William was born in 31 August 1815 in Tennessee. He is the son of Jonathan Thrailkill and Mary Adams. William was married to Sarah Langston on 17 May 1835 in Bibb Co., Alabama.[1] He died on 28 October 1884 in Montgomery Co., Mississippi and is buried at Bethsaida Baptist Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Mississippi.[2]
Children:
Mary Jane Thrailkill, born 23 April 1837 in Bibb Co., Alabama, died 7 August 1909 in Attala Co., Mississippi, married to Wiley W. Thornton and Elijah Bennett
Rhoda Elizabeth Thrailkill, born 19 February 1840 in Bibb Co., Alabama, died 1 August 1892 at Poplar Creek, Montgomery Co., Mississippi, married to Elijah Leonidas Ellis
Melissa Angelina Thrailkill, born about 1844 in Alabama
Irena Frances Thrailkill, born 15 June 1845 in Choctaw, Mississippi, died 14 September 1903, married to Louis Thomas Milner
Robert Joseph Thrailkill, born 7 August 1849 in Bibb Co., Alabama, died 2 Oct 1911 in Kilmichael, Montgomery Co., Mississippi, married to Martha Anna Elizabeth Cole
William Franklin Thrailkill, born 19 May 1857 in Choctaw, Mississippi, died 19 June 1934 in Bexar, Texas, married to Mary Frances Crew
Rebecca Thrailkill, born about 1860 in Mississippi, died 1 September 1936
Sources
↑ Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTW2-189 : 6 November 2017), William C Thrailkill and Mary Langston, 17 May 1835; citing Bibb, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,783,753.
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-FLMG : 13 December 2015), William Carroll Thrailkill, 1884; Burial, , Montgomery, Mississippi, United States of America, Bethsaida Baptist Cemetery; citing record ID 22701721, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-YDB : 9 November 2014), William C Thrailkill in household of James Lewis, Choctaw county, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 549, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Tubbs, Bill and Sue. Bibb County, Alabama Ancestral Homesteads. Jasper, Alabama. 2000. p15. Text: "William C. Thrailkill - date 5/1/1849, 40 acres, Range 11E, Twp. 23N, Sec. 18, SE 1/4, SE 1/4. Document #24535"
First-hand information as remembered by Peggy Herring, Friday, June 6, 2014.
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