JAMES CAMPBELL KING

     James Campbell King - the seventh of nine children of William R. and Elizabeth (Bowman) King, who were married in 1851 at Boonville, Brazos County, Texas - married September 12, 1892 to Luella Bruenhan - daughter of William Patrick and Kezziah "Kate" Murphy) Brusenhan who settled in Falls :ounty, Texas in the late 1870's. William R. King came to Texas from Alabama in 1839, settled at Boonville near Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, where he married in 1851 to Elizabeth Bowman, and had nine children: Sarah King, Thomas King, Mary Elizabeth King, Villiam H. King, Richard Rufus King, John Franking,      James Campbell King, Clay Cobb King, and Joeph B. King. The King family were living near Mooeville, Falls County, Texas by the 1880's.

James Campbell and Luella (Brusenhan) King lived on a farm near Chilton in Falls County, and it was here that five children were born:

     Arthur Lee King, b 1893; Mamie King, b 1895 Willie King, b 1897; Essie King, b 1899, d 1900 in the epidemic and buried in Mooreville Cemetery; and :lyde King, b 1901. The James Campbell King family farmed in this area until 1904, when they moved to Rockwood, Coleman County, Texas

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 269 column  2.  
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