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Birth 13 Feb 1898 Gravel Switch, Marion County, Kentucky 
Gender Male Died 21 Apr 1959 Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA Buried 24 Apr 1959 East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois, USA Person ID I36 Ellis-Pagoria Family Tree Last Modified 23 Dec 2012 Father Samuel Franklin King, b. 1854, Kentucky , d. 1934, Barren County, Kentucky Mother Mary Elizabeth Tapscott, b. 20 May 1865, Gravel Switch, Marion County, Kentucky , d. 07 Dec 1946, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA Married 25 Mar 1881 Liberty, Cassey County, Kentucky Family ID F27 Group Sheet Family Eva Miller, b. UNKNOWN, ? , d. 1933, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA Married 1923 Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA Children 1. Unknown King, d. Apr 1959 Family ID F22 Group Sheet -
Photos KINGFA_1030.jpg UNCLEL_1031.jpg 1900 Census - Frank & Mary Tapscott King & Family.jpg -
Notes - Pantagraph obituary: George L. King George L. King, 61, a resident of the McLean County Nursing Home died at the home at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. King was a farmer until he suffered an illness 30 years ago. He had been an invalid since that time. He was brought to the Beck Memorial Home, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Elder A. E. Pender of the 7th Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Thursday. Mr. King was born Feb. 13, 1898, at Gravel Switch, Ky., the son of Frank and Mary Tabscott King. He was married to Eva Miller in Bloomington in 1923. His wife preceded him in death, as did his parents, one son, three sisters and one brother. Surviving are three sisters, and two brothers: Mrs. Martha Baugh, 1219 N. Lee St.; Mrs. Bessie Chatham Whitmer, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Mrs. Myrtle Lott, Metropolis; J. R. King, R. R. 4 nd John O. King, 4081/2 E. Market St. Mr. King was a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church.
According to Maudie Lockenvitz, George Leslie King lived in several nursing homes after his mother died. He died at the McLean County Nursing Home on Route 51 south of Bloomington, which was better known as "the Poor Farm".
- Pantagraph obituary: George L. King George L. King, 61, a resident of the McLean County Nursing Home died at the home at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. King was a farmer until he suffered an illness 30 years ago. He had been an invalid since that time. He was brought to the Beck Memorial Home, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Elder A. E. Pender of the 7th Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Thursday. Mr. King was born Feb. 13, 1898, at Gravel Switch, Ky., the son of Frank and Mary Tabscott King. He was married to Eva Miller in Bloomington in 1923. His wife preceded him in death, as did his parents, one son, three sisters and one brother. Surviving are three sisters, and two brothers: Mrs. Martha Baugh, 1219 N. Lee St.; Mrs. Bessie Chatham Whitmer, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Mrs. Myrtle Lott, Metropolis; J. R. King, R. R. 4 nd John O. King, 4081/2 E. Market St. Mr. King was a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church.