Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-02-18
Death of Cant. John E. king.

Capt, John e. King, after q protracted ILL
ness died, of pulmonary consumption, at his
residence in the northern part of this city at
O'Clock last Thursday morning. the 18th inst,
aged SO years, 6 months, and days, and his re-
mains were buried, as per his request. in the
cemetery at WaynesborO', where his father
and mother, and brother and sister, and two
of his children were buried. His remains were
accompanied to Waynesboro' by delegation
of the members OF the Staunton Lodge of Ma
sons, of which the deceased was a member,
and were met at the depot in Waynesboro' by
a delegation from Lee Lodge of that place, and
thence escorted to the grave, and, after brlei
service by Rev. J. E. Booker of the Second
Presbyterian church of Staunton, were buried
with Masonic ceremonies. The deceased was
a son OF the late VIM. w. King. ESQ., promi-
nent and much-respected merchant of Waynes-
boro' with whom he was for some years en-
gagged in the mercantile business.
On the 10Th OF December. 1856, he married, at
Montevideo in Rockingham county, Emma
Mauzy, the younger daughter of the late AL
bert g. Mauzy of that place, and the sister o.
JOS N. Mauzy, late Steward of the Western
Lunatic Asylum.
During the war he was a Commissary with
the rank of Captain, since which time he has
filled responsible positions, the last being thai
of Clerk of the Western Lunatic Asylum.
Whilst acting in that capacity his health
failed, and was never recovered. His disease
eliminated in pulmonary consumption, which
grew gradually worse till it resulted in termt
mating his life. He was an affable and courte
GUS gentleman, hospitable and warm-hearted
AN affectionate husband and kind father
Though suffering with that most fatteripg o.
diseases, he was for months conscious of his
danger, and. being spiritually prepared, spoke
of his approaching death with calmness, and
gave directions in reference to his burial and
business matters with composure.
He leaves a widow, who was a truly devoted
wife and helpmate to him through all the trials
and vicissitudes of his married life, and seven
children to mourn their great loss. He was
the.father of twelve children; of the seven sur
viving, five are sons and two are daughters-o
the five dead, two were buried at Waynesboro'
and three in Rockingham.
He had two sisters and two brothers, and
one sister and one brother survive him-Mrs
James E. Irwin, who lives in the ne1ghborhood
of Middlebrook, and VIM. Wayt King, o.
Staunton, Deputy County Treasurer. His elder
sister. Mrs. Mary Albertson, and elder brother
DIR. Geo. Moffatt King, who was Medical Di-
rector of Gen. John D. Imboden Brigade
during the war; preceded him in the journey
through the dark valley of the shadow o.
DEATH"
On behalf of his widow and children, sister
| and brother, we express their grateful obliga-
tions to the kind friends in staunton who Wis
tied and waited upon the deceased during his
illness, and to the friends in Waynesboro' who
so kindly entertained those who accompanied
his remains to that place and performed the
last solemn ceremonies consigning them to the
silence of the tomb. For these acts of kind
ness, they feel duly grateful.