DeWitt Co. TX - OBITUARY - JOHN MILFORD KING - 1912 Submitted by: William G. Kishbaugh, August 2002 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** DeWitt County, TX Obit JOHN MILFORD KING - 1912 MR. J.M. KING DEAD Mr. John Milford King, aged 67 years, 8 months, and 5 days , died at his home on the morning of the 2nd and was buried from his family home Wednesday. Mr.King for many years has been prominent as a farmer and landowner in DeWitt county. He leaves a large family of sons and daughters, all about grown. He was a member of Hood's brigade Confederate veterans and took a great interest in everything affecting the lost cause. He is survived by his wife and ten children. Of his brothers and sisters, Mr. Henry King resides in San Antonio, Mrs. William Harwood at Concrete and Mrs. William Kishbaugh at Azusa, California. Mr. King was a Methodist and was a just and honest man. After marriage , he lived for a time in Gonzales county, then Wharton county and afterwards lived at Burns Station and Edgar this county. The funeral of Mr. King was largely attended, especially when the bitter, disagreeable day be considered. The Woodmen acted as escort and Rev. J.L. Green of the Presbyterian church, conducted the religious rites. The burial services of Woodmen was employed and a beautiful tribute was paid to the memory of the deceased by Mr. Stelt, who recounted his services as a ranger and as a Confederate soldier, then as a citizen and soldier whom he had known and esteemed for forty years. ----Cuero Star Obit - Cuero Star - January, 1912