None of the suggested matches seem to, but it is a common enough name that there may still be a duplicate profile out there.
William is not present on the census in his parent's household in 1860, but he is again in '65. Drafted?
William lived to a ripe old age, judging by the picture with his sister dated 1933
(Image was in a personal family history binder. -K Critchley)
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