Login to find your connection. Henrietta Maria Morse Chamberlain King - Henrietta Maria Morse King formerly Chamberlain. Born 21 Jul in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Sister of Hiram Chamberlain Jr. Lee King. Profile last modified 11 Dec Created 12 Aug Sponsored Search. Is Henrietta your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment , or contact a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question. Sponsored Search by Ancestry.
Search Records. In King became sole owner of the ranch and raised cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. Through careful management and experimental cattle breeding programs, Henrietta and her son-in-law, Robert Justus Kleberg, made the ranch profitable in several years. The ranch developed the Santa Gertrudis cattle variety, which became popular across Texas.
By , the King Ranch had increased to , acres; by it had grown to 1,, acres, larger than the state of Rhode Island. As time went on, Henrietta became a leading philanthropist, building a Presbyterian church and a public high school as well as donating land to build the towns of Kingsville and Raymondville.
She also gave land to build Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, and Catholic churches, and she supported local colleges and hospitals. See also:. When Henrietta Chamberlain King died March 31, at 92 years old, she was one of the richest women in the world. Henrietta was born in in Missouri, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. When she was 18 her family moved to Brownsville and her father, unable to find a suitable house, rented a surplus riverboat.
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