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Rufus Austin King 1850–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 July 1850

Birth Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America

Death Date: 6 May 1930

Death Location: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: John King

Mother: Martha Earnest

Spouse(s): Mary Thomason

Children(s): Mary King

Rufus Austin King was born in 1850 in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America, the child of John Sevier King And Martha Love Earnest. Rufus Austin King married Mary A Thomason, and had children including Mary Embree King. Rufus Austin King passed away in 1930 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Rufus Austin King was born in 1850 in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America, the child of John Sevier King And Martha Love Earnest.
  • Rufus Austin King married Mary A Thomason, and had children including Mary Embree King.
  • Rufus Austin King passed away in 1930 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Rufus King's Ancestors

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Rufus King
1850–1930
Birth Place: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
Parents
John Sevier King
1810–1845
Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Martha (Love) Earnest
1813–1880
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Walter King
1764–1830
Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Nancy Sevier
1779–1840
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Jacob Earnest
1774–1840
, Washington, North Carolina, USA
Mary Warren
1784–1844
Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas King
1714–1798
John Sevier
1745–1815
Sarah Hawkins
1746–1779
Robert Warren
1742–1826
Parmelia Love
1750–1799
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Valentine Sevier
1702–1803
Joanna Goode
1723–1773

Rufus King's Descendants

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Rufus (Austin) King (19 July 1850–6 May 1930) m. Mary (A) Thomason (1854–1883)
  1. 1. Mary (Embree) King 1878–1965 m. Fred (Cleveland) Cook 1873–1924
    1. 1. Lucille (T) Cook 1898–1980 m. Ray (Orton) Watrous 1900–1960
      1. 1. Paul (Ray) Watrous 1926–2012 m. Bernadean Webb 1925–1957 m. Agnes (J) Watrous 1925–1993 m. Nona (E) Robertson 1942–2011
        1. 1. Gary (Paul) Watrous 1950–2024
      2. 2. Dorthy (L) Leidenheimer 1921–2012 m. Victor (Everett) Mossier 1907–1980 m. Richard (Kern) Wagner 1912–2005
        1. 1. Barbara (R.) Mosier 1943–2014
    2. 2. Richard (Austin) Cook 1907–1970
    3. 3. Isabelle (K) Hamilton 1901–1979
    4. 4. Paul (Henry) Cook 1905–1976
    5. 5. Mary McGuffey 1911–2003
    6. 6. Luciel (T) Cook 1904–
    7. 7. Charles (C) Cook 1898–1910
    8. 8. Frederick Cook 1910–1910

Rufus King's Timeline

2 Records

1850
19 July 1850
Birth of Rufus Austin King in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
1930
6 May 1930
Age 80
Death of Rufus Austin King in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 July 1850
    Event Place: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 May 1930
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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