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William Louis Yancey 1860–1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 March 1860

Birth Location: Gibson Co, Tennessee

Death Date: 7 September 1941

Death Location: Union City, Obion, Tennessee

Father: James Yancey

Mother: Louisa Webb

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William Louis Yancey was born in 1860 in Gibson Co, Tennessee, the child of James William Yancey And Louisa Douglas Webb. William Louis Yancey passed away in 1941 in Union City, Obion, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • William Louis Yancey was born in 1860 in Gibson Co, Tennessee, the child of James William Yancey And Louisa Douglas Webb.
  • William Louis Yancey passed away in 1941 in Union City, Obion, Tennessee.

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William Yancey's Ancestors

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William Yancey
1860–1941
Birth Place: Gibson Co, Tennessee
Parents
James William Yancey
1835–1867
Tennessee
Louisa (Douglas) Webb
1842–1912
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Charles (Lewis Yancey) Sr
1801–1867
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Martha (Ann Velinda) Withers
1805–1861
Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Yancey
1758–1826
Sarah Mitchell
1776–1854
William Withers
1758–1834
Martha Ashby
1770–1838
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Charles Yancey
1732–1805
Caroline Powers
1715–1776
John Mitchell
1749–1796
Ann Wigginton
1756–1837

William Yancey's Timeline

2 Records

1860
5 March 1860
Birth of William Louis Yancey in Gibson Co, Tennessee
Gibson Co, Tennessee
1941
7 September 1941
Age 81
Death of William Louis Yancey in Union City, Obion, Tennessee
Union City, Obion, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 March 1860
    Event Place: Gibson Co, Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 September 1941
    Event Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee

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