When William Killey was born on 1 December 1848, in Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States, his father, Jesse Killey, was 46 and his mother, Nancy M Summers, was 25. He married Emily Hocaday Leeper on 14 March 1868, in Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Wise, Texas, United States in 1910 and Henrietta, Clay, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 25 October 1932, in Alvord, Wise, Texas, United States, at the age of 83.
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Historical Boundaries: 1846: Jasper, Missouri, United States 1855: Barton, Missouri, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Irish and Manx: perhaps a variant of Irish Kiely or Kelly 1; or McGill or an abbreviation of a surname originally beginning Mac Giolla. Alternatively, the name may be habitational or topographic.
English: variant of Kelly 3.
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