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NAPIER, William Carroll

Male 1824 - 1895  (71 years)


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  • Name NAPIER, William Carroll  [1, 2, 3
    Born 24 Sep 1824  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    _AMTID 210176772906:1030:119496207 
    _UID AC13E906A4DD4B0EB0C058A6770704A41C2F 
    Died 20 Dec 1895  [5
    Buried Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I2621  Treehouse Compendium
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2015 

    Father NAPIER, Elias Wills,   b. 5 Mar 1783,   d. 7 Aug 1848, Dickson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Judy,   b. Abt 1800, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1895  (Age 95 years) 
    Family ID F856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 WATKINS, Jane Elizabeth,   b. 11 Apr 1825, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1909, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [7, 8, 9
    Married 1844  [10
    Children 
     1. NAPIER, Hon. James Carroll,   b. 9 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1940, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     2. NAPIER, William Thomas,   b. Abt 1847, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1851  (Age 4 years)
     3. NAPIER, Elias Watkins,   b. Abt 1849, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1898  (Age 49 years)
     4. NAPIER, Henry Alonzo,   b. 17 Jun 1851, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1882  (Age 31 years)
     5. NAPIER, Ida M.,   b. 2 Jan 1859, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1937, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 YEATS, Angeline  [11
    Children 
     1. NAPIER, Anna,   b. 1854,   d. 1920  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F1084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch Family Tree.
      https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZ5J-MRG

    2. [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018.

    3. [S332] 1856 Nashville Business Directory, 88.

    4. [S346] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, 73.

    5. [S119] Tombstone Inscription.

    6. [S316] Old City Cemetery: Grave Search.

    7. [S330] Black Nashville Blog.
      http://blacknashville.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/city-items/ - mentions Jane as his mother - 18 Jan 1907.

    8. [S334] African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1790-1930: elites and dilemmas.

    9. [S347] African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary.

    10. [S346] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, 73.
      they were married in a slave ceremony

    11. [S469] Jagoe, Stephan. Email to the Author. 1 Mar 2008.
      Family tradition and bible records indicate that Anna is daughter of William Carroll Napier & Angeline Yeats.