From Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA, not currently in print
David King was born in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1818, the son of Needham and Rebecca Hicks King. They moved to Bedford County from North Carolina in 1814. David came to Dallas in 1851 with his wife, Ann C. Smith.
King was one of the pioneer physicians of Dallas County and settled near where Oak Cliff now stands. He bought a farm and combined farming and the practice of medicine until he retired in 1870. He then moved to Dallas and was elected City Assessor and Collector in 1871. Dr. King was active in Democratic politics and belonged to the First Baptist Church of Dallas.
Dr. King’s younger brother, Samuel A. T. King, was born in 1834 in Tennessee and moved to Dallas in the 1850’s. He was a school teacher and enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 10, 1861, in Dallas County and was assigned to Company C, 6 Texas Cavalry (Stone’s Regiment). He was severely wounded in Corinth, Mississippi during the Civil War under the Command of Lt. Sul Ross in November of 1862.
He married Miss Mary (Mollie) Morton on April 23, 1865 in Dallas. His only child, Sul Ross, was born in 1869. His wife was listed as a widow in the Dallas census of 1870.
The Dallas Herald, March 3, 1866 records the following article: “Messrs. D. and S.A.T. King have rented the Lancaster Mills in Lancaster, Dallas County and having thoroughly repaired the same are prepared to supply flour in any quantity and will grind wheat to custom. They also have on hand an assortment of such staple dry goods and groceries as farmers need which they propose to exchange for wheat and other produce – See ad this day’s paper.”
S.A.T. King’s son, Sul Ross, fathered children by three wives: Jenny May, 1891; Brick Robert, 1892; and Frank Samuel, 1902, were the children of Mary Frances Bowers King.
Wade Bowlin, 1911; Sul Ross, Jr., 1913; Carl Edward, 1919; Arthur D, 1921; David Hardy, 1923; and Joe James, 1926, were the children of Vera E. Bowlin King.
Ruth Lee, 1932, was the child of Rachel Collins King.
By Brick Robert King, Dallas and Linda King Hickman
