Bascom Milton King was a Seaman in the U. S. Navy and is recorded as arriving in New York on 17 Dec 1918, departing Liverpool, England.
1328Bascom M. King graduated from the University of Missouri on 25 April 1922; he was a member of the Sigma Xi Honor Society.
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1930 Census of Columbia, Boone Co MO (128 Anthony Avenue)
Name			        AgeBascom M King*		38	head	TX TN TX	        m at 30
Mable F King		        32	wife	MO MO MO	m at 25
Mildred Morganthaler	34	roomer
Professor, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri.  Author of  several articles from the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, including: “Kentucky Bluegrass in Missouri,” 1927, “Inferiority of Foreign Red Clover Seed,” 1928, “A Classificatioin of Soybeans,” 1929, and “Soybean Production in Missouri”, 1947.  
Bascom king committed suicide by gunshot (see death certificate on multimedia page).
Surname per death certificate of her husband, Bascom Milton King.
1900 Census of Saline, Cooper Co MO
Name                	Age
Moses Street        	32    head m 5 y
Lizzie Street          	22    wife  m 5 y
Mable Street        	  2    daughter b Jan 1898
Clara Robbins      	  9    niece
Chas Clayton      	39    servant
1910 Census of Missouri, Boone Co MO
Name                	Age
Lairy Melloway     	26    head  m 5 y, m1
Lizzie Melloway	        30    wife   m 5 y, m2, mother of 4, 4 still living
Mabre Street        	12    step-dau
Roy Street          	  9    step-son
Jewel Melloway           4    dau
Nellie G Melloway	  2   dau
1920 Census of Boone Co MO
Name                	Age
Larry R Melloway	36
Elizabeth Melloway	40
Malissa J Melloway	13
Nellie G Melloway	11
James S Melloway	  8
Oliver C Melloway	  3 4/12
Olive D Melloway	  3 4/12
William R Street        18    step-son
Mabel Street        	22    step-daughter