William Bryson Searcy^{[1, 2]}

1839 - 1904  (65 years)

• Name	William Bryson Searcy
  Born	22 Apr 1839	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Sep 1904
  Buried	Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina   [3]
  Person ID	I9593	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	David Searcy,   b. 1800, North Carolina ,   d. 1876  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Anna Owenby,   b. 1798, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Aug 1854  (Age 56 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1821
  Family ID	F3470	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha Clementine Hudgins,   b. 29 Oct 1840, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Sep 1917, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 76 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lela Isabel Searcy,   b. 14 Oct 1866, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 12 Dec 1946  (Age 80 years) + 2. Lafaria Viola Searcy,   b. 6 Dec 1868, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 May 1925, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 56 years) + 3. Marcellus Landers Searcy,   b. 3 Apr 1870, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Feb 1945  (Age 74 years) + 4. Beamon Brisco Searcy,   b. 20 Dec 1871, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Oct 1968, McDowell County, North Carolina  (Age 96 years)   5. Gayton O. Searcy,   b. 1873, North Carolina ,   d. 1887  (Age 14 years) + 6. Una Judson Searcy,   b. 5 Apr 1875, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Oct 1935  (Age 60 years) + 7. Isa Delease Searcy,   b. 5 Jun 1877, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Sep 1960, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years)   8. William Pulaski Searcy,   b. 28 May 1879, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Aug 1974, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 95 years) + 9. Princer Clauden Searcy,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Henderson County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Dec 1972, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F3515	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Apr 1839 - North Carolina Buried - - Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  William B. Searcy's name appears on the widow pension application of Mrs. Kitty Adeline Ownbey, as living in Bat Cave, North Carolina, on 13 July 1885. He served in the Civil War in Company C, 60th Regiment, North Carolina. He buried Caleb Ownbey on Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee. Therefore could serve as a witness to his death. William was captured some months later and taken to a prisoner of war camp in Ohio where they offered him his freedom to go to Kansas to help gather the wheat harvest. He collected a pension from the Union and Confederates until he died. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 19, 32.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] 1880 Census, Edneyville, Henderson County, North Carolina, 240B. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace William B. SEARCY Self M Male W 41 NC Farmer NC NC Martha C. SEARCY Wife M Female W 40 NC Keeping House NC NC Lela I. SEARCY Dau S Female W 13 NC NC NC Lafarra V. SEARCY Dau S Female W 11 NC NC NC Masella S. SEARCY Son S Male W 9 NC NC NC Beeman B. SEARCY Son S Male W 7 NC NC NC Gaton C. SEARCY Son S Male W 5 NC NC NC Euna J. SEARCY Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC Icy D. SEARCY Dau S Female W 2 NC NC NC William P. SEARCY Son S Male W 1 NC NC NC [S84] E-Mail, Ronald Halford [ronaldhalford@charter.net], 24 Oct 2009. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 42106800).