of Clay County, Missouri · documented from the public record
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John King
John King⚭ Mary J. Devine
childrenWillard P. King
Source: History of Clay County, Missouri (1920)
Their story
What the record says
Attended common schools and high school in Iowa.
Came to Clay County, Missouri with his mother who settled on a farm near Missouri City in 1865.
Farmer and landowner.
Moved to Liberty, Missouri in 1920.
Democrat.
Constable of Fishing River township 1886 and 1888.
Sheriff of Clay County 1898, re-elected 1900.
Superintendent of the IOOF Home at Liberty 1907 for eight years.
Married January 25, 1876.
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