This William C. Easterly is often confused with Margaret Trobaugh and Reuben Easterly's son, William Abraham Clark Easterly, who was born 5 Sep 1848 in Greene Co., TN .

William was the son of Mary Bible and Moses Easterly. He was 2 years old and counted as Wm C. Easterly in the household of his parents on the 1850 Jefferson Co., TN census. The Moses Easterly family was still in Jefferson Co., TN in 1860. By 1870 the Moses Easterly family had moved further north to Hawkins Co., TN where William C. Easterly, his wife, Cornelia Flora Owens and their one-year old son, Robert Moses Easterly were counted immediately below his parents.

Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Hawkins County
30 Apr 1868
William Easterly
Cornelia Owens

1870 Dist. 12, Hawkins Co., TN
Household #75
Moses Easterly, 58
Mary, 52
Martha J, 27
Samuel, 24
Philip H, 20
Daniel J, 14
John Mc, 14
Darthula, 12

Household #76
William Earstly (sic, Easterly) 22
Cornelia F 18
Robert M 1

Moses and Mary are next found on the 1880 Precinct 6, Robertson Co., TX census, where he died in 1881.

William's exact death date is unknown, but it was before his widow, Cornelia married 2nd Leontine "Lee" Butler on 26 Oct 1873 in Saline Co.

In 1880 Cornelia and Lee had in their household in Otter Twp., Saline Co.:

John L. (Lee) Butler, age 15 (FAG# 13688553)
Olivia Butler, age 10
Rebecca Butler, age 7
Charles (Arthur) Butler, age 5 (Cornelia's son)
(Susan) Rosa "Bessie" Butler, age 4 (Cornelia's daughter)
Lily Butler, age 7 months (Cornelia's daughter)
Robert Moses Easterly, age 12, born in TN (William C. Easterly's son)

William and Cornelia's son Robert Moses Easterly, age 22, married Sarah Ann Walden, age 15, on 25 Oct 1891 in Saline Co. Both were living in Alexander, Saline Co.