William
"Billy"
Witcher III
formerly Witcher
Born in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Reuben Witcher
and Judah (Edwards) Witcher
Brother of
Lucy (Witcher) Gilbert, Daniel Coleman Witcher, John Witcher, James Witcher and Mary Ballard Witcher
Husband of
Elizabeth W (Gilbert) Yoakem
— married
15 Dec 1834 (to 1864) in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Henry Witcher and James Coleman Witcher
Died
at about age 56
in Bells, Grayson, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Nov 2020
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Biography
Billy died when J C was 24; Elizabeth, his mother died when JC was 53
Sources
- Dallas Morning News 1926
Funeral notices at Methodist Church for Capt James Witcher, recording his parents
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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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~0.78%
~6.25%
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