William
Justus
Born in Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Washington Justus, Rebecca (Justus) Dodson, Elizabeth Justus, Mary Gilkey Justus, James P. Justus, Moses C. Justus and Daniel P. Justus
Husband of
Rachel Mary Jane (Brunner) Justus
— married
before 1850 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Justus, Susan Justus, Mary Justus, James William Justus, Emily Justus, Nancy Rebecca (Justus) Anderson, Thomas Justus, Frances Justus, Julia Alice (Justus) Russell and Sarah Justus
Died
at age 53
in Collin, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Dec 2016
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Biography
William justus the son of james justus, was born 17 april 1824 in schuyler county illinois. He married rachel mary jane brunner. william and rachel moved to a farm in fannin county, texas, after june 1850. their first child marta ann elizabeth was born in july 1851 in fannin county. ten years later through their hard work and improvements, their farm in fannin county was valued at $1,000 ($26,628.80 inflation) in the 1860 census.[1]
During the civil war William enlisted on 6 july 1861 at bonham texas as a private in the stanley light horse indian mounted volunteers, 14th brigade, texas militia. in 1865, according to a deed record, the justus family was living near bonham. in september he sold 26 acres of land for $600 to Peter b. McKay. during the following year, several families residing in their neighborhood migrated to cedar county, missouri. sin williams two oldest daughters martha and susan, were married in 1869 in cedar county it appears they migrated as to missouri as well, however they returned to texas by july 1870. in july when the collin county census was taken william was a farm laborer living near farmersville. near by susan (justus) walker and family lived with her family. william justus died before 14 october 1877; burial probably in collin county. after his death rachel married solomon west.
William was born in 1824.
- Fact: Residence (1860) Beat 1, Fannin, Texas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1870) Texas, United States
- Fact: Burial Fannin Co,Texas
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-YFW : 26 July 2017), Wm Justice, 1860.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 May 2019, 22:04), entry for William James Justus(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2WPC-G5T); contributed by various users.
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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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~3.12%
Nathan Begley
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~3.12%
Timothy Upton :
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~0.78%
Emmett Peachey :
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~0.78%
Ruth (Peachey) Kittle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Shirley (Peachey) Haynes :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A820973 [compare], FTDNA kit #300329
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~0.78%
Erin Wallace :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Edwin Peachey :
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