William
"Bill"
Vanover
Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Cornelius Vanover VI
and Sarah (Hill) Vanover
Brother of
Nancy (Vanover) Poe, John Hill Vanover, Henry Vanover, Charlotte (Vanover) Long, Eli Vanover, Elizabeth (Vanover) Phipps, Wesley Yancey Vanover and Lucinda Ann (Vanover) Phipps
Husband of
Elizabeth (Howell) Vanover
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Creed Vanover, Elvira (Vanover) Mullins, Ruth (Vanover) Swindall, Allen Vanover, Wesley Vanover, Adeline (Vanover) Swindall, Caroline (Vanover) Mullins, Sarah C (Vanover) Cutlip and Ira Gilliam Vanover
Died
at age 84
in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2016
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Biography
William Vanover is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.
From Find A Grave:
Bill was the 4th of eleven children, born to Cornelius VI and Sarah (Hill) Vanover.
Bill was a farmer, teacher, and justice of the peace for Wise County, Virginia when the county was formed in 1856. He was also the first Commissioner of the Revenue for Dickenson County, VA, which was formed in 1880. (source: The Vanover Family, by Greg Vanover)
Bill married (1st) Elizabeth "Betsey" Howell and they had ten children:
- 1. Creed, b. 1849 (m. Rebecca Kilgore)
- 2. Elvira "Ella", b. 1850 (m. Isaac Mullins)
- 3. RUTH, b. 1851 (m. James "Tennie" Swindall)
- 4. Allen (m. (1) Susan Swindall, (2) Jennie Stallard)
- 5. Wesley (m. Leanza Ferrell)
- 6. Caroline (m. Alex Mullins)
- 7. Adeline "Addie" (m. Joseph P. Swindall)
- 8. Martha (m. Francis Marion Keel)
- 9. Sarah (m. George Edward Cutlip)
- 10. Ira (m. Drucy Parsons)
Married (2nd) Cassander Maxwell.
From The Big Stone Gap post, (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.), 08 Feb. 1900, under the "From Freeling" section:
Wesley and William Vanover went to Kentucky to see their brother, John, who was reported to be critically ill. They have returned and report his condition more favorable.[1]
Bill died at the age of 84 years.
Sources
- ↑ The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.), 08 Feb. 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061179/1900-02-08/ed-1/seq-3/>
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRD-F5P : 15 July 2017), William Vanover, Walker, Wise, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 347C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1394; FHL microfilm 1,255,394.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #65193231
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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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~6.25%
~12.50%
Tessie (Rose) Evans 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M103905 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M103905 [compare], FTDNA kit #B9151
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Billy Wallace :
23andMe, GEDmatch M155955 [compare], FTDNA kit #218166
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~3.12%
Teressa (Willis) Hasty :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Gail (Vanover) Marcum :
23andMe, GEDmatch M293130 [compare]
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~3.12%
John Ashe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a716326 [compare], Ancestry member johna18091
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~3.12%
Eddie Vanover :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PU5226521 [compare], Ancestry member kyddworks424269
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Jimmie Evans :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Eric Weddington :
23andMe, GEDmatch AX8517885 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PP1935990 [compare], Ancestry member eric_weddington
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B955151
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~1.56%
Tracy Trujillo :
23andMe, GEDmatch M225646 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Heather Damron :
23andMe, GEDmatch M836383 [compare]
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~1.56%
Bennette Harris :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Laura Guy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ladylg
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~0.78%
Jeanie (Doran) Bond :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sweetbriarpress
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~0.78%
Carolyn Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member frazic
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~0.78%
Cathy Mouilleron :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CatherineJosephBradley
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~0.78%
Michael Maggard :
AncestryDNA
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