Burial is at
Arthur-Melugin Cemetery
Avilla, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Sources
Repository: R1551113887 Ancestry.com
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-B72 : 12 April 2016), Allen Driver, Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing family 61, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46Z-6QG : 12 April 2016), Allen Driver, Missouri, United States; citing p. 2, family 12, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,282.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XD-6DQ : 7 September 2017), Allen Driver, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 389B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0694; FHL microfilm 1,254,694.
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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.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
~0.78%Cecil Sprague :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T761801[compare], yourDNAportal CEC8caee44b, Ancestry member Trele6
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T761801[compare], yourDNAportal CEC8caee44b, FTDNA kit #113855