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William Halley

William Halley

Male 1804 - 1877  (73 years)


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  • Name William Halley  [1
    Birth 27 Mar 1804  Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Marriage Groom 18 Mar 1830  Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F410] ...of William HALLEY and Sarah HAVERSTICK
      Witness Role: Bride: [I3719] Sarah HAVERSTICK
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2135] William HALLEY
    Living 1860  Beaver Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Witness Role: Principal 2: [I3719] Sarah HAVERSTICK
    1860 U.S. Census, Beaver Creek (Wm Halley)
    1860 U.S. Census, Beaver Creek (Wm Halley)
    1860 U.S. Census Wm Halley & Sarah Haverstick, p.1

    1860 U.S. Census, Beaver Creek (Wm Halley)
    1860 U.S. Census, Beaver Creek (Wm Halley)
    1860 U.S. Census Wm Halley & Sarah Haverstick, p.2
    Death 28 Mar 1877  Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Aft 28 Mar 1877  Union Cemetery, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2135  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 5 May 2023 

    Family Sarah Haverstick,   b. 1810, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1873, Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1830  Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I3719] Sarah HAVERSTICK
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2135] William HALLEY
    Children 
    +1. Matilda Halley,   b. 2 Oct 1831, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1863, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    Jacob Brown  m. 26 Mar 1851
     2. Thomas D. Halley,   b. 2 Apr 1833, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1834, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. Christiana Halley,   b. 3 Dec 1835, Stark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1906, Jefferson, Jefferson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +4. William Henry Halley,   b. 23 Jul 1837, Stark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1905, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     5. Catharine Halley,   b. 18 Jul 1840, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1910 (Age 69 years)
    +6. George Washington Halley,   b. 18 Jul 1840, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1916, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. Amelia Halley,   b. Abt 1843, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1913 (Age ~ 70 years)
    +8. Mary Jane Halley,   b. 26 Dec 1845, Greenfield, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1919, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    John Knoll  m. Abt 1872
    +9. Levi Halley,   b. 2 Feb 1848, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1895, Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Caroline Leonora Vorhis  m. 30 Apr 1874
     10. John F. Halley,   b. 1849, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2022 

  • Headstones
    William Halley (1804-1877) Tombstone
    William Halley (1804-1877) Tombstone
    William Halley Tombstone (better photo)
    William Halley Tombstone (better photo)
    This William Halley is the patriarch of most, if not all, Ohio Halley families. This tombstone photo is a better one than the other one that I have, which shows the stone laying flat. Someone appears to have reset it in the ground before this photo was taken.

  • Reference  Carl Jón Denbow. "William Halley". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I2135&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S264] Email Correspondence John Langner.

    2. [S59] William Halley (b. 1804) Tombstone.

    3. [S289] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp; Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

    4. [S290] 1860 United States Federal Census Year.


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