William Henry Lacy, 1852–1916 (aged 63 years)

Name
William Henry /Lacy/
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Citation details: 52
Text:

I. E. Brashear, J. P.

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Family with parents
father
1833–1879
Birth: May 7, 1833 22 22 — Perry Co. TN
Death: April 4, 1879 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
mother
1836–1918
Birth: November 12, 1836 26 18 — Eight miles north of Waverly, Humphreys Co. TN
Death: April 11, 1918 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Marriage Marriage — December 23, 1851 — Deacaturville, Decatur Co. TN
10 months
himself
1852–1916
Birth: October 7, 1852 19 15 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: February 9, 1916 — Lucas, Logan Co. AR
3 years
younger brother
1855–1934
Birth: May 11, 1855 22 18 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: November 7, 1934 — Jackson, Madison Co. TN
3 years
younger brother
1859–1940
Birth: July 6, 1859 26 22 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: February 19, 1940 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
2 years
younger sister
1860–1924
Birth: July 26, 1860 27 23 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: July 5, 1924 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
3 years
younger brother
1863–1906
Birth: June 22, 1863 30 26 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: August 25, 1906 — Carolan, Logan Co. AR
20 months
younger brother
1865–1960
Birth: February 6, 1865 31 28 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: August 16, 1960 — Ione, Logan Co. AR
2 years
younger sister
1867–1945
Birth: March 31, 1867 33 30 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: September 14, 1945 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Family with Fredonia Catherine Taylor
himself
1852–1916
Birth: October 7, 1852 19 15 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: February 9, 1916 — Lucas, Logan Co. AR
wife
1861–1917
Birth: May 28, 1861 — Tennessee
Death: May 30, 1917 — Hartford, AR
Marriage Marriage — May 1884 —
Marriage Marriage — September 20, 1892 — Decatur Co. TN
3 years
daughter
1886–1986
Birth: October 6, 1886 33 25 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: June 11, 1986 — Seagoville, TX
2 years
son
1889–1961
Birth: February 25, 1889 36 27 — Decaturville, Decatur Co. TN
Death: March 30, 1961
5 years
daughter
1893–1988
Birth: July 26, 1893 40 32 — Ione, AR
Death: February 22, 1988
6 years
daughter
1899–1980
Birth: October 29, 1899 47 38 — Ione, Arkansas
Death: January 20, 1980
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Citation details: 52
Text:

I. E. Brashear, J. P.

Shared note

William Henry was born in Decaturville, Tennessee October 7, 1852. He married Fredonia (Dona) Catherine Taylor September 20, 1882. They moved from Decaturville to Arkansas after their second child was born February 23, 1889 and before their third child was born in Lucas, Arkansas July 26, 1893. For health reasons, William Henry's doctor suggested he move west to a better climate.

William Henry's oldest daughter Mary Ella was four years old and remembers her father writing his brother John Edmund saying if he would come and help, they would move to Lucas. John Edmund rode horseback from Lucas to Decaturville, and the five of them started their three-month journey by ox and wagon back to Lucas.

After his brother John Edmund died August 25, 1906, Henry would go to their house every Sunday and line Charlotte Cordie and the girls up on the farm work that needed to be done the next week.

Henry and Catherine had four children: Mary Ella Byrd and Jesse Jones Lacy born in Decaturville, Tennessee and Rosette Lucas Humphreville and Ermond Edmond Byrne born in Lucas, Arkansas.

Henry died from "dropsy" at home in Ione, February 9, 1916. Two of their daughters, Rosette and Ermond, lived next door to each other in Hartford in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Their husbands worked in the coal mines. Dona was living with them when she died May 30, 1917.

Source: James Eddie Warren