Photo of Effie Lee Polk King; LaSalle, Louisiana
Submitted by Robert L. King
Date: September 2004


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John Coleman King and Steam Engine
John is the man in front holding a hammer and is wearing darker clothes.
John Coleman King, born Dec. 1, 1886, died Nov. 24, 1924. Interned in Nolley
Memorial Cemetery in Jena, La. John's 1st marriage was to Grace T. Sledges.
She died Oct. 15, 1918. Two of their children, Dorothy and James King died
Christmas Eve 1921 in a car left running when it got stuck. John left to get
help and when he returned the fumes from the running engine had put them to
sleep. His mother Nancy Cassandra Coleman King was also in the car. They
were on their way from Winnfield to Jena when this happened.