William Avelton Ratcliff^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1850 - 1930  (79 years)

• Name	William Avelton Ratcliff
  Born	8 Sep 1850	Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Feb 1930
  Buried	Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I102526	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Marion Issac Ratcliff,   b. 7 Mar 1826, Turkey Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Sep 1908, Leicester, North Carolina  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Celia Frisbee,   b. 26 Oct 1828, Sandy Mush, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Mar 1907, Leicester, North Carolina  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F117669	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Sorena Gillispie,   b. 6 Jan 1858, Sandy Mush, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Aug 1936, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1874	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Lowry Bascom Ratcliffe,   b. 18 Nov 1875, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Jul 1937, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)   2. Eller May Ratcliffe,   b. Abt 1878, North Carolina   3. Emma Ratcliffe,   b. Abt 1879 + 4. Cora Magnolia Ratcliffe,   b. 14 Feb 1886, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Dec 1970  (Age 84 years)   5. Edward Laclede Ratcliffe,   b. 13 Nov 1893, Parrottsville, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jul 1972  (Age 78 years)   6. Ruby Ratcliffe,   b. Abt 1898, Tennessee
  Family ID	F37035	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Sep 1850 - Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina Married - 3 Dec 1874 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Buried - - Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S83] Willis LaRue Funeral Home Records, (Cocke County, Tennessee). Larry Boscum Ratcliffl obituary [S101] 1880 Census, Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, 60C. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace W. A. RATCLIFFE Self M Male W 29 NC Farmer NC NC Lurena RATCLIFFE Wife M Female W 22 NC Keeping House NC NC Bascom RATCLIFFE Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC Eller May RATCLIFFE Dau S Female W 2 NC NC NC Emiline RATCLIFFE Dau S Female W 6M NC NC NC [S84] E-Mail, Daniel Estefano [dseindc@yahoo.com], 7 May 2011. [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 110. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Groom's Name: M. A. Ratcliff Groom's Birth Date: 1850 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 24 Bride's Name: Dorcus S. Gillispie Bride's Birth Date: 1856 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 18 Marriage Date: 03 Dec 1874 Marriage Place: Buncombe Co., North Carolina Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00854-8 System Origin: North Carolina-EASy Source Film Number: 412578 Reference Number: Page 239