William Augustus Thrasher

b. circa 1834, d. circa 1884
  • William Augustus Thrasher was born circa 1834 in Alabama.
  • He married Mary Eliza Watson on 5 February 1856 in Coosa County, Alabama.
  • William Augustus Thrasher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Wetumpka PO, Coosa County, Alabama, enumerated near the household where William's stepfather's son Charles McMorris was living.. Also in the household was "house keeper" N. H. Watson, age 21, likely Mary Eliza's sister Norma.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • William Augustus Thrasher and Mary Eliza Watson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, enumerated next to his mother Emera McMorris.. Other members of the household included Samuel Billing Thrasher, Annie Emera Thrasher and Robert Watson Thrasher.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • William Augustus Thrasher and Mary Eliza Watson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Pinckneyville, Gwinette County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Annie Emera Thrasher, Robert Watson Thrasher and Mary H. Thrasher.
  • He was doing railroad work, according to the 1880 census.
  • William Augustus Thrasher died circa 1884 in Norcross, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  • Last Edited: 3 Jun 2011

Family: Mary Eliza Watson b. circa 1834