William James McAfee

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1870 census for Jefferson, Wells, Indiana has William born in Pennsylvania, 1850 for Wooster, Wayne, OH has him born in OH.

1880 census for Lancaster, Wells, Indiana:
William and Mary E. with children: Levi H. Mc Afee age 9, James Mc Afee age 7, Orpha Mc Afee age 12.

Williams parents were both born in Ireland.

Second wife of William MacAfee, was Laura Funk b: in Trumbull County, OH d: February 1918 m: June 12, 1889 in Warsaw, IN. Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/a/Daniel-D-Mcafee/ODT3-0001.html

They were living in Bluffton Ward 2, Wells, Indiana in the 1910 census. Census has William J. born in Ohio.

William has a long list of battles he was involved in in the Civil War.

Obituary for William McAfee : W.J. McAfee Died Suddenly in Detroit : Was Victim of Influenza -- Remains will be brought here for Burial. : Friends and relatives of W. J. McAfee, for years a familiar figure in : Bluffton and Wells County, IN, were saddened this morning by the announcement of : his death, which occurred at six o'clock Monday night at the home of his : daughter, Mrs. Bert Tucker, in Detroit, Michigan, at whose home he was visiting. : Death was caused by an attack of influenza.

: William J. McAfee was born in Wayne County, OH, October 3, 1841, a son of : James and Rachel (Dinsmore) McAfee, natives of County Antrim, Ireland. He came : with his parents to Wells County, IN when he was 12 years of age, and lived with : them here until July 12, 1861, when he enlisted in the United States army, being : the first man to enlist in the three years service in Wells County. : During his army experience, he saw much active service and was a : participant in many of the most important battles of the Civil War, namely: : Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge Atlanta, and the march to the Sea. He also participated in the grand review at Washington at the close of the war and : was honorably discharged August 5, 1865. He was wounded twice, in the head at : Mission Ridge and in the foot at Kenesaw Mountain. : At the close of the war, he returned to his home in Wells County and : engaged in farming on the old homestead first and later on a farm which he : bought, in Jefferson township. In 1870 he moved to Osage, Kansas and lived : there three years, when he returned to Wells County and lived on an eighty acre : farm in Lancaster township, later buying 160 acres in Harrison township, and in : March, 1885, he moved to Bluffton, where he was en gaged in business for a number : of years. In the later years of his active life he was a mail carrier on one of : the rural routes out of Bluffton for many years.

: Mr. McAfee was married on September 27, 1867 to Mary E. Taylor, a native of : Trumbull County, OH, who passed away many years ago. He was married a second : time on June 12, 1889 to Mrs. Laura Johnson (Funk) at Warsaw, IN, who also preceded him : to death several years ago.

The following children survive to mourn a kind and : loving father: Harry and Ellsworth McAfee of Fort Wayne, IN, James McAfee of : Indianapolis, IN, Mrs. Bert Tucker of Detroit, MI, and Mrs. John Shoemaker. : There are also two (three?) step children, Mrs. Earl Myers of Portland, Oregon, : Guy Johnson of Fitzgerald, GA, and Mrs. George Goodspeed of Bluffton, IN. One : sister also survives him, Mrs. Mary McAfee of Murray, and one sister and one : brother, Mrs. James Earl and Sam McAfee, preceded him in death. : Mr. and Mrs. McAfee also took into their home two grandchildren, Mrs. : Arthur Lowe, of Farmington, Washington, and Mrs. Clinton Rice of Lawton, : Oklahoma, and raised them from early childhood. : Mr. McAfee was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city and was : also a prominent member of Lew Daily Post G. A. R. He was for a nnumber of : years commander of the post. : The body will be brought to Bluffton, IN from Detroit, MI Thursday morning : and taken to McBride's undertaking parlors. Complete funeral arrangements have : not yet been made, but the services will be conducted by the Rev. D. C. : Truesdale, paster of the Presbyterian church. Internment will be in Fairview.

William giftet seg med Mary Elizabeth Taylor, datter av Levi D. Taylor og Keziah Callahan, den 27 sep 1867 i Wells Co., IN. (Mary Elizabeth Taylor ble født den 4 jul 1848 i Trumbull County, Ohio og døde den 3 mai 1924 i Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.)

William giftet seg deretter med Laura Minerva Funk den 12 jun 1889 i Warsaw, IN. (Laura Minerva Funk ble født den 20 feb 1849 i Urbana, Champaign, Ohio og døde den 18 feb 1918 i Pierceton, Kosciusko, Indiana.)