1870 - living in Jersey County with parents and siblings. Age 8; attended school.[1]
1880 - living in Greene County with his parents and siblings. Age 18; works on farm.[2]
Sources
↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8 Range 12, Jersey, Illinois; Roll: M593_233; Page: 784B; Image: 788; Family History Library Film: 545732
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJK-8PM : 15 September 2017), William Wall in household of Ambrose Wall, Township 10 Range 12, Greene, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 146B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,209.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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