Jim King is the son of John King and Johanna Keefe. Jim is the youngest child of this couple, the only son among sisters Ellen Josephine "Nellie" King Crowley, Mary Agnes "Mae" King Blake and Anna M King who died when an infant.
Jim's mother died when he was an infant. His sisters, father and his mother's sister, Maggie Keefe, reared him. Jim attended St Charles Catholic Church School in Bellows Falls. He worked delivering meat for a local grocer (A M Richards) and when a teenager served with a Massachusetts company of volunteers in the Spanish American War in 1898. He then spent some time in Panama working on the canal construction. He next served as a mounted sergeant of police in Charleston, SC from 1916 to 1918 during which time he was an incognito representative of the intelligence service of the US army and navy. Resigning that position at the close of the war (WWI) he entered the service of the internal revenue bureau and worked first out of Greensboro, NC working in the mountains of western NC and from there he moved to Greenville, SC where he remained until late in 1921 when he became deputy clerk of federal court. His work as a "revenuer" (prohibition officer) was in the "Dark Corner" of upstate SC where he met and married Bessie Ballenger who also worked for the federal court. Her father was a magistrate in Greenville county. They were wed on 10 July 1920.
For a while early in their marriage Jim and Bessie lived at 344 East Bay Street in Charleston.
Jim and Bessie are the parents of Johannah Elizabeth King Bell and Anne Ballenger King McCuen. In 1924 just before the girls were born he began to work for a new detective agency in Greenville to conduct criminal and civil investigations. He became Chief of the local branch of the Palmetto Detectives Bureau. It was thought that he passed away of a heart attack before the girls reached school age as he collapsed in the middle of the night at home after arising from bed. He was a member of St Mary's Catholic Church and his funeral service was held there.
His widow and mother-in-law would see to it that his daughters graduated college. They have made him the grandfather of 13.
Jim's mother died when he was an infant. His sisters, father and his mother's sister, Maggie Keefe, reared him. Jim attended St Charles Catholic Church School in Bellows Falls. He worked delivering meat for a local grocer (A M Richards) and when a teenager served with a Massachusetts company of volunteers in the Spanish American War in 1898. He then spent some time in Panama working on the canal construction. He next served as a mounted sergeant of police in Charleston, SC from 1916 to 1918 during which time he was an incognito representative of the intelligence service of the US army and navy. Resigning that position at the close of the war (WWI) he entered the service of the internal revenue bureau and worked first out of Greensboro, NC working in the mountains of western NC and from there he moved to Greenville, SC where he remained until late in 1921 when he became deputy clerk of federal court. His work as a "revenuer" (prohibition officer) was in the "Dark Corner" of upstate SC where he met and married Bessie Ballenger who also worked for the federal court. Her father was a magistrate in Greenville county. They were wed on 10 July 1920.
For a while early in their marriage Jim and Bessie lived at 344 East Bay Street in Charleston.
Jim and Bessie are the parents of Johannah Elizabeth King Bell and Anne Ballenger King McCuen. In 1924 just before the girls were born he began to work for a new detective agency in Greenville to conduct criminal and civil investigations. He became Chief of the local branch of the Palmetto Detectives Bureau. It was thought that he passed away of a heart attack before the girls reached school age as he collapsed in the middle of the night at home after arising from bed. He was a member of St Mary's Catholic Church and his funeral service was held there.
His widow and mother-in-law would see to it that his daughters graduated college. They have made him the grandfather of 13.
Jim King is the son of John King and Johanna Keefe. Jim is the youngest child of this couple, the only son among sisters Ellen Josephine "Nellie" King Crowley, Mary Agnes "Mae" King Blake and Anna M King who died when an infant.
Jim's mother died when he was an infant. His sisters, father and his mother's sister, Maggie Keefe, reared him. Jim attended St Charles Catholic Church School in Bellows Falls. He worked delivering meat for a local grocer (A M Richards) and when a teenager served with a Massachusetts company of volunteers in the Spanish American War in 1898. He then spent some time in Panama working on the canal construction. He next served as a mounted sergeant of police in Charleston, SC from 1916 to 1918 during which time he was an incognito representative of the intelligence service of the US army and navy. Resigning that position at the close of the war (WWI) he entered the service of the internal revenue bureau and worked first out of Greensboro, NC working in the mountains of western NC and from there he moved to Greenville, SC where he remained until late in 1921 when he became deputy clerk of federal court. His work as a "revenuer" (prohibition officer) was in the "Dark Corner" of upstate SC where he met and married Bessie Ballenger who also worked for the federal court. Her father was a magistrate in Greenville county. They were wed on 10 July 1920.
For a while early in their marriage Jim and Bessie lived at 344 East Bay Street in Charleston.
Jim and Bessie are the parents of Johannah Elizabeth King Bell and Anne Ballenger King McCuen. In 1924 just before the girls were born he began to work for a new detective agency in Greenville to conduct criminal and civil investigations. He became Chief of the local branch of the Palmetto Detectives Bureau. It was thought that he passed away of a heart attack before the girls reached school age as he collapsed in the middle of the night at home after arising from bed. He was a member of St Mary's Catholic Church and his funeral service was held there.
His widow and mother-in-law would see to it that his daughters graduated college. They have made him the grandfather of 13.
Jim's mother died when he was an infant. His sisters, father and his mother's sister, Maggie Keefe, reared him. Jim attended St Charles Catholic Church School in Bellows Falls. He worked delivering meat for a local grocer (A M Richards) and when a teenager served with a Massachusetts company of volunteers in the Spanish American War in 1898. He then spent some time in Panama working on the canal construction. He next served as a mounted sergeant of police in Charleston, SC from 1916 to 1918 during which time he was an incognito representative of the intelligence service of the US army and navy. Resigning that position at the close of the war (WWI) he entered the service of the internal revenue bureau and worked first out of Greensboro, NC working in the mountains of western NC and from there he moved to Greenville, SC where he remained until late in 1921 when he became deputy clerk of federal court. His work as a "revenuer" (prohibition officer) was in the "Dark Corner" of upstate SC where he met and married Bessie Ballenger who also worked for the federal court. Her father was a magistrate in Greenville county. They were wed on 10 July 1920.
For a while early in their marriage Jim and Bessie lived at 344 East Bay Street in Charleston.
Jim and Bessie are the parents of Johannah Elizabeth King Bell and Anne Ballenger King McCuen. In 1924 just before the girls were born he began to work for a new detective agency in Greenville to conduct criminal and civil investigations. He became Chief of the local branch of the Palmetto Detectives Bureau. It was thought that he passed away of a heart attack before the girls reached school age as he collapsed in the middle of the night at home after arising from bed. He was a member of St Mary's Catholic Church and his funeral service was held there.
His widow and mother-in-law would see to it that his daughters graduated college. They have made him the grandfather of 13.
