King Family

Jacob King Family

King family

King family home
The 1935 Plat Map shows Jacob King as owner of about 120 acres in Sec 3 & 4, West Union Township, T 5 S R 21 W and 40 acres in Sec 35, Lincoln Township, T 4 S, R 21 W.

At this time, little is known about the King family. They were friends of Henry and Kate Glennemeier. Jake King was supposed to have been a store owner of some kind. If you have any information about this family, please contact me. Thanks!

It is with sad hearts that we are obliged to record the passing of another pioneer in the person of Mrs. Jacob King. Louisa Michener was born in Germany the 13th of April, 1852. When a child of sixteen months she came to America with her parents and remained for several years in Buffalo, New York. In 1866 she came with her parents to Rickerton* County, Nebraska. During this time she also joined the Catholic church. On the 4th day of May, 1874, she joined hands in holy matrimony with Jacob King. Five years later, in 1879, they went out to Kansas and filed on their homestead where she lived until her death, July 13, 1924. Although not blessed with children, she was great lover of little children. They adopted and lavished their parental love on an orphan boy.

Mrs. King had been in failing health, especially since 1919, when the influenza left her with a weakened condition which finally brought on several strokes of apoplexy. She had apparently almost entirely recovered from recent attack and was feeling much better than for some time, feeling so well Sunday morning she came to church something she had not been able to do for eight months. After divine services on her way home, another stroke came over her, and all that loving hands, all that solicitous and conscientious medical aid could do was done, yet death conquered and she fell asleep in the Lord at 6 p.m. The funeral took place at the Catholic Church, at a Requiem High Mass, sang by Father Riedel. Her earthly remains were laid to await the final call on the last day July 16, 1924.

Thus ends the life of another pioneer, a good faithful wife, a loving and kind mother, and sincere friend and neighbor. She was loved and revered by all who knew her. Mother King will be sadly missed by a kind husband and loving son and a host of sympathetic friends. Thus one after another each one in his turn must answer the call from above to come home to our eternal Fatherland, where there will be joy and happiness forever. Newspaper Unknown-Date Unknown, 1924 *This is probably Richardson County, NE - ag

Photos and obituary courtesy of Gail Noel Barnes