New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19
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PARTICULARS OF IL.
He was the son of Judge Valentine
King, and his mother was a daughter Of
sold" Judge George King-so called to \
distinguish him from his son, Judge
George r. King. HIS father aud mother,
being of the same family name, were
probably distantly related. From paper
in one of the lower parishes, announcing
his mothers death few years ago. we
take the following:
SIT is with emotions of pain that we
announce to our readers the death of Mrs.
Nancy King, the aged widow of the late
Judge Valentine King, of Opelousas, Lou
isiana. Mrs. King departed this life, in
this village, at the residence Of her SON.
in-law, Harvey II. Goodwin, on Thurs
| day last at P. NJ, after brief and pain
| full illness. She was born in New Orleans
on the twenty fourth day of June, 1898,
and throughout Louisiana, was most
respectfully connected. She was the
daughter of Judge King, who presided
over the parish court of st. Landry (when
it was an honor to be parish judge) for
thirty years; the sister of the Hon.
George r. King, formerly of the Supreme
bench of Louisiana, and the mother of
Judge John E. King, of Opelousas, and
DR.. Y. o. King, of New Orleans. From
early childhood Christian of the strict
est piety, a charitable woman, beloved
and respected by every one with whom
she came in contact. In the death of
Mrs. King Louisiana has lost one of its
most amiable, brilliant and distinguished
daughters.
''Mrs. King was a devoted and exem-
plary member of DR.. Palmer's Church in
New Orleans, and her learned and pious
pastor will preach her funeral sermon on
Saturday, the twenty-third instant, at the
residence of Harvey H. Goodwin, Esq, in
this village"
Judge John E. King was sent to school
at the North, preparatory to entering col
lege at Cambridge, but his fathers death
prevented the carrying out of this design,
and he subsequently entered Centenary
College in this State, where he graduated
with distinction. he began the practice
of law soon after graduating, and has fol-
lowed that profession during life. In 1852,
u we believe, he was Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and the youngest man
that has ever held that position.
From the Baton Rouge correspondence
of the New Orleans Crescent, dated April
Is, 1858, the Legislature being in session,
we extract the following in regard TO party
! nominations for Congress:
} "If the district remains as it now stands
any Democratic candidate will in all prob
ability, have to contend against John E.
/ King, as il is the general wish of the
7 party that he should be the candidate
If he consents to run, he will be elected
The Wings have no stronger champion
in this part Of the country. He is homes
! in all Of his opinions-he is Industrious
' clear-sighted and diligent in the discharge
of his duties. He is courteous in his man
ners, and has conducted himself in sucl
/: a way as to give him more personal in
] fluence than any member of the House
His views of State and national politics
: are all sound, and he advocates them will
1 warmth, and oftentimes eloquence
0 which has made him the most popula
t orator of the Assembly. With merit
such as these-known as they are to ever,
d person in the distriot-should he be
/ candidate, he will he terribly hard mai
= to beat"
!, And also from the editorial columns o
the same paper, the following:
e "Next comes the plausible, pleasan
II member from st. Landry-Mr. King; tn
J. most accomplished politician in tn
House-ready at all times to meet gentle
d men upon an honorable question-read
Y with one of his eloquent speeches, which
d for beauty of language and sound logica
reasoning, have never heard excelled
10 1t affords great pleasure to hear hir
speak-with so much ease, so much grac
l. is the delivery, and when he takes hol
ID of subject it will receive fair invest
A. cation, every point being considered. H
S. was Speaker of the House last term,
position which he filed with honor. H
is the leader of the Wings"
And from q communication in som
paper, just after the adjournment of sci
session of the Legislature, this notice:
81 have known John E. King, the Viii
ID candidate for Auditor, long and intimate
,e ly. He is native of this State, gentle
es man of liberal education, having gradU
r. ated at Centenary College. For man
al years he has been distinguished membe
"a of the bar of Opelousas and now occupie
"a the first rank in his profession. He ws
al Speaker in the House of Representatives
a. the duties of which he discharged wit
+. ability and impartiality, and to the satil
N faction of all parties. In him the peopl
r. would have a sure guarantee that no az
r count would be allowed unless expressl
q, authorized by law; that the public none
st would be appropriated to those object
ut which are Contemplated by the Legisll
10 ture, and the credit of the State woul
70 be maintained
f. Before the war Judge King was alway
o. a Wing and constitutional Union maj
we believe he is in principle such still
From the beginning of the war to a recei
" period he has been politically, in OF
opinion, somewhat like a fish out
water. Violent political radicalism
~ any party never suited him. After I'll
g war he was elected to Congress, but failt
Ae to be seated owing to the reconstructio
n measures. On Judge Porter's death,
lg 1870, he was appointed judge of this di
" trict, which position he held till the clo
Us of 1872. Last December, when Govern,
ne Kellogg appointed him on the Supren
OF bench, the New Orleans Times of Decor
q. Der 23 made the following mention:
ne s'The Hon. John E. King, of st. La
'st dry, has been commissioned by GovernI
Kellogg as an Associate Justice of Ii
g Supreme Court, in place Of Justice Wyl
"a whose term has expired. Judge King
a accession to the Supreme bench is som
what of surprise to his many frien
- under existing circumstances, and won
o. seem to indicate q new departure in SUI
II appointments. Judge King is Loui
~ ~ ianan, and graduated in 1910 at the 0
ma Louisiana College, at Jackson, now 4
a Centenary College. He located at OH
oa ton as q lawyer, practieing there as &
10 peer of Judges Merrick, McVea, Mu
- and a number of other able lawyers.
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