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William Addison Conyers 1856 – 1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Nov 1856

Birth Location: Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 24 Oct 1919

Death Location: Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Father: Josephus Conyers

Mother: Elizabeth Austin

Spouse(s): Eliza Moore

Children(s): Joseph Conyers, William Conyers, Herbert Conyers

The story of William Addison Conyers began in 1856 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA. In 1870, William Addison Conyers resided in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA. In 1910, William Addison Conyers resided in Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky, USA. William Addison Conyers married Eliza Jane Moore, and had children including Joseph Benton Conyers, William Murray Conyers, Herbert Moore Conyers. William Addison Conyers passed away in 1919 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Addison Conyers began in 1856 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA.
  • In 1870, William Addison Conyers resided in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1910, William Addison Conyers resided in Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky, USA.
  • William Addison Conyers married Eliza Jane Moore, and had children including Joseph Benton Conyers, William Murray Conyers, Herbert Moore Conyers.
  • William Addison Conyers passed away in 1919 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Josephus Conyers
1831 – 1866
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
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Elizabeth Austin
1834 – 1876
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Moore
1867 – 1944
Birth Location: Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Joseph Conyers
1887 – 1961
Birth Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
JC
William Conyers
1889 – 1977
Birth Location: Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
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Herbert Conyers
1892 – 1981
Birth Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
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William Conyers's Ancestors

Self
William Conyers
1856 – 1919
Birth Place: Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Josephus C Conyers
1831 – 1866
Kentucky, United States
Elizabeth Austin
1834 – 1876
Tennessee
Grandparents
John (Anderson) Conyers
1788 – 1874
Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Susannah Spradlin
1793 – 1852
Kentucky, USA
Valentine (Dickinson) Austin
1801 – 1844
Ablemarle, Virginia, USA
Mariah Staley
1804 – 1860
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Conyers
1757 – 1847
Jane Wills
1768 – 1820
Obediah Spradling
1760 – 1823
Lucy Creel
1765 – 1850
Henry Austin
1771 – 1842
Mary Dickenson
1778 – 1863
Peter Staley
1780 –
Ann Miers
1782 – 1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Conyers
1725 – 1770
Alice Neville
1712 – 1761
George Willis
1743 – 1817
MARY Stone
1753 – 1782
Joseph Spradling
1733 – 1766
Susannah Sneed
1737 – 1768
Samuel Austin
1739 – 1824
Mary Deal
1739 – 1811
Christopher Staley
Ann Myers
Jacob Miers

William Conyers's Descendants

1.
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William (Addison) Conyers (25 Nov 1856 – 24 Oct 1919) m. Eliza (Jane) Moore (23 Feb 1867 – 29 Feb 1944)
  1. 1. Joseph (Benton) Conyers (19 Feb 1887 – 2 Jun 1961) m. Edna (Lucille) Jones (23 Oct 1897 – 28 Apr 1960)
    1. 1. Bennie (Lucille) Conyers (16 Nov 1923 – 16 Aug 1925)
    2. 2. Joseph (Barton) Conyers (8 Jun 1927 – ) m. Gaye (Nelle) Caldwell (11 Nov 1926 – )
      1. 1. Sherrie (Denise) Conyers (1956 – )
      2. 2. Joseph (Barton) Conyers (22 Sep 1957 – ) m. Teresa (Heather) Prince
      3. 3. Mark Conyers (1959 – )
    3. 3. Jean (Polk) Conyers (30 Jan 1930 – ) m. Joe (Houston) Herndon (20 Jul 1927 – )
      1. 1. Christopher (Houston) Herndon (12 Aug 1964 – )
      2. 2. Robert (Ellis) Herndon (18 Aug 1966 – )
  2. 2. William (Murray) Conyers (4 Sep 1889 – 1 June 1977) m. Annie (Belle) Cook (17 May 1887 – 26 October 1929)
    1. 1. Annie (Laurie) Conyers (31 May 1914 – Oct 1995) m. Joseph (Daniel) Purcell (5 Sep 1908 – 1 Jun 1990)
      1. 1. Joanne (Marie) Purcell (6 Oct 1937 – 7 Jan 2016) m. Robert (Winslow) Holliday (8 Aug 1934 – )
      2. 2. Jerome (Michael) Purcell (5 Dec 1938 – ) m. Constance (Elizabeth) Heinrichs (1 Apr 1942 – )
        1. 1. Julie (Lorraine) Purcell (04/07/1965 – ) m. Jeffrey (Stephen) Hungerford (23 Apr 1965 – )
        2. 2. Anita (Lynn) Purcell (20 Oct 1966 – ) m. Gregory Haws
        3. 3. Joan (Beth) Purcell (01 Nov 1967 – ) m. Randall (E) Raskin
        4. 4. Vincent (Edward) Purcell (07 Jan 1969 – ) m. Kelly Calder (11 Jan – )
      3. 3. Sheila (Catherine) Purcell (17 Sep 1941 – ) m. Kenneth (Herbert) Roberts (abt 1945 – )
      4. 4. Terence (Patrick) Purcell (25 May 1946 – 7 Dec 2004)
    2. 2. Mary (Eliza (Lamb)) Conyers (1 Jul 1916 – 7 Mar 2006) m. Thomas (Cornelius) McGuyer (1907 – 16 July 1985)
      1. 1. Anna (Faye) McGuyer (8 May 1941 – )
      2. 2. Murray (Yuvonne) McGuyer (11 Feb 1943 – 29 Mar 1991)
    3. 3. Helen (Murray) Conyers (31 Aug 1921 – )
    4. 4. James (Chaney) Conyers (18 Feb 1923 – 25 Apr 2005) m. Catherine (June) Thurston (23 Jun 1927 – 23 September 1992)
      1. 1. William (James) Conyers (1 Aug 1947 – )
      2. 2. Randall (Scott) Conyers (20 Jul 1950 – 13 March 1986)
      3. 3. Larry Conyers (1951 – )
      4. 4. Kathy (Ann) Conyers (4 Aug 1954 – 6 Aug 1954)
  3. 3. Herbert (Moore) Conyers (6 Jan 1892 – 9 Jul 1981) m. Ladye (Thomas) Cooke (2 Apr 1895 – 16 Jan 1976)
    1. 1. Martha (Mae) Conyers (31 Jan 1914 – 2 Mar 1989) m. Charles (Davis) Barnett (2 Feb 1899 – 10 Mar 1994)
    2. 2. Janie (Moore) Conyers (8 Aug 1916 – 27 Feb 1978) m. Lucian (D) Walker (1916 – )
      1. 1. Barbara (Jean) Walker (1939 – )
      2. 2. Nancy (J) Walker (abt 1939 – )
    3. 3. Flora (Evelyn) Conyers (17 May 1919 – 2 January 2008) m. John Waller
    4. 4. Charles (Thomas) Conyers (28 Jan 1923 – 24 Jun 1923)
    5. 5. Herbert (Austin) Conyers (7 May 1927 – 19 March 1993) m. Grace (L) Huff (29 Nov 1926 – 3 Jul 1973)
      1. 1. Phyllis Conyers (28 October 1948 – 22 March 2015)

William Conyers's Timeline

4 Records

1856
25 Nov 1856
Birth of William Addison Conyers in Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Sumner, Tennessee, USA
1870
1870
Age 14
William Addison Conyers resided here in Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
1910
1910
Age 54
William Addison Conyers resided here in Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky, USA
Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky, USA
1919
24 Oct 1919
Age 63
Death of William Addison Conyers in Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Nov 1856
    Event Place: Sumner, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_502; Page: 170B; Family History Library Film: 552001
    [2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky; Roll: T624_470; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374483
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Goshen, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_502; Page: 170B; Family History Library Film: 552001

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 3, Christian, Kentucky; Roll: T624_470; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374483

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1919
    Event Place: Sumner, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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