William Brice Cayce

Brief Life History of William Brice

When William Brice Cayce was born on 26 May 1868, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Madison Cayce, was 39 and his mother, Virginia Irene Cayce, was 26. He married Florence Virginia Hill on 13 December 1892, in Giles, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Williamson, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. He died on 8 February 1955, in San Saba, San Saba, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in San Saba, San Saba, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Brice Cayce
1868–1955
Florence Virginia Hill
1870–1935
Marriage: 13 December 1892
Olah Thompson Cayce
1894–
John Hill Cayce
1895–1928
Walter Bush Cayce
1896–1975
Matthew C Cayce
1898–1926
Robert Dyas Cayce
1902–1967
James Ambrose “Jack” Cayce
1905–1994
Sarah Cayce
1907–1988
Lady Amelia Wynne Cayce
1909–1973
Cayce
1909–1909

Sources (27)

  • William Cayce, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Wm B Cayce, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
  • William Brice Cayce, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

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.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of English Casey .

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

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