> Freestone County Obituaries > A new message, "Austin King," was posted by Catherine Simmons on Tue, 24 > Oct 2000 > > Surname: King, Farquhar, Ward, Sawyer > > > > --- > NAME: Catherine Simmons > EMAIL: [email protected] > DATE: Oct 24 2000 > URL: http:// > QRYTEXT: I have no connection to this family. > > Fairfield Recorder, Fairfield Texas > > Friday, Feb. 13, 1925 > > AUSTIN KING DIES AT HIS HOME IN MEXIA > In mention of the death of Mr. Austin King, Age 73, at his home in Mexia recently. The Teauge Chronicle says: Mr. King is survived by four brothers and two sisters, Gordon and Lamar King of Teague, Sandy King of San Angelo, L. E. King of Brownwood, Mrs. Helen King, who resides with Lamar at the old Homestead here. Surving are also two sons Claud King of Cheeves Brothers and Zeno King of the King Motor Company of Mexia, two daughters, Mrs. Rogers Farquhar who with her six year old son lived with her father and Mrs. Gilbert C. Ward of Teague. Thus closes another page in the history of the development of Freestone County. Austin Kings father, M. A. King and his mother, Mrs. Helen King moved from Montgomery Alabama in 1844 and settled at Fairfield. Eight years later in 1852 they settled the old King homestead about 1 &1 1/2 miles North of Teague. Here Austin King and his brother and sisters were reared. About 40 years ago he moved from the old place to Mexia, which he has since ! > made his home. He belong to one of the Pioneer Families of this county. > Gordan and Lamar King, two of the old timers in Teague, composing the present buisness firm of King Brothers bought the stock and building of J. D. Sawyer in old Brewer near where the Brooker T. Washington School now stands 34 yaers ago and this store held the Post Office when Teague was established 20 years ago. With the coming of the railroad, they moved to their present location on 4th Ave., West of the Chronicle where they have conducted their buisness in their own building since. > The funeral was one of the largest attended in recent years in Mexia. All of the old Pioneers being amoung the assemly crowd, including the Womacks, Smiths, Beckmans, Watsons, Storeys, and others. > > . > > > This is an automatically-generated notice. > > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/FreestoneObits?admin> >