William
Preston
Page
Born in Rushville, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse William Page
and Emily Green (Plummer) Page
Brother of
Francis Marion Page, John Wesley Page, Elizabeth Hanna (Page) Osborn, Amanda Ellen (Page) Rees, Louisa M. (Page) Lawson, George Washington Page, Melissa Ann (Page) Holland, James Madison Page, Alice M. (Page) Hargrove and Emma Icey (Page) Brown
Husband of
Charity Ann (Lawrence) Page
— married
18 Nov 1868 in Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Minnie Elizabeth (Page) Browning, Emma Mae (Page) Martin, Samuel Milton Page, William Preston Page Jr., Mary (Page) Faris, Jesse Lawrence Page and Robert Lee Page
Died
at age 47
in Rushville, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2017
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Biography
William Preston Page was born June 9, 1847, in Platte Co., MO, the 4th child of Jesse and Emily Plummer Page and their first child born in Missouri. On Nov. 18, 1868, he married "Nannie" Lawrence and they had seven children:
- Minnie Elizabeth
- Emma Mae
- Samuel Milton
- William Jr.
- Mary Faris
- Jesse Lawrence
- Robert Lee
William he was killed at the age of 47 while unloading cattle at Armour Junction when a freight started moving. A wrong switch was thrown and he was hard of hearing so did not hear the train coming; another version is that he was leaning against a freight when it started rolling and pulled him under it.[1]
Census/Residence
1850 Marshall, Platte County, Missouri Census[2]
- Jesse Page M 30 Kentucky
- Emily Page F 27 Kentucky
- Francis Page M 9 Kentucky
- John Page M 7 Kentucky
- Elizabeth Page F 5 Kentucky
- William Page M 3 Missouri
- Amanda Page F 0 Missouri
1860 Census - Marshall Township, Platte, Missouri[3]
- Jesse Page M 39 Indiana
- Emily Page F 37 Kentucky
- Francis M Page M 21 Kentucky
- John W Page M 17 Kentucky
- Elizabeth H Page F 15 Kentucky
- William Page M 13 Missouri
- Amanda Page F 10 Missouri
- Louisa M Page F 8 Missouri
- Geo Page M 6 Missouri
- Malissa Page F 3 Missouri
- Jos M Page M 1 Missouri
1880 Census - Bloomington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri[4]
- William Page Self Male 34 Missouri, United States
- Nancy Page Wife Female 32 Missouri, United States
- Minnie Page Daughter Female 10 Missouri, United States
- Emma Page Daughter Female 8 Missouri, United States
- Samuel Page Son Male 5 Missouri, United States
- William Page Son Male 3 Missouri, United States
- Mary Page Daughter Female 1 Missouri, United States
Sources
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKL-HDFR : 13 December 2015), William Preston Page, 1894; Burial, Rushville, Buchanan, Missouri, United States of America, Sugar Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 50694330, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-GZJ : 9 November 2014), William Page in household of Jesse Page, Marshall, Platte, Missouri, United States; citing family 201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZG-5QJ : 30 December 2015), William Page in entry for Jesse Page, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66F-7R3 : 7 September 2017), William Page, Bloomington, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 80, sheet 512D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,676.
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #50694330
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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%
Kaylee (Holland) Robinson
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~0.78%
Katherine (Lent) Burgardt :
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~0.39%
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