William Beverly Randolph Hackley was born to Richard Shippey Hackley and and his 2nd wife, Harriet Randolph on October 7, 1806 in Virginia. Harriet was the daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph, intimate friend and uncle of Pres. Thomas Jefferson.
W.R. Hackley moved to Florida (probably to Tallahassee) in 1826. He was admitted to the Florida bar on March 31, 1827 and began practicing law in Key West in late 1828. He married Matilda Rhoda Agnes Clark Folker in 1841. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 1849 and he remained in that position until the family moved to Joliett, Illinois in 1857. Hackley moved to Memphis in 1863, apparently for financial reasons. From 1863 to 1865, he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department as a local special agent and then as a cotton agent. He was appointed an Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Department for gathering Confederate States Cotton in Mississippi in 1865. He held this post until 1866. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1867 during one of the virulent Yellow Fever epidemics.
After William's death in Memphis, he was interred in a temporary grave. In 1878, he was dis-interred and shipped to Pensacola, Florida. But, the records of his re-interment are lost. It is assumed he was interred with Matilda in St. Johns Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
W.R. Hackley moved to Florida (probably to Tallahassee) in 1826. He was admitted to the Florida bar on March 31, 1827 and began practicing law in Key West in late 1828. He married Matilda Rhoda Agnes Clark Folker in 1841. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 1849 and he remained in that position until the family moved to Joliett, Illinois in 1857. Hackley moved to Memphis in 1863, apparently for financial reasons. From 1863 to 1865, he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department as a local special agent and then as a cotton agent. He was appointed an Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Department for gathering Confederate States Cotton in Mississippi in 1865. He held this post until 1866. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1867 during one of the virulent Yellow Fever epidemics.
After William's death in Memphis, he was interred in a temporary grave. In 1878, he was dis-interred and shipped to Pensacola, Florida. But, the records of his re-interment are lost. It is assumed he was interred with Matilda in St. Johns Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
William Beverly Randolph Hackley was born to Richard Shippey Hackley and and his 2nd wife, Harriet Randolph on October 7, 1806 in Virginia. Harriet was the daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph, intimate friend and uncle of Pres. Thomas Jefferson.
W.R. Hackley moved to Florida (probably to Tallahassee) in 1826. He was admitted to the Florida bar on March 31, 1827 and began practicing law in Key West in late 1828. He married Matilda Rhoda Agnes Clark Folker in 1841. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 1849 and he remained in that position until the family moved to Joliett, Illinois in 1857. Hackley moved to Memphis in 1863, apparently for financial reasons. From 1863 to 1865, he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department as a local special agent and then as a cotton agent. He was appointed an Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Department for gathering Confederate States Cotton in Mississippi in 1865. He held this post until 1866. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1867 during one of the virulent Yellow Fever epidemics.
After William's death in Memphis, he was interred in a temporary grave. In 1878, he was dis-interred and shipped to Pensacola, Florida. But, the records of his re-interment are lost. It is assumed he was interred with Matilda in St. Johns Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
W.R. Hackley moved to Florida (probably to Tallahassee) in 1826. He was admitted to the Florida bar on March 31, 1827 and began practicing law in Key West in late 1828. He married Matilda Rhoda Agnes Clark Folker in 1841. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 1849 and he remained in that position until the family moved to Joliett, Illinois in 1857. Hackley moved to Memphis in 1863, apparently for financial reasons. From 1863 to 1865, he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department as a local special agent and then as a cotton agent. He was appointed an Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Department for gathering Confederate States Cotton in Mississippi in 1865. He held this post until 1866. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1867 during one of the virulent Yellow Fever epidemics.
After William's death in Memphis, he was interred in a temporary grave. In 1878, he was dis-interred and shipped to Pensacola, Florida. But, the records of his re-interment are lost. It is assumed he was interred with Matilda in St. Johns Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
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