William was born about 1817. He is the son of William Stetson and Jane Anderson. Note: It has not been proven that William Riddle Stetson is the son of William Anderson Stetson although both travelled to the same Kenosha County, WI.
William was married in 1854 to Ellen O'Mealy who was born in Ireland in 1829. They had two children: Julia, b. 1856 and Grovsenor A. Stetson, b. Dec. 1859.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured National Park champion connections: William is 16 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 19 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 26 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 29 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 17 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 27 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.