William Vaden Atchley

Brief Life History of William Vaden

When William Vaden Atchley was born on 6 December 1901, in Melvin, Choctaw, Alabama, United States, his father, William M Atchley, was 37 and his mother, Annie Victoria Daugherty, was 31. He married Mattie Pendleton Harrell on 24 March 1923, in Clarke, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Election Precinct 7, Choctaw, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Carmichael, Clarke, Mississippi, United States in 1930. He died on 1 August 1931, in Melvin, Choctaw, Alabama, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Clarke, Mississippi, United States.

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William Vaden Atchley
1901–1931
Mattie Pendleton Harrell
1898–1977
Marriage: 24 March 1923
William Harrell Atchley
1924–2008
Frederick Pendleton Atchley
1926–2016

Sources (7)

  • Willie V Wichleyn in household of William M Wichleyn, "United States Census, 1910"
  • William Vaden Atchley, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  • William Vaiden Atchley in entry for Mr William Harrell Atchley, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

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1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Atchley in Shropshire, which may derive from an Old English personal name Æcca + lēah ‘open woodland’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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