Born & raised in Canada West, by the 1870 US census, William & family are in Austin Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, near his siblings & parents.
William and his wife Tacklea died within hours of one another in May 1897.
Sources
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Bayham, Elgin County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11719; Page: 65; Line: 28.
1870 US Federal Census, Austin, Mecosta, Michigan; Roll: M593_690; Page: 7B; Image: 18; Family History Library Film: 552189.
1880 US Federal Census, Austin, Mecosta, Michigan; Roll: 594; Family History Film: 1254594; Page: 564B; Enumeration District: 175; Image: 0592.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: