
General |
OA |
73 |
| |
|
|
____ Elizabeth |
Wife |
|
|
F |
W |
72 |
M |
Y |
Y |
KY |
KY |
KY |
Y |
None |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Wilhoit Margaret |
Dau |
|
|
F |
W |
36 |
Wd |
Y |
Y |
KY |
KY |
KY |
Y |
None |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
_______ Charles W |
G-Son |
|
|
M |
W |
6 |
S |
|
|
KY |
KY |
KY |
|
None |
|
|
|
Listed next to their daughter, "Mammie" (æ 50, b. KY, husband George
B. PRUITT); and, in the other direction, listed five households from grandson?
James R. KING (æ 34, b. KY, wife Ida).
8. 1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
not found, at least, not indexed anywhere in Kentucky. Lizzie is
said to have died in 1932, but that year seems suspect.
9. Charles Kerr, ed. 1922. History of Kentucky.
5 vols. American Historical Society, Chicago and New York (online
at Ancestry.com): In Vol. 5 (boldface added):
| p. 205 |
B. B. KING. With a life record of
more than four-score years to his credit, B. B. King has played many parts
and has played them all well, from service to the Union during the Civil
war, through growing business interests in different sections of Kentucky,
and for many years as a factor in agriculture and livestock and other affairs
in Lincoln County. Mr. King is president of the Bank of Moreland,
where he resides.
He was born in Madison County, Kentucky, January 29, 1839.
His grandfather, John Louis King, came from Ireland and spent the
rest of his life as a Virginia planter. He married Nancy Jane
Pence, a native of Holland. Their son, William King, was
born in Virginia in 1783, soon after the close of the Revolutionary war.
He lived in his native state until he was twenty-six, and in 1809 identified
himself with the pioneer district of Kentucky in Madison County, where
he married and where he followed his trade as a cooper and also farmed.
For four years he had his home and work at Indianapolis, Indiana, then
returned to Madison County, also lived in Garrard County, and from 1847
until his death in 1863 lived on and operated a farm in Lincoln County.
He was an old-line whig in politics. William King married
Annie
Baker, who was born in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1790,
and died at Stanford in Lincoln County. They became the parents of
seven children: Nancy Jane was the wife of Arnold Hilton,
a farmer, and both died in Lincoln County; Rhoda Ellen had two husbands,
Richard
Whittaker and John Gray, the first a shoemaker and the latter
a farmer, and all are now deceased; Charles Alfred was a Lincoln
County farmer; Mary, living at Stanford, is the widow of Peter
Straub, a coppersmith; B. B. King is the fifth in the
family; George Washington died while a Union soldier in the Civil
war; and William Riley is a retired tinner and coppersmith, and
living at Moreland.
B. B. King was about eight years of age when his father moved
to a farm in Lincoln County, and most of his education was acquired in
common Schools there. From the age of eighteen until the beginning
of the Civil war he engaged in the freighting business. During the
war he was in the quartermaster's department and had charge of Government
wagon trains. For thirty-five years he had his principal business
headquarters at Parksville in Boyle County, where he operated a small country
store and was a timber dealer on an extensive scale. During the early
'80s he acquired a farm and other interests in Lincoln County and built
up a large business as a dealer in livestock, specializing in the handling
of jacks and mules. He sold his farm in 1910, but still keeps in
touch with rural affairs, since his home is at the edge of Moreland, where
he owns a modern town home with sixteen acres of land adjoining.
The Bank of Moreland was established and opened for business June
2, 1909, under a state charter. Mr. King, the late Charles
Wilhoit and other local citizens were primarily interested in starting
the institution, which has performed many creditable services as a financial
bulwark of the community. Mr. King has been president from
the beginning, while R. F. Steele is vice president and J. C.
McClure, cashier. The bank has a capital of $15,000, surplus
and profits of $4,200, and deposits of about $100,000.
Mr. King served as marshall of the Town of Parksville for
several years. In November, 1893, he was elected to the Legislature
from Lincoln County, and during the session of 1894 and the special session
of 1895 carefully looked after the interests of his consituency.
He is a republican, is an elder in the Christian Church, and a member of
Hustonville Lodge No. 184, F. and A. M. As a banker and private citizen
he exerted himself to the limit in all the financial war drives in his
section of Lincoln County, and he has a medal of honor granted him by the
Government as a token of this service.
On September 1, 1864, at Stanford, Kentucky, Mr. King married
Miss Lizzie Berry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Berry.
Her father was an old time cabinet maker and undertaker. Of the nine
children born to Mr. and Mrs. King, the oldest was W.B. King, who
died at Pineville, Kentucky, at the age of forty-five. He was postmaster,
coal operator, timber dealer and a man of extensive affairs in his section
of the state. The second of the family, Addie, living at Paris,
Kentucky, is the widow of Elliott Fishback, who was a railroad man.
Mary Jane is the wife of George Pruitt, an undertaker, furniture
dealer and farmer at Moreland. Rhoda Ellen is the wife of
J.
O. McAllister, a well known horseman at Lexington. Laura Belle
was married to Zach Alkin, who is in the electrical supply business
at Mobile, Alabama. Dora Pearl is the wife of Joseph Cox,
a coal operator at Bowling Green. Margaret, living with her
father, is the widow of the late Charles W. Wilhoit, one of the
founders of the Bank of Moreland. Ida is the wife of
G.
W. Montgomery, pastor of the Christian Church at Somerset, Kentucky.
The youngest child of Mr. King was John Edward King, a dentist
by profession. He joined the Dental |
| p. 206 |
Corps and went to France with the Expeditionary
Forces. While performing his duties in a hospital near the front
line a shell struck the building and he was killed October 30, 1918. |
If "B.B." (Benjamin Burke) was born in 1839, his mother was certainly not
born in 1790 — it's just not possible biologically. Like most men
of his era, Benjamin was obviously too wrapped up in himself to give a
good account of his family — they don't call these "vanity" publications
for nothing.
10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |