William
Thomas
Tevis
Born in Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Cyrus C. Tevis
and Elizabeth (Stone) Tevis
Husband of
Isabelle (Root) Tevis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Walter Stone Tevis
Died
at age 77
in Madison, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Nov 2020
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Biography
1860 United States Federal Census [1]
- Name: William T Tevis
- Age: 20
- Birth Year: abt 1840
- Gender: Male
- Birth Place: Kentucky
- Home in 1860: Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky
- Post Office: Nicholasville
- Dwelling Number: 869
- Family Number: 869
- Occupation: Salesman D G S
- Household Members: Name Age
- Jno B Wallace 31
- Lucy Wallace 22
- George B Wallace 3
- Telford Messick 17
- William T Tevis 20
Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
[2]
- Name: William Tevis
- Event Type: Military Service
- Event Date: 1862
- Military Unit Note: Eighth Cavalry, Mo-Th
1870 United States Federal Census
[3]
- Name: William Tevis
- Age in 1870: 29
- Birth Year: abt 1841
- Birthplace: Kentucky
- Dwelling Number: 96
- Home in 1870: Kirksville, Madison, Kentucky
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Post Office: Kirksville
- Occupation: Farmer
- Male Citizen over 21: Y
- Personal Estate Value: 5000
- Real Estate Value: 25000
- Inferred Spouse: Lucy Tevis
- Inferred Children: Arthur Tevis
- Household Members: Name Age
- Lucy Tevis 19
- Lucy White 17
- William Tevis 29
- Lucy Tevis 21
- Arthur Tevis 11/12
- Will Benton 26
1880 United States Federal Census
[4]
- Name: William Tevis
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1880
- Event Place: Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States
- Event Place (Original): Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 39
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: White
- Race (Original): W
- Occupation: Furniture
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
- Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
- Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
- Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
- Relationship to Head of Household: Self
- Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
- Sheet Letter: D
- Sheet Number: 365
- Person Number: 0
- Volume: 1
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- William Tevis Self M 39 Kentucky, United States
- Lucy Tevis Wife F 35 Kentucky, United States
- Aurther Tevis Son M 11 Kentucky, United States
- Harry Tevis Son M 9 Kentucky, United States
- Sallie Tevis Daughter F 7 Kentucky, United States
- Cyrus Tevis Son M 5 Kentucky, United States
- Lucy Tevis Daughter F 1 Kentucky, United States
- Ellen White Other F 35 Kentucky, United States
- Rubin Warford Other M 30 Kentucky, United States
- Homsin Miller Other M 45 Kentucky, United States
Second Marriage Record
[5]
- Name: Wm. T. Tevis
- Gender: Male
- Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1886
- Marriage Place: Hawesville, Hancock, Kentucky, USA
- Spouse: Louella Bush
- Film Number: 000495729
1900 United States Federal Census
[6]
- Name: William Tevis
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1900
- Event Place: Magisterial District 7, Kirksville (south part), Madison, Kentucky, United States
- Event Place (Original): ED 53 Magisterial District 7, Kirksville (south part), Madison, Kentucky, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 60
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: White
- Birth Date: Sep 1840
- Birthplace: Kentucky
- Marriage Year (Estimated): 1889
- Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
- Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
- Relationship to Head of Household: Head
- Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
- Sheet Letter: A
- Sheet Number: 10
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- William Tevis Head M 60 Kentucky
- Belle R Tevis Wife F 36 Indiana
- Myra Tevis Daughter F 10 Kentucky
- Buell Tevis Son M 9 Kentucky
- Walter S Tevis Son M 7 Kentucky
- Sara Denny Servant F 50 Kentucky
1910 United States Federal Census
[7]
- Name: William T Tevis
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1910
- Event Place: Muskogee Ward 2, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
- Event Place (Original): , Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 69
- Marital Status: Widowed
- Race: White
- Race (Original): White
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
- Birthplace: Kentucky
- Father's Birthplace: Virginia
- Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
- Relationship to Head of Household: Head
- Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
- Sheet Letter: B
- Sheet Number: 24
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- William T Tevis Head M 69 Kentucky
- Sallie Tevis Daughter F 21 Kentucky
- Beull R Tevis Son M 17 Kentucky
- Walter Q Tevis Son M 16 Kentucky
- Elizabeth Tevis Daughter F 7 Kentucky
- Mabel Tailor Servant F 27 Oklahoma
Find A Grave Burial Record
[8]
- Name: William T Tevis
- Event Type: Burial
- Event Date: 1918
- Event Place: Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States of America
- Event Place (Original): Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States of America
- Age (Estimated): 78
- Photograph Included: Y
- Death Date: 16 Apr 1918
- Cemetery: Richmond Cemetery
- Note: Contains Biography
- Affiliate Record Identifier: 53865419
- Affiliate Image Identifier: 53865419
Research Notes
Find A Grave Bio for Research Purposes [8]
As a young man, William moved to Independence, Missouri. He returned to Kentucy and enlisted in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 8th KY Cavalry. He was captured in Kentucky, 1862, after being wounded at Red River. Paroled 1863, exiled to Canada. Joined the Confederate Secret Service with his brother, Squire Turner Tevis and participated in St. Albans Raid in Vermont. After the raid he fled to Canada disguised as a girl. Familar with ciphers and he intercepted communications between Washington and U.S.prosecutor, Bernard Devlin, during the trials. William lived in Switzerland following the war. After he was pardoned in 1866, he returned to Kentucky and married Lucy McKinney of Lexington and returned to Canada. He again, returned to Madison County Kentucky in 1868 and became successful in farming; involved in furniture making and banking. He became "Kentucky Colonel" under Gov. James B. McCreary; became U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue. In 1885, he was elected to one term of Kentucky State Legislature. His wife died in 1884 and he married Lella Bush who died in childbirth in 1887. His 3rd wife was Isabelle Root.
Sources
- ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, William T. Tevis, born about 1840 in Kentucky, Year: 1860; Census Place: Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky; Page: 124; Family History Library Film: 803378. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. See: https://tinyurl.com/yxc7k58k.
- ↑ "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8Q-1NP : 4 December 2014), William Tevis, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Eighth Cavalry, Mo-Th, NARA microfilm publication M319 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 46.
- ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, William Tevis, age 29, born in Kentucky, Year: 1870; Census Place: Kirksville, Madison, Kentucky; Roll: M593_484; Page: 170A; Family History Library Film: 545983. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. See: https://tinyurl.com/y6gtecrx.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZD-WZ9 : 7 September 2017), William Tevis, Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet 365D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,431.
- ↑ Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky. William T. Tevis married Louella Bush on 05 June 1886 in Hawesville, Hancock, Kentucky. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. See: https://tinyurl.com/y5xlogbr.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H4-6RZ : accessed 3 November 2020), Walter S Tevis in household of William Tevis, Magisterial District 7, Kirksville (south part), Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53, sheet 10A, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,542.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQQ-6FZ : accessed 3 November 2020), William T Tevis, Muskogee Ward 2, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 24B, family 428, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1263; FHL microfilm 1,375,276.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 November 2020), memorial page for William T Tevis (15 Sep 1840–16 Apr 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #53865419, citing Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by marcie (contributor 46615977).
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