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William Morgan “Tiger Bill” Pauley

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William Morgan “Tiger Bill” Pauley

Birth
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death
18 Mar 1911 (aged 76)
Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Leet, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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William "Tiger Bill" Pauley was born in Cobbs Creek, Kanawha County (now Lincoln County), Virginia (now West Virginia) the son of Ephraim and Anna (Mullins) Pauley.

He was a blacksmith and a moonshiner. He served in the 7th West Virginia Calvary.

He married Martha and had James Iverson Pauley. He married second to Nancy Jane Mitchell and had four children: Noah, Felix, Joshua who married Zelda "Thelma" Sansom and Ida Elizabeth "Betty" who married Thomas Jefferson Duty. He also was married a third time to a woman who he called Sherrio.

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Information about William Morgan "Tiger Bill" Pauley's parents and family:
Ephraim Pauley, born about 1794 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia died 1865 in Lincoln County, West Virginia
The following paragaph taken from the "West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia",supplemental Vol 7, pages 121-122.
"Ephraim and Anna (Mullins) Pauley lived in Kanawha County before the organization of Lincoln County. Ephraim came from Franklin Count, Virginia to Charleston, Kanawha County before the War of 1812, in which he volunteered to serve, but peace came before he went to the field. He was married in 1818 and in 1823 built the first mill on Fuquas Creek, it have been a tub-whell mill. Here he raised a large family and died at a good old age."

Ephraim's parents:Joseph A. Pauley, born about 1757 in Halifax County, Virginia and Lavina 'Viney' Midkiff, born about 1768 in Halifax (Pittsylvania) County, Virginia

Ephraim married Anna Mullins, born about 1804, on 18 JUL 1818 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.

Ephraim and Anna had 13 children: Winifred, Shadrack, Elizabeth, Daniel, Ralph, Washington, William Morgan, Preston, Joseph, Martha, Ephraim Jr., Julia Ann, and Henry.

William "Tiger Bill" Pauley was born in Cobbs Creek, Kanawha County (now Lincoln County), Virginia (now West Virginia) the son of Ephraim and Anna (Mullins) Pauley.

He was a blacksmith and a moonshiner. He served in the 7th West Virginia Calvary.

He married Martha and had James Iverson Pauley. He married second to Nancy Jane Mitchell and had four children: Noah, Felix, Joshua who married Zelda "Thelma" Sansom and Ida Elizabeth "Betty" who married Thomas Jefferson Duty. He also was married a third time to a woman who he called Sherrio.

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Information about William Morgan "Tiger Bill" Pauley's parents and family:
Ephraim Pauley, born about 1794 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia died 1865 in Lincoln County, West Virginia
The following paragaph taken from the "West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia",supplemental Vol 7, pages 121-122.
"Ephraim and Anna (Mullins) Pauley lived in Kanawha County before the organization of Lincoln County. Ephraim came from Franklin Count, Virginia to Charleston, Kanawha County before the War of 1812, in which he volunteered to serve, but peace came before he went to the field. He was married in 1818 and in 1823 built the first mill on Fuquas Creek, it have been a tub-whell mill. Here he raised a large family and died at a good old age."

Ephraim's parents:Joseph A. Pauley, born about 1757 in Halifax County, Virginia and Lavina 'Viney' Midkiff, born about 1768 in Halifax (Pittsylvania) County, Virginia

Ephraim married Anna Mullins, born about 1804, on 18 JUL 1818 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.

Ephraim and Anna had 13 children: Winifred, Shadrack, Elizabeth, Daniel, Ralph, Washington, William Morgan, Preston, Joseph, Martha, Ephraim Jr., Julia Ann, and Henry.



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  • Created by: Myra Elaine
  • Added: May 22, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130215380/william_morgan-pauley: accessed ), memorial page for William Morgan “Tiger Bill” Pauley (10 Jun 1834–18 Mar 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130215380, citing Wirt Toney-Patterson Ferrell Cemetery, Leet, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Myra Elaine (contributor 48155789).