Dr.
William
Wilson
Lea
Born in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Major Lea
and Lavinia (Jarnagin) Lea
Brother of
Pryor Lea, Anderson Lea, John H Lea, Cynthia Ann (Lea) Millikan, Harmon G Lea, Cecelia Lea, Albert Miller Lea, Luke Lea and James Lea
Husband of
Eliza Augusta (Lewis) Lea
— married
1825 [location unknown]
Husband of
Unknown Lindsay
— married
after 1836 [location unknown]
Husband of
Martha (Corprew) Lea
— married
1 Nov 1854 in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Myra Lea, William Luke Lea, Walter Scott Lea, Eliza Augusta Lea, Albert Lea, William Wilson Lea, Sarah Lea, Laura Lea, Joel Lewis Lea Sr. and Pryor N Lea
Died
at age 81
in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Dec 2017
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William Lea was born in Tennessee.
Biography
William was born in 1796. He was the son of Major Lea and Lavinia Jarnagin. He passed away in 1878.
Sources
- See Major Lea son of Luke Lea, brother to William Wilson Lea
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115328400/william-wilson-lea
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Mary (Giesler) Harvey
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A433415 [compare], Ancestry member mgharvey2
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~0.78%
~6.25%
J Franklin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Lola (Hunt) Wilson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T374286 [compare], FTDNA kit #224397
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan (Brown) Bulla :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal SUSc86f3d1c, FTDNA kit #934490
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