William and his wife Elizabeth were named in an 1864 Frederick County, Maryland equity court case over the estate of William's father John Michael; the case says that the couple were living in Illinois.[1]
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7Q-WHS : 4 April 2020), William Michaels, Jackson, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing family 102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9Z-CH5 : 7 September 2017), William Michael, Barkley, Jasper, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 60, sheet 269B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,286.
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