CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: DR. J.C.J. KING - McClellan County, TX ************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Peggy Brannon - peggybrannon@hotmail.com 22 September 2001 ************************************************************************** TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson A committee of Pat Cleburne Camp, No. 222, U. C. V., composed of W. C. Dodson, J. D. Shaw, Thomas C. Smith, B. F. Frymier, and John G. Winter, appointed to prepare a suitable tribute to the memory of Comrade Dr. J. C. J. King, submitted the following: "Dr. James C. J. King was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, March 4, 1842, and died in Waco, Texas, March 21, 1906. "Comrade King was a Past Commander and one of the original members of this Camp, ever zealous and earnest in the discharge of his duties and faithful to every trust reposed in him, and to his untiring energy and devotion may be attributed much of the succeess of the organization. "In April, 1861, Dr. King enlisted in Company A, Second Texas Cavalry, at Crockett, Houston County. This command was one of the first commands mustered into service. He served to the end of the war, a true, brave, and faithful soldier of the cause we all loved so well. As a physician, he was an honor to the profession, and was noted for his benevolence and many kindnesses. As a Christian, he was devout and faithful to his God and the Church, and was for a number of years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. "In our estimate of our departed comrade and friend let us remember his many virtues, let us emulate his fidelity to every trust, and, while we mourn his absence and miss his cordial greeting, let us strive in a manly way, to meet the duties and emergencies as they occur. The radience and beauty and sweetness from a life like this are not covered in the grave. His influence will still be felt, his manhood in its Christian graces still be emulated, his charity and thoughtfulness remembered, for good deeds cannot die. "In sympathy for those who sit in tears for the husband and father, who will never return, we would say; "We join you in your sorrow, and may you be comforted by the thought that he has lived and that he was yours.'"-- Confederate Veteran.