Emily M Hulsey 1862 - 1933

 

Emily M Hulsey History Sheet

1862 - 1933

                                                     

Emily M Hulsey was born on 6 July 1862 in Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia. She was the sixth child of ten children born to Jefferson Parks Hulsey and Sarah E. (Haney) Hulsey. This was a difficult time in American history as the Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. It escalated from there. Her father had already enlisted in the Georgia Infantry.

After the war when Emily was 8 years old, the family lived in Dalton in the Milita District # 872 in Whitfield County, Georgia. She is listed as Margaret E Hulsey. (My source was her daughter, Maude Emma King. Maude always called her Emily Melissa Hulsey. Maude was our family historian, and I knew her and interviewed her for family history.) Emily is listed as Margaret E Hulsey in some censuses.

When Emily was 17 years old, the family had moved to Ball Ground, Murray, Georgia. Listed in 1880 census: Jefferson 52, Sarah 56, Smith 22, Sarah Jane 20, Emily 17, Caroline 15, Francis 13, Thomas 12, Lydia C 9. Three more children are also listed: Mary 13, Sarah Louvenia 12, Julia 10. These girls were the daughters of Pleasant Andrew Hulsey (Emily’s oldest brother) and his wife Lydia Sarah Junkins Hulsey. Pleasant and Lydia both died in 1870 along with an infant child, Lydia who had just been born. Jefferson and Sarah took in these orphan children, so Emily would have known them like sisters. In fact, Emily and Sarah Louvenia would eventually marry brothers from the King family. Emily M Hulsey married William Lazarus King, son of John King (1804-1884) and Ava Rilla (Hood) King. Sarah Louvenia Hulsey married James Alexander King who was also the son of John King and Ava Rilla.

On 19 Jan 1882 in Dennis, Georgia, Emily married William Lazarus King (1859-1949). This union produced 14 children.

In 1890 (no census records), Maude retold the story of Emily and William’s move to Erath County, Texas. With 6 children in a covered wagon the family relocated to Erath County where another child was born. By 1900, Emily and William had moved to Moody, McLennan County, Texas. They eventually moved and settled in Taylor County, Texas. Their daughter Maude recounted her journey with her father to find a place for them to live near Abilene, Texas.

After Emily and William moved to Texas, they had 2 more children, Rufus Burleson King and Edna Jewell King. They lived eventually lived in Tye, Taylor County, Texas, a small community which would be located where what would become Dyes Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas.

Emily M King passed away on 5 July 1933 after suffering a stroke.