William
Odell
Worsham
aka Washam
Born about in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jefferson Worsham
and Rebecca (Elkins) Worsham
Brother of
Jefferson Worsham [half], Nancy Worsham, Martha Worsham, Washington Worthington Worsham, Robert Lee Worsham, Orlando Worsham and Thomas J Worsham
Husband of
Sarah Frances Cornelia (Rogers) Worsham
— married
1855 in Sullivan County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Daniel Worsham and Martha Ann Eliza (Washum) Wardrup
Died
at about age 80
in Hot Springs, Madison, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2014
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Biography
William was born about 1833. He was the son of Jefferson Worsham and Rebecca Elkins.
William married Sarah Frances Cornelia Rodgers Worsham (1840 - 1929). These are their known children:
- Joseph Daniel S Worsham (1856 - 1923)
- Martha Ann Eliza Worsham Wardrup (1857 - 1936)
- Mary Caldonia Worsham Franklin (1858 - 1939)
- Reuben Worsham (1860 - ____)
- Nancy Catherine Worsham (1862 - 1863)
- Rosanna Lee Worsham Kelley (1864 - 1900)
- Ellen Adeline Worsham Brooks (1866 - 1940)
- William Edward Worsham (1868 - 1915)
- Thomas Ezekiel Worsham (1870 - 1943)
- Sarah Jane Worsham Baxter (1871 - 1937)
- Stephen Nicholas Worsham (1875 - 1943)
- Helena Mae Worsham Fendley (1877 - 1953)
- Eva Erness Worsham (1879 - 1956)
- Robert Pemberton Worsham (1882 - 1908)
- Jefferson W Worsham (1884 - 1941)
William was a farmer. During the Civil War he went to work in the salt mine in Saltville, Virginia, not far from Bristol, Tennessee where Sarah and the children lived.
About 1870, he moved his family from Bristol to Bluff, probably for the logging jobs. He was a blacksmith as well as a subsistence farmer.
William passed away in 1913 and is buried in the Bluff Cemetery, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #45539902 with photo
1860 Sullivan County, Tennessee census
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DNA Connections
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%
~12.50%
Cindy (Cooper) Ferguson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SX6692768 [compare], Ancestry member Run2katz
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Ken Bashford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MG2216461 [compare], Ancestry member kbash33
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~1.56%
Paula (Elkins) Campbell :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member paulaknight132
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~0.78%
Christi Campbell :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ChristiCampbell17
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~0.78%
Alex Stone :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H206572 [compare]
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[Living Estes]
Worsham-372 and Worsham-143 appear to represent the same person because: Same person -- match not found originally due to misspelling in 143 record.
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