William M. “Bill” Housewright (1837-1889)

William M. “Bill” Housewright

Birth

28 Dec 1837

Church Hill, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

Death

24 Oct 1889 (aged 51)

Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA

Burial

Wylie Cemetery

Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA Add to Map

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CENSUS: 1840 Census, TN, Hawkins Co.
Jickonias HOUSEWRIGHT 2 males under 5 [William & E. Alexander], 1 male 20 to 30 [Jickonias];
1 female under 5 [Louisana], 1 Female 20 to 30 [Sarah].
MARRIAGE: HOUSEWRIGHT, Wm. M., married Susan READ, 17 Sep. 1868, by W.H. Parks, Minister, Collin Co., TX, Marriage License Book No. 3, April 5, 1867 - Feb. 6, 1876, p.11.
Source - "Marriages, Collin County, Texas, Volume I 1846-1867, Volume II 1867-1876, Published by Mrs. Alice Pitts, 1413 Haroun Street, McKinney, Texas 75069, 1978.

CENSUS: 1870 Collin Co. TX; Plano p. 486a family 332.
HOUSEWRIGHT, William head 32 M W, farm laborer, $450/$650, born TN; Susan 20 F W, keeping house, born MO; Alexander 1/12 M W born TX, May.

MARRIAGE: HOUSEWRIGHT, Wm. M., married H.C. WALLACE, 26 Aug. 1874, by John C. White, J.P., Collin Co., TX, Marriage License Book No. 3, April 5, 1867 - Feb. 6, 1876, p.12.
Source - "Marriages, Collin County, Texas, Volume I 1846-1867, Volume II 1867-1876, Published by Mrs. Alice Pitts, 1413 Haroun Street, McKinney, Texas 75069, 1978.

CENSUS: 1880 Collin Co. TX; Precent 5, p. 233b family 254.
HOUSEWRIGHT, Wm M., head W M 43, married, farmer, born TN, father born VA, mother born TN; Henritta F W 24 wife, married, keeping house, born MS, father born TN, mother born AL; Albert W M 10 Son, single, at school, born TX, father born TN, mother born MO; Sallie W F 8 daughter, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born MO; Nola W F 6 duaghter, single, born TX, father born TN, mother born MO; Pontis W F 4 daughter, single, born TX, father born TN, mother born TX; Lula W F 5/12 Jan. daughter, single, born TX, father born TN, mother born TX; LEE, James W M 27 _, single, farmer, born TX, father born VA, mother born TN.

BURIAL: HOUSEWRIGHT, W.M., father, 1837 - 1889, Wylie Cemetery, Wylie, Collin Co., TX.
Source - "Collin Coounty (Texas) Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. I," Complied by Mrs. Alice Pitts, Mrs. Wanda O'Roark and Mrs. Doris POSEY, POP Publications, 1413 Harroun St., McKinney, TX 75069, p. 625.
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Bio by: Morris