My father wrote little about his King grandfather, in part because he passed before his birth. Clark W. KING was born in 1872, to Samuel KING and his wife Minerva WHIPKEY. He was given his mothers last night as his middle name, and it has been passed down through multiple generations.
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My mother, Virginia KING COFFMAN was the oldest child in a family of seven. Her father Clark Whipkey KING died from influenza when she was 12. This event and the following years of working with her mother to keep the family together influenced many of her attitudes and actions for the remainder of her life. For instance she wanted "good" material things for herself as well as for her children.
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