Biographical Sketch of Rufus King, Johnson County, Missouri
Kingsville Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

RUFUS KING,
farmer and stock raiser, post office, Kingsville. Born in Jackson
County, Alabama, March 26, 1822. His father, William King, was a native
of Kingston, Tennessee, and his father was the first white settler in
Kingston. The father of our subject was a public man, having been
representative several years. He came to Missouri in 1853, and settled
on the lands where the town of Kingsville now stands, entering the lands
from the government, and died about the year 1870 at a very advanced
age. Rufus early engaged in the merchantile business, and followed it
until the year 1850, when he came to Johnson County and settled on the
land which constitutes his present farm. He followed farming and stock
raising till the outbreak of the war. He enlisted in the Confederate
service, and engaged in eleven hotly contested battles. He was shot
through his clothes several times. but escaped without a wound. In 1867,
he returned to his old home in Kingsville, and found only one gate post
standing - his house and all other buildings were burned. His landed
estate numbers about 700 acres. He married Miss Mary A. Taylor, June,
1850, daughter of W. O. Taylor, a wealthy planter of Jackson County,
Alabama. By this union, they have five children: W. O., Lucilla T.,
Sallie E., Freddie, and Clem Clay. Mrs. King and her three daughters are
consistant members of the Christian Church.


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