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Henrietta King

Bio

As the wife of the founder of the most famous ranch in the world, the King Ranch in South Texas, Henrietta King frequently was in charge of the ranch and defended it from Indians and bandits while her husband was away. After his death in 1885, she was sole owner of the ranch for 40 years. She oversaw the management of the huge operation, along with her son-in-law, R. J. Kleberg, Sr. Mrs. King gave money and land to establish the city of Kingsville and was particularly instrumental in setting up churches all over South Texas because of her land donations and financial support.

Biography Source Information

Biographies are reprinted from the Foundation for Women’s Resources (now Women’s Resources), Dallas, Texas. They originally appeared in "From Gutsy Mavericks to Quiet Heroes: True Tales of Texas Women," video study guide, Austin: The Foundation for Women's Resources, 1997. Death dates have been added where needed.

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Henrietta Howard: King’s Mistress, Queen’s Servant by Tracy Borman

I have just finished listening to the biography of Henrietta Howard, written by Tracy Borman and published in 2007. It was with some trepidation that I downloaded more than 16 hours worth of ‘story’ at the beginning of September. Would I ever get through it and would I actually listen or just wander off into a daydream? It certainly did take a few hours to get hooked and then I really was immersed in her world! So much so that I just had to visit her home on the banks of the Thames at Twickenham before it closed for the winter. I finally finished the ‘book’ on Thursday evening and drove to Marble Hill on Saturday morning while it was all still fresh in my mind!

There is so much I would like to write about the life of Henrietta Howard; over the course of the last six weeks I came to really admire, respect and care for her. If you are likely to read the book yourself it may be better to omit this description of her life as I have gone in to quite a lot of detail and I wouldn’t want to

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Henrietta Chamberlain King Biography

Henrietta Chamberlain King

rancher
Born: 7/21/1832
Birthplace: Boonville, Mo.

Henrietta Maria Morse Chamberlain was an only child whose mother died when she was three. Her father, a Presbyterian missionary in Missouri and Tennessee, was often away from home, leaving his daughter to become self-reliant at an early age. After attending the Female Institute in Holly Springs, Miss., for two years, Henrietta moved to Brownsville, Tex., in 1849, where her father soon established a Presbyterian mission. She taught briefly at the Rio Grande Female Institute before marrying Richard King in 1854. The couple lived in a hut on the cattle ranch King and a partner had established in 1852 on the Santa Gertrudis Creek. The ranch soon grew to 53,000 acres.

During the Civil War, the ranch received cotton from the Confederacy bound for Mexico, where it was loaded onto ships for England. After Union troops captured the ranch in 1863, and King fled to avoid capture, Henrietta and her five children moved to San Antonio for a time. In 1868 King becam