William Riley
Thacker
Born in McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Husband of
Barbary Catherine (Edwards) Thacker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Henry Thacker, John Manville Thacker, Minty Ora Belle (Thacker) Pyles, Jennie Cordelia (Thacker) Nix, Elmer Dee Thacker, Martha Ann (Thacker) Killingsworth, James M Thacker, James Samuel Thacker, Arizona Amanda (Thacker) Hornbuckle and Jewel (Thacker) Sowell
Died
at age 77
in McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2014
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Biography
Sources
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDJ-2XN : 29 May 2021), James H Thacker in entry for Mary E Thacker, 1870.
1870 -McNairy Co., TN
Mary E. Thacker 39 F W Keeping house TN
Nancy A 16 F W TN
James H. 10 M W TN
William R. 7 M W TN
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD75-YN6 : 15 January 2022), Eliza Ledbetter in household of Nancy Thacker, District 10, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
1880 McNairy Co census: district 10, house 92
- Thacker, Nancy 50 head, widow, TN TN TN housekeeper
- William R. 17 son, single, TN TN TN
- Ledbetter, Eliza 79 widow Mother TN NC NC
Though this census is indexed as Grainger Co., TN, it is actually McNairy Co., TN when you view the original.
Another strange thing about this census, is that Eliza Ledbetter's daughter's name on the census shows NANCY, We know for certain that it was Mary who married a Thacker and had the son, William R. Thacker. _______________
1900 Census - McNairy Co., TN - 10th Civil District - p. 136B
- William THACKERHead, 37, Feb. 1863
- Barbara, wife35, May 1865
- William H., son16, Sept. 1883
- John M., son14, Oct. 1885
- Minty, dau12, April 1888
- Jennie, dau 9, Feb. 1891
- Elmer,dau 7, Feb. 1893
- Martha, dau 4, Nov. 1895
- James, son 1, Sept. 1898
1910-McNairy Co., TN, District 10, stamped page 115, Sheet 16a, #308-310 (enumerated May 17, 1910)
- William R. THACKERheadm w47m-28yrsTN TN TNfarrmer
- Cathrine wife f w45m-28yrsTN12 children-9 alive
- Elmer D. sonm w17sTN
- Martha Ann dauf w14sTN
- James M.s onm w11sTN
- Samuel sonm w 7sTN
- Zina Arizona dauf w 5sTN
- Jewel dauf w 2sTN
1920-McNairy Co., TN, District 10, stamped page 129, sheet 18a, #363-363 (enumerated Feb 3-4, 1920)
- Barby wifef w54mTN
- Samuel sonm w17sTN
- Jewell dauf w11sTN
- Mary E. motherf w88wdTN TN TN
- Jina WHITE dauf w15mTN
- Ray WHITE s-i-lm w17mTN <
- Personal research/correcpondence (Ann Jobe Brown with Stephen Thacker and Roger Lawrence 2000-2005)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114935697/james-henry-thacker: accessed 10 January 2023), memorial page for James Henry Thacker (1860–1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114935697, citing Thacker Cemetery, West Shiloh, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William Riley 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 Riley:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William Riley 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 Riley:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Steve Wicker 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~3.12%
Wendy Thacker :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Ann (Jobe) Brown :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T023084 [compare], FTDNA kit #453451
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Debbie (Brown) Frewin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M394409 [compare]
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~0.78%
Patricia (Exley) Dickey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch pedickey [compare], Ancestry member pedickey91
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