Elizabeth Pearl Ashbrook
1865 - 1925 (60 years)-
Name Elizabeth Pearl Ashbrook Birth 29 Mar 1865 Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States 
Gender Female Death 17 Nov 1925 Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States Address:
St. Johns HospitalBurial 19 Nov 1925 Bellefontaine Cemetery,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States Address:
Marvin, Block 54-63, Lot 1556- findagrave memorial # 124519233
Created 25 Aug 2025 Notes - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124519233/elizabeth_pearl-king :
On December 5, 1883 as J. Pearl Ashbrook, she married Robt. King Jr. in St. Charles County, Missouri.
Elizabeth Price [Pearl] King was born in St. Louis in 1865, the daughter of James Ashbrook, who was the head of a large packing plant. In 1882 [1883], she married Richard King, a wealthy land owner of Corpus Christi, Texas. She had resided in Texas since her marriage. She died Tuesday, November 17, 1935 at St. John’s Hospital after an illness of several weeks. She was predeceased by her husband who died at the Jefferson Hotel in 1922 while on a visiting his cousins. Survivors included two daughters: Mrs. R. Gentry Estill of Estill, Missouri and Mrs. J. Darst Patch of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; one son, Richard King of Corpus Christi, Texas and one sister, Mrs. Milton Gannaway of Wentzville, Missouri who she had been visiting before being removed to St. John’s Hospital. Funeral services were held at Christ Church Cathedral. Interment was in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Source: St. Louis Dispatch, Thursday, November 19, 1925.
Person ID 42873198 robsgenealogy Last Modified 14 Dec 2025
Father James E. Ashbrook, b. 12 Jul 1844 d. 16 Sep 1919, St. Louis,,(City of St. Louis),Missouri,USA (Age 75 years) Mother Mary T. Matthews, b. 1841, Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States d. 29 Jun 1885, Wentzville,Township of Wentzville,Saint Charles,Missouri,United States (Age 44 years) Created 25 Aug 2025 Family ID F37211984 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Richard King, Jr., b. 15 Jul 1860, Brownsville,,Cameron,Texas,United States d. 27 Sep 1922, Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States (Age 62 years) Marriage 12 Dec 1883 Wentzville,Township of Wentzville,Saint Charles,Missouri,United States 
Elizabeth Pearl Ashbrook to Richard King Jr wedding STL Post-Dispatch 15 Dec 1883 pg 10 col 4 
Elizabeth Pearl Ashbrook to Richard Kng Jr. Marriage License Age at Marriage She : 18 years and 9 months - He : 23 years and 5 months. Created 25 Aug 2025 Children 1. Richard King, III, b. 17 Dec 1884 d. 4 Mar 1974, Corpus Christi,,Nueces County,Texas,United States (Age 89 years)2. Mary King, b. 19 Dec 1886, ,Aqua Dulce,Nueces County,Texas,United States d. 2 Jan 1971, Corpus Christi,,Nueces County,Texas,United States (Age 84 years)3. Minerva King, b. 31 Jan 1892, ,,,Texas,USA d. 29 Jul 1990, ,,Nueces County,Texas,United States (Age 98 years)Family ID F5762672 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Dec 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 29 Mar 1865 - Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States 
Marriage - 12 Dec 1883 - Wentzville,Township of Wentzville,Saint Charles,Missouri,United States Death - Address:
St. Johns Hospital - 17 Nov 1925 - Saint Louis,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States
Burial - Address:
Marvin, Block 54-63, Lot 1556 - 19 Nov 1925 - Bellefontaine Cemetery,,City of Saint Louis,Missouri,United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
King Ranch by Tom Lea pg 600 - death of Eliz Pearl King
Documents 
King Ranch by Tom Lea pg 258 - marriage Richard King to Eliz Pearl Ashbrook
