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William Brantley York

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William Brantley York

Birth
Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 May 1918 (aged 68)
Cheeks Crossroads, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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William Brantley York was either the fifth or sixth of eleven children born to Rev. R. Brantley York and his second wife Mary Wells Lineberry. (I've got one child I can't place in the chronology.) His father was a minister, teacher, writer of text books and founder of schools, who went blind at the age of 48, but continued his work, greatly assisted by many of his children.

In Brantley York's autobiography, he often mentions his son William assisting him, from the time William was a little boy in 1860. By 1872, William was teaching as well. Around this time, William married Mary Elizabeth Fowler (1845-1922). She was a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Fowler, and his wife Aurelia/Artelia O'Kelly.

By 1880, William had settled near Mebanesville, Orange County, and was a member of the Lebanon Church. He had also become a lawyer. In his father's autobiography it states he was a teacher, lawyer and farmer.

William and Mary Elizabeth do not appear to have had any children of their own, but they adopted Pattie P. York (1883-1941). By 1910, Theron Clement Farrell (1876-1946) was living in their household, listed as a nephew. He was a son of Mary Elizabeth's sister, Rebecca Octavia Fowler and her husband James A. Farrell.

Theron Clement Fowler and Pattie P. York were married sometime circa 1910-13. They had at least four children: James Brantley Farrell (stillborn 2 Feb. 1914), Edna Aurelia Farrell (25 Sept. 1916), Theron Clement Fowler, Jr. (30 Sept. 1918-Nov. 1967, m. Peggy Marie Williams, died in Chicago) and Mary Kerr Farrell (29 Nov. 1920).

Many thanks to "tigerpooh" who created this memorial and kindly transferred it to me, and to "Jason & Mitizie" for the tombstone photograph.
William Brantley York was either the fifth or sixth of eleven children born to Rev. R. Brantley York and his second wife Mary Wells Lineberry. (I've got one child I can't place in the chronology.) His father was a minister, teacher, writer of text books and founder of schools, who went blind at the age of 48, but continued his work, greatly assisted by many of his children.

In Brantley York's autobiography, he often mentions his son William assisting him, from the time William was a little boy in 1860. By 1872, William was teaching as well. Around this time, William married Mary Elizabeth Fowler (1845-1922). She was a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Fowler, and his wife Aurelia/Artelia O'Kelly.

By 1880, William had settled near Mebanesville, Orange County, and was a member of the Lebanon Church. He had also become a lawyer. In his father's autobiography it states he was a teacher, lawyer and farmer.

William and Mary Elizabeth do not appear to have had any children of their own, but they adopted Pattie P. York (1883-1941). By 1910, Theron Clement Farrell (1876-1946) was living in their household, listed as a nephew. He was a son of Mary Elizabeth's sister, Rebecca Octavia Fowler and her husband James A. Farrell.

Theron Clement Fowler and Pattie P. York were married sometime circa 1910-13. They had at least four children: James Brantley Farrell (stillborn 2 Feb. 1914), Edna Aurelia Farrell (25 Sept. 1916), Theron Clement Fowler, Jr. (30 Sept. 1918-Nov. 1967, m. Peggy Marie Williams, died in Chicago) and Mary Kerr Farrell (29 Nov. 1920).

Many thanks to "tigerpooh" who created this memorial and kindly transferred it to me, and to "Jason & Mitizie" for the tombstone photograph.

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