Biographical Sketch of Alfred King, Lafayette County, MO >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Alfred King, P. O. Bates City, Mo. Was born in this county and this township in 1831, where he was raised, educated, and has lived all his life, engaged in farming and raising stock. He has a capital farm of 368 acres on Texas Prairie. He and a neighbor built the first two story houses on Texas Prairie. In 1858, he was married to Miss N. W. Campbell, of this county, by whom he has had seven children, six of whom are living: Henry E., Ethelbert, Jarvis W., Ella, Aaron G. and Ettie E. In 1862 he enlisted in the C. S. A. under Gen. Shelby, and continued with him until the end, and surrendered at Shreveport, in 1865, and was in the battles of Newtonia, Cane Hill, Hartville, Helena, Marks' Mills, Ft. Scott, Duvall Bluffs, etc. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is the son of Ephraim King, of Logan county, Ky., who came to this county in 1828, and settled on the farm upon which he lived to his death in 1868. Mr. King is an energ- etic and thrifty farmer, and has done much in developing his part of the county. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================