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William Shellars Rule 1797–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Nov 1797

Birth Location: , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 23 Dec 1879

Death Location: Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA

Father: James Rule

Mother: Susannah Shellars

Spouse(s): Mariah Bates

Children(s): Bolivar Rule

William Shellars Rule was born in 1797 in , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Rule And Susannah Shellars. William Shellars Rule married Mariah L Bates, and had children including Bolivar Garrett Rule. William Shellars Rule passed away in 1879 in Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • William Shellars Rule was born in 1797 in , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Rule And Susannah Shellars.
  • William Shellars Rule married Mariah L Bates, and had children including Bolivar Garrett Rule.
  • William Shellars Rule passed away in 1879 in Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Rule
1765–1818
Birth Location: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Susannah Shellars
1771–1844
Birth Location: , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mariah Bates
1804–1839
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Bolivar Rule
1825–1888
Birth Location: Kentucky
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William Rule's Ancestors

Self
William Rule
1797–1879
Birth Place: , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
Parents
James Rule
1765–1818
, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Susannah Shellars
1771–1844
, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Rule
1739–1791
, , , Ireland
Sarah ROBINSON
1740–1804
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
William Sellers
–1844
Great-Grandparents
William Rule
1708–1780
Elizabeth Butcher
1718–1780
William Robeson
1698–1746
Sarah Fitzwater
1699–1742
Sarah (Booker-Sellars)
1756–1838
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Rule
1680–
James Robinson
1667–1726
Thomas Fitzwater
1673–1748
Luke Bynum
1730–1810
Martha Patterson
1733–1815

William Rule's Descendants

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William (Shellars) Rule (3 Nov 1797–23 Dec 1879) m. Mariah (L) Bates (1804–29 Mar 1839)
  1. 1. Bolivar (Garrett) Rule 1825–1888 m. Elizabeth (Ann Eliza) Wills 1829–1918
    1. 1. Wallace (L) Rule 1857–1932 m. Ida (Belle) Fox 1865–1926
      1. 1. George (Floyd) Rule 1885–1958 m. Mabel (H) Rule 1886–1946 m. Temple (Marcella) Wilhoit 1893–1990
        1. 1. Forrest (Collins) Rule 1916–1986 m. Clarice (Marie) Howell 1920–1995 m. Margaret (Evelyn) Thompson 1916–1995
        2. 2. Sallie (Belle) Rule 1910–1975
        3. 3. Vance (Ecton) Rule 1925–2016
        4. 4. Wallace (Jefferson) Rule 1913–1923

William Rule's Timeline

2 Records

1797
3 Nov 1797
Birth of William Shellars Rule in , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
1879
23 Dec 1879
Age 82
Death of William Shellars Rule in Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA
Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1797
    Event Place: , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1879
    Event Place: Linkville, Platte, Missouri, USA
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