Biography:

Merchant seaman; genealogist. Born– Nov. 7, 1918, Lauderdale County, Miss. Parents– William Richard and Mattie Caroline (Mosley) King. Married– Dorothy Valentina Terrell, June 3, 1961. Education– East Central Junior College, Decatur, Miss., 1937-1938; University of South Alabama, 1970-1973. Served in U.S. Merchant Marine, 1941 to retirement in 1968; genealogical and local history researcher after 1975; historical research consultant, University of South Alabama, 1980-1985. Died August 12, 2007.

Source:

Clinton P. King, Mobile, Ala.

Publication(s):

Abstracts of Orphans Court Minutes, Mobile County, Alabama. Mobile, Ala.; Alabama Ancestors, 1987-

Transcriptions of Wills, Mobile County, Alabama. Mobile, Ala.; Alabama Ancestors, 1988.

Joint_Compiler_and_Editor

Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1813-1855. Baltimore; Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985.

Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1856-1870. Mobile, Ala.; Alabama Ancestors, 1985.

Naturalization Records of Mobile, Alabama, 1833-1906. Baltimore; Gateway Press, 1986.

Contributor;

Stryker-Rodda, Kenn.  Genealogical Research; Methods and Resources.  Washington, DC:  American Society of Genealogists, 1983.