Person:Reuben Killingsworth (1)

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REUBEN N KILLINGSWORTH was born on January 13, 1840 in Greene County, Missouri.

Reuben was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Dade County, Missouri. He served as trustee of the church.

Reuben was a Democrat.

Reuben was a farmer. He owned 120 acres of land.

The 1850 census shows Reuben living with his parents in District No. 25, Dade County, Missouri.

The 1860 census shows Reuben living with his parents in North Township, Dade County, Missouri.

Reuben was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Federal Army, in Company D, Sixth Missouri Cavalry, and served six months.

Reuben married MARTHA P MARTIN, the daughter of ISAAC MARTIN and MARGARET MITCHELL in 1863 in Dade County, Missouri.

The 1870 census shows Reuben living with his family in Center Township, Dade County, Missouri.

The 1880 census shows Reuben living with his family in North Township, Dade County, Missouri.

Reuben died on April 16, 1900 in Dade County, Missouri. He is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Dade County, Missouri.

1. ↑ History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri 1889
   Page 821.
2. ↑ The People of Dade County, Missouri as Found in Pleasant Grove and Other Cemetery
   Page 307.
3. ↑ Obituary.
   
   R. N. Killingsworth was born in Greene county, Mo., January 12, 1840, and died at his home, three miles south of Arcola, April 15, 1900. He came to Dade county at an early day and at the beginning of the rebellion enlisted in Co. D, 6«sup»th«/sup» Mo. Calvary.
   
   He was married in 1863 to Miss Martha Martin, who died in 1890. He became a Christian at the age of 19 and, with his wife, joined the Missionary Baptist church, faithfully adhering to it until his death. He was a man of unlimited influence and the mere mention of "Uncle Buck" was synonymous with religious work and hospitality; and all who knew him was recall scenes of mirth around his cheerful fireside or words of sound and wholesome advice given not only in religious service but in his daily walk and conversation.
   
   The remains were laid to rest in the old Pleasant Grove cemetery in the presence of the largest assemblage ever know to attend a funeral at that place.
   
   Relatives present from a distance were a sister, Mrs. James Gipson of , and the children of the deceased: Lewis R, of Springfield, Halla N. and Leslie, of Blacomb, Ill., Dulin, of Effingham, Ks. Lafayette, of Everett, Ks., and Wm., of Seybert, Berry, of Holden, Ks., was kept away by unavoidable circumstances.
   
   The funeral was conducted by Rev. W. P. Parker, of Everton, and was a beautiful eulogy of the many virtues of the deceased, and full of sympathy for relatives and friends. The thought of the address is nicely portrayed in the following lines by Lord Lytton:
   
   "There is no denial an angel form
   Walks o'er the earth with silent tread;
   He bears the best loved things away
   And then we call them dead"
   
   And ever near as though unseen;
   The dear immortal spirits tread;
   For all the boundless Universe
   Is Life; "There is no dead!"
4. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1860 United States Federal Census. M653, 1438 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. North, Dade, Missouri, post office Sons Creek, roll M653_617, page 0, image 115.
5. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Center, Dade, Missouri, post office Greenfield, roll 773, page 5, image 10.
6. ↑
   R. N. Killingsworth
   
   R. N. Killingsworth, who resides in North Township, Northwest of county seat, and who is one of the prominent agriculturists and stock raisers of Dade County, is a native of Greene County, Missouri, born January 12, 1840, and is the son of Joseph and Melinda (Barnett) Killingsworth. Joseph Killingsworth was born in McMinn County, East Tennessee, May 12, 1813, and died October 16, 1888, in Dade County, Missouri. He was of Scotch descent. In 1838 he came to Green County, Missouri, followed agricultural pursuits, and was one of the early settlers of that county. His wife was born in Tennessee, in 1817, and died October 6, 1886. They were the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity, and nine now living.
   
   R. N. Killingsworth is the second child born of his parents. He remained at home until twenty-one years of age, and in July, 1861, enlisted in the Federal Army, in Company D, Sixth Missouri Calvary, and served six months. In 1863 he married Martha P. Martin, who was born in Tennessee in 1843, and who is the daughter of Isaac and Margaret Martin. Mr. Martin died about 1855. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Killingsworth: Lewis R, Della and Dora (twins), Berry, Halla N, William, Burton L, Leslie and Lois B. Mr. Killingsworth has resided on the farm he now owns since 1880; he has 120 acres in the home farm, eighty acres in another, and forty in still another tract. He is a Democrat in his political views, and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. His grandfather, Reuben Killingsworth, was born in Tennessee about 1788, was a solider in the War of 1812, and died in Green County, Missouri about 1857. His wife, Anna (McClain) Killingsworth, died in Green County, Missouri about 1862