Capt.
William
B.
Nowland
Born in Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Andrew Jackson Nowland, Mary Nowland, Laura Caroline (Nowland) Humber, Maria Matilda Nowland and Edward William Benjamin Nowland Sr.
Husband of
Margaret A. (Bennett) Nowland
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 35
in Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2017
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Biography
- Boat captain for commerce. After the Union soldiers torched two of his riverboats, he raised a company for the Confederate cause.
- Died in an accidental explosion on one of his river boats, the "Judge Wheeler"
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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 ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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%
~12.50%
Cindy (Brown) Shephard 
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Rejected matches › William Newland (1837-1916)
William is 22 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 22 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 45 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 28 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 25 degrees from Michael Chow, 21 degrees from Ree Drummond, 24 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 23 degrees from Matty Matheson, 24 degrees from Martha Stewart, 29 degrees from Danny Trejo and 27 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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