William McKee Fausett

6 January 1806–6 September 1896 (Age 90)
Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of William McKee

When William McKee Fausett was born on 6 January 1806, in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, Richard P Fausett, was 37 and his mother, Mary McKee, was 31. He married Matilda Caroline Butcher on 2 March 1826, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1820. In 1846, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as bishop lds in Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. He died on 6 September 1896, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William McKee Fausett
1806–1896
Matilda Caroline Butcher
1809–1867
Marriage: 2 March 1826
Nancy Mariah Fausett
1827–1886
Martha Jane Fausett
1828–1838
Rebecca Narcissus Fausett
1830–1884
Mary Ann Fausett
1831–1904
Harriet Catherine Fausett
1833–1912
Sarah Louisa Fausett
1835–1915
Amanda Caroline Fausett
1836–1839
Joseph Smith Fausett
1838–1922
William Calvin Fausett
1844–1847
Isaac Romanzo Fausett
1853–1914

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 March 1826Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 2
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1827
    Age 21
    Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 24
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Fawcett .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Fawcett

    Story Highlight

    Matilda Caroline Butcher A Life Sketch, Compiled by Mildred Fausett Ellis, 1972

    Matilda Caroline Butcher was born 13 Aug 1809, in Madison County, Kentucky, daughter of Isaac Butcher and Narcissus Rebecca Rentfro. She was the second of eleven children. Her Butcher and Rentfro an …

    Sources (49)

    • Wm Faucett, "United States Census, 1850"
    • William Fausset, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
    • Wm. M. Tausett in entry for Harriet Catherine Bean, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964" (1912)

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