Wilford Weldon King

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Sabine County Reporter
November 30, 2005

Wilford Weldon King

Wilford Weldon King, 80, of Plainview community died at 1:36 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 2005 in Hemphill. He was born March 4, 1925 in Sabine County as a son of the late Edna TATOM and James Ernest KING and had been a lifelong resident of the area. King worked for Temple-Inland for several years and was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and Bronson Masonic Lodge, a fifty year member.

He was married to Johnnie Mae Byley King on Dec. 8, 1945. She preceded him in death on October 9. 2005 after 59 years, 10 months, and one day of marriage.

Survivors: three daughters and sons-in-law, Ernesteen and Kenneth SMITH of Pineland, Christy and Van WILLIAMS and Tricia and Billy CONN all of Bronson; eight granchildren, Tracee SMITH, Jereme and Cerri SMITH, Ken and Glenda SMITH, Bryan WILLIAMS, Jamie and Lisa WILLIAMS, Shellie and Benji DORSEY, Dustin CONN, and Brandon CONN; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Plainview Community Cemetery with Bro. Wayne Alford and Bro. Raymond Dowden officiating. Masonic graveyard rites and interment followed at Plainview Cemetery.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill.

Wilford married Johnnie Mae Byley on 8 Dec 1945. Johnnie was born on 22 Mar 1929 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 9 Oct 2005 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
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Notes:

"Aunt Mattie raised Geo. and Ernest (King) after the death of their father." (White and Toole, p 34).

Name: James Ernest King
Death Date: 15 Apr 1969
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 76 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Aug 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James D. King
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nina Halbert
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter
Place of Residence: Precinct #3 Rural Pineland, Sabine County, Texas
Cemetery: Plainview Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 15 Apr 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137443
Digital Film Number: 4030479
Image Number: 1501
Reference Number: cn 35065
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):Could he have married first Vernon Maund? Seems unlikely as the James E. King, also born ca 1892, who married Vernon Maund can be found with her and their three children on both the 1920 and 1930 census listings, first in Sabine County and later in Sabine Parish, and both responded that they had been married approx. 16 years.



(Medical):See attached sources.

James married Edna Tatom on 25 Oct 1922. Edna (daughter of Samuel Willie Tatom and Harriet Adelia "Delia" White) was born on 30 Dec 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Apr 1969 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried on 17 Apr 1969 in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

James married Nina T. Halbert on 22 Nov 1886. Nina was born before 1868; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS by Virgie Speights

WILL TATOM March 28, 1963

When Will Tatom celebrated his 89th birthday Sunday, more than 150 persons attended the annual all-day celebration. A new 50 foot long table had been built in the yard of his home near Pineland, where he has lived for the past 50 years. Fifty-four of his 70 descendants were present including all nine of his children.

Mr. Tatom was in the midst of all the hubbub, chipper as could be, greeting friends and relatives from far and near, including several sets of twins these being scattered throughout the family. The little Saver twins, exactly 85 years younger than he, perched one on each knee while he remembered about his early life.

Born in the community in which he has lived his whole life, just southwest of Hemphill, he told of his early ancestors being early Sabine County settlers. His mother, the former Ella Dent, was a native of Georgia, but his father, Samuel Plummer Tatom was born at old Sabinetown, of parents who came from Mississippi. The family claims Indian ancestry, and Mr. Tatom does seem to possess the dignified bearing of an Indian chief.

Mr. Tatom has the reputation of being a steady, enthuisiastic worker. His first job was hauling freight by wagon and mule team before the days of railroads in Hemphill. He hauled freight from Many, Louisiana and Bronson, Texas for the early Hemphill merchants, including Ed Pratt, J.O. Toole and Taylor Morris. He still remembers the day he made his biggest paycheck. From Bronson he rushed to a printing press to Hemphill and then sped back to Bronson with a gasoline motor. For this long day's work, he received the magnificant sum of $10, which was really a handsome sum in those days.

Most of his livilhood was earned on the farm and he owned quite a sizable portion of land in his community, his holdings stretching from near Hemphill to quite close to Pineland.

As each of his children married, he gave 40 acres as a wedding present. For the boys, he added a horse. All except two of his children still live in this area, in the Pinehill and Plainview communities. Mrs. Ola Kemp, a daughter lives in Beaumont, Texas, and W. C. Tatom, a son, lives in Buna, Texas.

Mrs. Vernon Dubose, her husband and two children, live with her father in the old home. The others, who live near are Dewey, Elmon, Clyde, Claude, Grady, and Mrs. Edna King.

Mr. Tatom married Miss Delia White, also a native of Pinehill, in 1896. She died in 955, after 59 years of marriage.

(Medical):Senelity, Diabetes Mellitus

Samuel married Harriet Adelia "Delia" White on 7 Jan 1896 in Sabine County, Texas. Harriet (daughter of Amazia Vardeman "A. V." White and Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson) was born on 19 Dec 1874 in Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Mar 1955 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 7 Mar 1955 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

James married Mary E. ???. Mary was born about 1833 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Ella Dent about 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Hezekiah Dent and Elizabeth Walker) was born in 1855 in Alabama; died after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 6 School in Sabine County in 1854.

Civil War Veteren. Company F, 11th Texas Regiment, CSA.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Prect No. 1
Page 23 SD 1 ED 84 Stamped 219
5 and 6 July 1880
202-211 Henry and Laura Carlton
203-212 Wm and Nancy Strickland
204-213
White, Vardeman W M 36 Farmer (La-Crossed thru) Miss Ala Ala
Whie, Atna W F 32 Wf Ala Tenn Va
White, Thomas J W M 6 Son Tx Tx Tx
White, Attalia W F 4 Dtr Tx Tx Tx
White, Martha W F 3 Dt Tx Tx Tx
White, Nora A W F (sic) 4/12 Jan Dau (sic) Tx Tx Tx

Amazia married Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson. Ary (daughter of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich) was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Alabama; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as "Alma" on the 1880 census transcription. In 1910, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law, John M. and Kate White, in JP 1 of Sabine County, Texas. Her older brother, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, was living with the family as well.