William was reared on a farm in Morgan Co. and educated at private schools. He bought land, most of which was virgin forest. Here he lived and followed farming until his death, at which he owned ten thousand acres of timber land. In 1859 he was elected to the legislature of his state on the Democratic ticket and served one term. He did not enlist in the war but kept horses and pilots on his place and would send parties who wished to get through to join the Confederate Army safely across the mountains into Virginia and Tennessee, where they could achieve their purposes. He was also a merchant and his store and firm was destroyed and robbed several times by Northern troops and sympathizers, on which account he was obliged to leave the country and did not dare return until 1866, after the ware ended. He was successful in whatever he undertook, farming, stock-raising, merchandising, and lumbering.
He married Phoebe Eleanor Gibbs on June 18, 1844.
He married Phoebe Eleanor Gibbs on June 18, 1844.
William was reared on a farm in Morgan Co. and educated at private schools. He bought land, most of which was virgin forest. Here he lived and followed farming until his death, at which he owned ten thousand acres of timber land. In 1859 he was elected to the legislature of his state on the Democratic ticket and served one term. He did not enlist in the war but kept horses and pilots on his place and would send parties who wished to get through to join the Confederate Army safely across the mountains into Virginia and Tennessee, where they could achieve their purposes. He was also a merchant and his store and firm was destroyed and robbed several times by Northern troops and sympathizers, on which account he was obliged to leave the country and did not dare return until 1866, after the ware ended. He was successful in whatever he undertook, farming, stock-raising, merchandising, and lumbering.
He married Phoebe Eleanor Gibbs on June 18, 1844.
He married Phoebe Eleanor Gibbs on June 18, 1844.
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