 1814 - 1863 (48 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  William Lowndes Yancey was born on 10 Aug 1814 in Falls of the Ogeechee, Warren County, Georgia, USA; died on 26 Jul 1863 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA; was buried in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA. Notes:
From http://bioguide.congress.gov/
YANCEY, William Lowndes, (uncle of Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a
Representative from Alabama; born at the Falls of the Ogeechee, Warren
County, Ga., August 10, 1814; attended preparatory school and Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass.; studied law in Sparta, Ga., was admitted to
the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Greenville, S.C.; moved to
Cahawba, Ala., in 1836; temporarily abandoned the practice of law and
became a cotton planter; editor of the Cahawba Democrat and the Cahawba
Gazette; moved to Wetumpka, Ala., in 1839 and resumed the practice of
law; member of the State house of representatives in 1841; served in the
State senate in 1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dixon H. Lewis;
reelected to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 2, 1844,
to September 1, 1846, when he resigned; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in
1846; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848, 1856, and
1860; member of the State constitutional convention which convened in
Montgomery January 7, 1861; appointed chairman of the commission sent to
Europe in 1861 to present the Confederate cause to the Governments of
England and France; elected to the first Confederate States Senate
February 21, 1862; died at his plantation home, near Montgomery, Ala.,
July 26, 1863; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Bibliography
DAB; Draughon, Ralph Brown, Jr. "William Lowndes Yancey: From Unionist to
Secessionist 1814-1852." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 1968; Mitchell, Rexford S. "William Lowndes Yancey:
Orator of Southern Constitutional Rights." Ph.D. dissertation, University
of Wisconsin, 1937.
Birth:
"The Aviary"
Buried:
Oakwood Cemetery
William married Sarah Caroline Earle on 13 Aug 1835 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA. Sarah was born in 1816; died in 1883 in Athens, Clarke County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Benjamin Cunningham Yancey
 was born on 30 Jul 1836 in Greenville, Greenville County, SC.
- 3. Mary Elizabeth Yancey was born on 19 Jun 1839 in Cahawba, Dallas, SC.
- 4. Ella Bird Yancey was born on 10 Jan 1843 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL.
- 5. William Earle Yancey was born on 4 Nov 1843 in Wetumpka, Elmore, AL.
- 6. Ellen Yancey was born about 1845 in Trigg, KY.
- 7. Dalton Huger Yancey was born on 13 Feb 1845 in Greenville, Greenville County, SC.
- 8. Goodloe Harper Yancey was born on 9 Jul 1848 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Benjamin Cunningham Yancey (1.William1) was born on 30 Jul 1836 in Greenville, Greenville County, SC. Notes:
Batch #: 962477, Source Call #:
Batch #: 1903532, Source Call #:
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| 4. |  Ella Bird Yancey (1.William1) was born on 10 Jan 1843 in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL. Notes:
Batch #: 962477, Source Call #:
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| 6. | Ellen Yancey (1.William1) was born about 1845 in Trigg, KY. Notes:
Film #: 962433, Page #: 1400, Ordinance #: 29380
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| 7. | Dalton Huger Yancey (1.William1) was born on 13 Feb 1845 in Greenville, Greenville County, SC. Notes:
Film #: 962428, Page #: 119, Ordinance #: 2484
Batch #: 962477, Source Call #:
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