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Submitted: 1/14/13 • Approved: 11/29/19 • Last Updated: 12/2/19 • R813188-G813186-S3
William
Mississippi Cavalry (General Forrest)
Civil War Confederate
May 10, 1847 - March 23, 1934
*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, March 29, 1934
FORMER RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES IN STILLWELL
Funeral services for William H. King, who died in Stillwell, Okla., last Friday, were held there Sunday afternoon. The body was brought to Springtown afterwards where short funeral services were held at the cemetery.
Mr. King was a former resident of this county and had resided at different times in Siloam Springs, Decatur, Springtown and Highfill. He was 87 years old and a native of Mississippi. He served in the Confederate army during the war as a member of General Forrest’s famous cavalry. He was in a number of important engagements, but was later captured and spent some time in a federal prison in Georgia.
*NOTE: Rest of obituary is illegible.
Sarah
May 28, 1849 - May 14, 1894
Sallie
May 7, 1894 - July 12, 1894
Contributed on 1/14/13 by wfields55
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