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James Gassaway King

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James Gassaway King

Birth
Union County, North Carolina, USA
Death
5 Jun 1904 (aged 65)
Union County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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James Gassaway King was the first son and second of thirteen children born to Rev. Harmon Daniel King (1805-1906) and Mary V. Starnes (1814-1865). He married Aley Jane Sykes (18 Oct. 1844-18 Nov. 1925) on 10 Feb. 1861. She was still living in 1910, having borne 6 children, 5 living at that time. The children, as best I have been able to determine it, were: John H. King (1862-1912, buried in this same cemetery, m. Ida Harkey), Benjamin Franklin King (1866-1938, m. 1st Flora Catherine Gray, 2nd Martha Belle Godfrey), James Martin King (1866?, maybe 1867-1946, m. Heallon Mercia Beachum), Apsie L. King (c.1869) and Alice J. King (c. 1871, Mrs. R. Stewart Spittle), and apparently one more child whose name I cannot find. Some of James' descendants state his middle name was George, but I believe he was actually named for James Gassaway, a soldier of the Revolution, who probably served with his grandfather Harmon King, Sr. in that War. James and his brother Rev. Harmon Benson King (1845-1923) served in the Confederate Army, in the 48th NC Regiment.
James Gassaway King was the first son and second of thirteen children born to Rev. Harmon Daniel King (1805-1906) and Mary V. Starnes (1814-1865). He married Aley Jane Sykes (18 Oct. 1844-18 Nov. 1925) on 10 Feb. 1861. She was still living in 1910, having borne 6 children, 5 living at that time. The children, as best I have been able to determine it, were: John H. King (1862-1912, buried in this same cemetery, m. Ida Harkey), Benjamin Franklin King (1866-1938, m. 1st Flora Catherine Gray, 2nd Martha Belle Godfrey), James Martin King (1866?, maybe 1867-1946, m. Heallon Mercia Beachum), Apsie L. King (c.1869) and Alice J. King (c. 1871, Mrs. R. Stewart Spittle), and apparently one more child whose name I cannot find. Some of James' descendants state his middle name was George, but I believe he was actually named for James Gassaway, a soldier of the Revolution, who probably served with his grandfather Harmon King, Sr. in that War. James and his brother Rev. Harmon Benson King (1845-1923) served in the Confederate Army, in the 48th NC Regiment.

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