William
Thomas
(Willie)
Sessions
Born in Troy, Alabama
Ancestors 
Brother of
Rena J. (Sessions) Ward
Husband of
Rhodilla (Ward) Sessions
— married
1914 in Pike County Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Lamar Sessions, Mary A (Sessions) Scarbrough, Robert Harold Sessions, Calvin Randolph Sessions and Norma Carol (Sessions) Dykes
Died
at age 75
in Pike County, Alabama
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2015
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Biography
William was born in 1891. William Sessions married Della Ward. Della's brother Zack Ward married William's sister Rena making them double first cousins. Brother sister set marrying a brother sister set. He passed away in 1966 at age 75 in Troy, Alabama
Sources
14 in 1930 Census - "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KVH-C2M : accessed 21 March 2018), Thomas L Sessions in household of William T Sessions, Linwood, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 1A, line 33, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 46; FHL microfilm 2,339,781.
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX8M-GSC : 15 February 2018), Willie Thomas Sessions, 15 Jun 1966; citing reference 18254, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,092.
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Alison (McDonald) Jordan
My great grandfather Willie married Della Ward. Della Ward's brother Zack Ward married Willie's sister Rena Sessions. So a brother sister set married a brother sister set.
posted 19 Jan 2018 by Alison (McDonald) Jordan
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willie 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 Willie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willie 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 Willie:
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~12.50%
Alison (McDonald) Jordan
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23andMe, GEDmatch M049882 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lee (Worrell) Hermes :
23andMe, GEDmatch T045326 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A900604 [compare], Ancestry member LeeWorrell14
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Rejected matches › William David Sessions (abt.1880-1956) › William Sessions (1890-) › William Eldridge (Session) Sisson › William Purdie Sessoms (1891-1967)
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