Rufus Berry KING

  General Notes:

Photo: Here is another opportunity to share a photo of Bessie Bricker (Fields) King, 1882-1952.
(Original photo gift to DeeAnna Allum Granston in 1965 from Bessie's twin sister, Bonnie Darr Fields, 1882-1967; photo taken at Guttenstein in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)


1895 BIRTH of Rufus Berry King

1900 CENSUS, Tennessee, Giles County, 10th Civil District (June 7) (Rufus is "Rufe" on the census page, age 3, born "October, 1896" in Tennessee; he is with his parents, "Addie," age 28, born "July, 1871 in Tennessee," and "William," age 30, born "July, 1869 in Tennessee," occupation "Farm Laborer")

1910 CENSUS, Tennessee, Giles County, 15th Civil District (May 9 & 10) ("Rufus B.," age 14, "Farm Labor," is in the home of his widowed mother "Adie," age 38) (Addie is shown as the mother of 9 children, 8 children living in the year 1910)

1917 REGISTRATION, World War I Draft, Tennessee, Giles County (June 5) ("Rufus Berry King," age 22, born "October 6, 1895 in Diana, Tennessee, occupation "Farmer" employed in Lynnville, marital status single, partially responsible for support of mother and two sisters) (Description: "Medium height, medium build, gray eyes, dark brown hair")

1920 CENSUS, Tennessee, Giles County, 15th District (January 17) ("Rufus," age 24, is with his widowed mother "Addie," age 48, and his siblings) ("Rufus B. King" is documented as the census taker on this census page)

1923 MARRIAGE of Rufus Berry King and Bessie Bricker Fields on October 15 in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas by Caspor G. Wright, M. G.


See "Bessie Bricker Fields" for additional information

Rufus married Bessie Bricker FIELDS, daughter of Alexander Teagarden FIELDS and Sarah Emma L. MEACHAM, on October 15, 1923 in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas. (Bessie Bricker FIELDS was born on December 20, 1882 in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, died on April 1, 1952 in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas and was buried on April 4, 1952 in Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.)