Married Mary Elizabeth Patterson in March 11, 1846. He had 10 children. He was one of the first deacon that started the Doris Chapel Church of Christ. On his tombstone it read Safely Anchored in the Harbor Eternal Rest Father came from England Mother came from Ireland.
He is buried at the Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Eaton, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA.
Sources
Direct conversation with my father and gravestone information.
Written on tombstone in Springhill Cemetery seen by Deborah Joyce. Historian Fred Culp of Gibson Co. Has written a book on the past and present of Gibson County.
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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.
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