William Mills Whitley
b. 6 August 1819, d. 7 November 1888
- Father: Mills Whitley b. 6 September 1791, d. circa April 1864
- Mother: Elizabeth Little b. circa 1793, d. circa 1860
- William Mills Whitley was born on 6 August 1819 in Bond County, Illinois.
- He married Emily Collard, daughter of Elijah Collard and Mary Stark, on 18 November 1841 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- William Mills Whitley and Emily Collard appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Emily Whitley, Robert Emmet Whitley, Elijah Whitley, Josiah Whitley and Robert S. Martin.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- William Mills Whitley and Emily Collard appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Emily Whitley, Robert Emmet Whitley, Elijah Whitley, John T. Whitley, William Mills Whitley, Warwick Whitley and Mary Stark.
- William Mills Whitley became a widower at the 11 June 1880 death of his wife Emily Collard.
- William Mills Whitley died on 7 November 1888 at age 69 in Walker County, Texas.
- He was interred at Gourd Creek Cemetery, New Waverly, Walker County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 13 Aug 2009
Family: Emily Collard b. 10 August 1827, d. 11 June 1880
- Mary Emily Whitley b. circa 1842
- Robert Emmet Whitley b. 12 December 1844
- Elijah Whitley b. circa 1846
- John T. Whitley b. circa 1850
- William Mills Whitley b. 22 October 1853
- Warwick Whitley b. 11 June 1856