William was born about FEB 1880 in Jasper County, Mississippi, the son of unknown parents.
He died in FEB 1960 in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi.
His wife was Ebbie Jones, who he married in ABT 1900 in Mississippi. Their two known children were Myrtle (1902-?) and Cecil Clarence (1919-?).
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| Birth | ABT FEB 1880 |
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| Death | FEB 1960 |
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| Burial | FEB 1960 |
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Note 1
!Notes: Descended from one of five brothers who faught in U.S. Revolutionary War on the North Carolina Roster. Gus Grissom, one of the first Astronauts was also descended from these brothers. Earliers ancestry is unknown. There are known branches of the family in Indiana and Mississippi.