[or-roots] Huntley's and Kings

Tue Mar 17 14:24:50 PDT 2009

Sometimes I really hate being in digest mode...

I'm replying to George, Les and Darlene regarding the Huntley's and Kings.

The William A. King you are referring to married Ellen Elizabeth Ward. The person you want to ask questions of is Charles "Chuck" King who lives just outside Myrtle Point. He has three family bibles of these folks and has been doing quite a bit of research on his family. Ellen Elizabeth Ward is one of the Ward's from Catching Creek here in Coos County, and William King is one of the Kings from King Creek in Bridge, Coos County. 

Ellensburg is now the thriving metropolis of Gold Beach. The name was changed because of just the naming problems you have encountered, and named after the gold found on the beaches there and to the north.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Beach,_Oregon

Floras Creek is the name of one of the creeks in northern Curry county, which borders on Coos county. It was best know for the Floras Lake boom town which sprung up when someone wanted to open a channel between the lake and the Pacific. Their dilemma was that the lake was actually higher than the ocean, and opening the channel would have emptied the lake. One of Oregon's ghost towns was the result. 

The definitive book on the Floras Creek area is called Floras Creek Precinct and the Boice family of Curry County :
featuring Cope, Guerin, Phillips & Strain families and other early
settlers / Patti Boice Strain, c. 2003. 
[Copies of this book are available in all Coos County libraries]

Here's what I have on the family in my database: Chuck King has a wealth more information!

William
Allen King(also known as "W.A. King") (Henry Harrison1)
was born January 25, 1845 in Louisville, Clay City, IL and died
September 8, 1927 in Myrtle Point, Coos Co., OR. He married Ellen
Elizabeth Ward(also known as "Elizabeth Ellen Ward")  .  She was born
June 4, 1862 in ,, OR and died June 25, 1952 in ,, OR, daughter of Robert
H. Ward1and Mary
Catherine Sargent2,3.  
Other
events in the life of William Allen King  
Military service : 1861
in Civil War veteran and a member of the G.A.R.  

Other
events in the life of Ellen Elizabeth Ward  
Residence : 1921 in
Spokane,, Washington  

Children of William
Allen King and Ellen Elizabeth Ward:  
i.	2. Effie Mary
King was born About 1885.  
 ii. Leslie Miles
"Bud" King was born About 1886.  
 iii. Allan Ivan
"Dude" King was born About 1888.  
 iv. Edward Binger
King was born About 1890.  
v.	3. George Ira
King was born June 25, 1895 in Myrtle Point, Coos Co., OR and
died February 4, 1987 in Coos Bay, Coos Co., OR.  
 vi. William Dewey
King was born May 1898 in , Coos Co., OR.  
 vii. Elbert Ausil
"Bert" King was born About 1900.  
 viii. Ella Mae King was born About 1903.  
ix.	4. Eva Myra King was born About 1903.  
 x. Dalzel Morris
King.  
Notes
on William Allen King 
Notes
From
1940 directory
King,
Ellen E. (Widow William A.) home 1205 Maryland Avenue

2nd Generation (Children)   

 2. Effie Mary King (William Allen2, Henry Harrison1) was born
About 1885. She married Unknown Shindoll.  

 3. George Ira King (William Allen2, Henry Harrison1) was born June
25, 1895 in Myrtle Point, Coos Co., OR and died February 4, 1987 in
Coos Bay, Coos Co., OR. He married Mildred Payne October 21,
1933 in Coquille, Coos Co., OR.  She was born About 1911 and died
After 1987.  
Other
events in the life of George Ira King  
Burial : Myrtle Crest
Cemetery, Coquille, Coos Co., OR  
Military : U.S. Navy -
World War I  

Children of George Ira
King and Mildred Payne:  
i.	5. Charles King (also known as "Chuck King").  
 ii. Ben George
King.  
Notes
on George Ira King 
Obituary
George
I. King

Myrtle
Point -- Services for George Ira King, 91, Myrtle Point, will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Amling/Schroeder Chapel, Myrtle Point,
by Pastor Steve Caulley of First Christian Church of Myrtle Point.
Interment will follow at Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens.

Mr.
King was born June 25,1895, at Myrtle Point and died Feb. 4, [1987]
at Coos Bay.  He married Mildred Payne Oct. 21, 1933, at
Coquille. He was a logger and rancher in Myrtle Point for most of his
life.  He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. He was a
member of Coquille Valley Elks, American Legion of Myrtle Point, Coos
County Livestock Association, and First Christian Church of Myrtle
Point.

Survivors
include his wife, Mildred of Myrtle Point; sons, Charles King of
Myrtle Point and Ben George King of Roseburg; a sister, Era Hauser of
Portland; and one grandson.

The
family suggests donations to a favorite charity. Servies are under
the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Services.

The
World, Coos Bay, Thursday February 5, 1987

 4. Eva Myra King (William Allen2, Henry Harrison1) was born
About 1903. She married Unknown Hauser .  

3rd Generation (Grandchildren)   

 5. Charles King (also known as "Chuck King") (George Ira3,
William Allen2, Henry Harrison1). 

Notes
on Charles King  
15
Carter/ Ward kids, married 7 Carter /Wards. Annual family Reunion generally first weekend in August, at Coos County Fair Grounds in Oak Grove. 

11Online Genealogy http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1913703&id=I93471477
22pioneers and Incidents of the Upper Coquille Valley, Alice H. Wooldridge p. 132
33Online Genealogy http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=papajohn&id=I228648

And on William Allen King's father:
From "History of Clark County" pg.450/451. 

Prominent among those who came to Johnson in an early day was Henry King afterward a noted physician both is this state and Oregon. His youth was spent chiefly in the employ of William How, with whom he lived a number of years, working on the farm, driving oxen, etc and utilizing his intervals of rest in the study of his favorite profession. In this he was encouraged by his employer who advised him to quit the farm and devote his attention to study, wgich Kin g did, although he was not what would now be termed an educated physician. For a number of years he had an extensive practice in Johnson and adjoining townships, but thinking there was a more remunerative field for his talents elsewhere, he left this part of the country and located in a th riving town near St
Louis, where for some years lhe carried on an extensive mercantile business in connection with his profession and became quite wealthy. He subseequently move to Oregon. The following incident , which he said was not to be told until he had been out of the country twenty-five years, is related by Mr. How. At one time he was called to a neighboring community to see a colore lady who was taken very ill, and twenty minutes after his arrival the woman was a corpse. That evening he met How, who inquired after his patient. "Oh" says the doctor, "I tried an exper;iment on the old lady by giving her an entirely new medicine." "With what effect?" said How. "Why, by G--d, it killed her in less than five minutes, but remember my reputation is at stake and this must be kept ;mum for twenty-five years at least." 1850 Clay Co. IL Census shows H.H., Maria, Lucy, Rufus, Louisa, Alfred, Wm, and Alvira. H.H. arrived in Oregon 10 Sept. 1854 and filled
for DLC (320 acres just east of Jefferson) 24 Mar. 1855. Certificate #3975
issued for 248.27 acres 26 Jul 1872. 1870 Census shows H.H. living alone
at Scio. The rest of the family living in Coos Co. H.H. Had stores in Jefferson, Tenmile and possibly Looking Glass. H.H. is divorced by Maria in Salt Lake City 26 Mar 1878, he then marries "Widder" Margaret Porter. In the final year of the Rogue River Indian Wars he served as a Private ( Co. Surgeon) in Company "D', 2nd Regiment, under Capt. James Blakely. Tour of duty 4th of April thru 3rd of Jul.

Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Tree #3828

 Robyn

Interested in Oregon History? Check out my webpages at
coquillevalley.org or genealogytrails.com (Coos & Curry Counties)

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