(Obit - John H. King of Cumby, died February 5, 1909, at the home of his sister in Omaha, 
Texas, of pneumonia. Mr. King passed through this city enroute for Omaha on business. He 
was taken violently ill that night and died on Friday night following. His remains were 
shipped to Cumby and laid to rest in the Cumby cemetery. Capt. King was born in Marion 
County, Tennessee, in 1842, and has lived in Texas since 1846. He served in the 9th 
Texas Infantry under the Confederate flag throughout the war, losing an arm in one of the 
battles around Vicksburg. By profession he was a lawyer and a number of years ago was 
county attorney of Titus county. Later he served as assessor of Franklin county, when a 
few years ago he moved to Cumby. He was in his 67th year and leaves a son, Henry King, and 
two daughters, Mrs. Kyle Cross and Mrs Hugh Green of Cumby. He was a member of Gen. Joe 
Wheeler Camp, C. S. V. Cumby, Texas. (Cumby Rustler, Feb. 12, 1909)