William was born on June 9, 1920 in Boise, Idaho to William Thomas Padgett and Elizabeth (Turner) Padgett.[1] His father was from Alabama and mother from Tennessee.[2,3] He had one sister.[2,3] He grew up in Bend, Oregon; his father worked in a lumber mill.[2,3] At age 20, he married Marjorie Ellen Shafer in Boise, Idaho.[4, 5] Both William and Marjorie were living in Bend, Oregon when they married.[4] When William enlisted in the army in 1942, he listed his occupation as a post office clerk.[6] Early in 1945, William divorced Marjorie[7] and married Zelna Thorpe Stone.[8] Their son William Jr. was born in Oregon in 1946. A second son was born in 1952.
In 1964 William married Doris Ethel Martin; their marriage lasted two years.[9, 10] William's fourth marriage was to Janette Elaine Stevens.
William passed away in 1992 in Bend, Oregon.[1]
1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30990464
2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC96-KXD : accessed 17 May 2019), William Padgett in household of William Padgett, Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 6B, line 96, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1942; FHL microfilm 2,341,676.
3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRL-HSM : 14 March 2018), William Padgett in household of W T Padgett, Bend, Election Precinct 6, Deschutes, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-6B, sheet 3A, line 27, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3359.
4. Idaho Statesman, June 8, 1941, Boise, Idaho, p. 12.
5. "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZJ7-QJ6 : 19 October 2018), William Orrion Padgett and Marjorie Ellen Shafer, 1941.
6. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKT-W5N : 5 December 2014), William O Padgett, enlisted 12 Nov 1942, Portland, Oregon, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
7. Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.
8. Florida, County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
9. Idaho, County Marriage Records, 1863-1967, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2017.
10. Oregon, Divorce Records, 1961-1985, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2015.
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