William Archie Sullivan Sr. (abt. 1851 - abt. 1904)

Born about 1851 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States

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Died about 1904 at about age 53 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

William Archie "Wilkie Neely" Sullivan Sr was born in 1851 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA as the first child of James Sullivan and Martha Unknown.

He had five siblings, namely: John Ben, James Edward, Oliver B., Margaret Jane, and Rufus N.

He died in 1904 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 53).

Wilkie Arch Sullivan Sr lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1860.

He lived in Township 10 Range 16, , Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1870 (18 Age: 18; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; Farmer Occupation: Farmer).

He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1880.

Wilkie Neely Sullivan Sr. is buried in Peacock Cemetery.

William Archie "Wilkie Neely" Sullivan Sr and Brenda Mary "Polly" Harvey had the following children:

1. Olly C Sullivan was born in Feb 1870 in Mississippi, USA. She probably died before the 1880 census.
2. James Mack "Red Mack" Sullivan was born on Apr 28, 1871 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Sep 11, 1938 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 67). He married Emily Jane Sellers about 1891 (based upon 1900 census data).
3. G. J. Sullivan was born in 1872 in Mississippi, USA. This may be James Mack.
4. Thomas F "Tom" Sullivan was born in 1874 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 17, 1939 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 65). He married Fannie M. Buckley on Dec 12, 1898 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. He married Ida E Peacock on Jan 16, 1919 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA.
5. William Archie Sullivan Jr was born on Aug 30, 1875 in New Hebron, Lawrence, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 22, 1955 in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Will Greer; Age at Death: 79). He married Fannie Arena Sanford on Oct 29, 1895 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA.
6. Lodena Sullivan was born in Feb 1878 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Oct 11, 1907 in Smith, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 29). She married James Norris "Tinker Jim" Sellers about 1900 in Smith, Mississippi, USA.

Burial:

Peacock Cemetery

Shivers, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Headstone Inscription: (replacement marker over original)

Wilkie Neely Sullivan, Sr

1851 - 1904

In Loving Memory

Your Family

Sources

• Mississippi Death Certificate of son, James Mac Sullivan James Mac Sullivan validates his birth and death location.
• Sullivan's Hollow by Chester Sullivan (University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Mississippi.) Page: p78
• 1860 United States Federal Census, Place: , Smith, Mississippi "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GV-S9L : 30 December 2015), John Sullivan in entry for James Sullivan, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFST-SP8 : accessed 21 January 2016), Wilsky Sullivan, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 5, family 30, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Place: , Smith, Mississippi; Roll: 664; Family History Film: 1254664; Page: 322A; Enumeration District: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P3-ZWV : accessed 21 January 2016), W A Sullivan, Beat 3 Taylorsville, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 322A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0664; FHL microfilm 1,254,664.