John Watson KING

Birth:
7 Jan 1858
Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
26 Sep 1902
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Marriage:
10 Nov 1881
Yazoo, Mississippi
Sources:
Vital Records of Yazoo Co.,.Mississippi 1845-1900
Family Records
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Notes:
                   NOTE:  Lived in Yazoo County and settled near Benton where John was a farmer.  In 1900 he was elected Constable at Benton and while carrying out his duties related to this position - 26 Sep 1902, he was murdered.  On that day he was blasted in the right side with a shot gun by Go. V. Warren, a Justice of the Peace.  The two men had been quarrelling for some time.  John was burried at the Black Jack Baptist Church near Deasonville, Miss. He was survived by his wife, Mary and 8 children. Information from family records.



His marriage to Mary Beatrice Cockerham 10 Nov 1881 came from the Vital
Records, Yazoo County Mississippi 1845-1900 and also family records.
Mary Beatrice COCKERHAM
Birth:
8 Oct 1862
Mechanicsburg, Choctaw, Mississippi
Death:
9 Jul 1941
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
Children
Marriage
1
Willa Alma KING
Birth:
12 Nov 1883
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
23 Oct 1943
2
Wiley Samuel KING
Birth:
23 Feb 1885
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
1 Jul 1905
 
Marr:
 
3
Lula Bertha KING
Birth:
5 Apr 1887
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
13 May 1967
Inglewood, Hinds, Mississippi
Lucious SHILLING 
Marr:
23 Dec 1902
Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi 
Notes:
                   Certified copy of Certificate of Death in possession of Jill Ball.
4
John Raiford KING
Birth:
10 Nov 1888
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
3 Dec 1956
Lily  
Marr:
 
5
Ella Mae Louise KING
Birth:
27 May 1890
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Annie Susie KING
Birth:
30 May 1893
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
16 Oct 1918
7
Richard Douglas KING
Birth:
23 May 1895
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
5 Aug 1935
 
Marr:
 
8
Mary Beatrice KING
Birth:
18 Mar 1898
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
2 Oct 1902
Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi
 
Marr:
 
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John Watson King - Mary Beatrice Cockerham

John Watson King was born at Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi 7 Jan 1858. His parents were William T. King and Harriet O'Brien.

He married Mary Beatrice Cockerham 10 Nov 1881 at Yazoo, Mississippi . Mary Beatrice Cockerham was born at Mechanicsburg, Choctaw, Mississippi 8 Oct 1862 daughter of Thomas Jefferson Cockerham and Lucinda Bertha Wiltshire .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Willa Alma King born 12 Nov 1883.
Wiley Samuel King born 23 Feb 1885.
Lula Bertha King born 5 Apr 1887.
John Raiford King born 10 Nov 1888.
Ella Mae Louise King born 27 May 1890.
Annie Susie King born 30 May 1893.
Richard Douglas King born 23 May 1895.
Mary Beatrice King born 18 Mar 1898.

John Watson King died 26 Sep 1902 at Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi .

Mary Beatrice Cockerham died 9 Jul 1941 at Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi .