Drucilla Harrill & Wm. H. (talking Billy) Harrill: Rutherford Co., NC
Looking for info on maternal ancestral line of Amelia E./Milly E. Harrill who married Doctor Miller Wilson (aka D. Miller, Doctor M., Dock, Miller) 23 July 1878, Rutherford Co., NC.According marriage license:Amelia was 18 [thus DOB abt 1860], daughter of Wm H. Harrill and Drusila J. Harrill.D. Miller and Milly Wilson were parents of Cicero Columbus Wilson b. 23 May 1879 (family records) in Caroleen, Rutherford Co., NC.
Amelia/Milly (Harrill) Wilson apparently d. between 23 May 1879 and 25 Jun 1880 (census date) when Dock Wilson, 31, is listed as widow with son Columbus, 1 yr, in Rutherford Co., Cool Spring, pg 594b & 595.Also listed is Dock Wilson’s mother, Sarah Wilson 68, widow.Doctor Miller Wilson b. abt 1849 is the son of Robert Wilson and Sarah/Sally (Harrill) Wilson.Do not know where Amelia (Harrill) Wilson is bu.
In the 1870 NC census, Rutherford Co., Cool Spring, pg 046b, is found Milly E. [Amelia] 9 yrs, with William Harril 40[thus DOB abt 1830] and Drucilar Harril 30 [thus DOB abt 1840].Also in the household:Sarah E. 12, Thomas C. 6, Ider 4, Pinkney 2, and Lafayette 1.
On various online sites, Drucilla Harrell b. 1848, daughter of Samuel and Leah (McBrayer) Harrell, is frequently listed as the wife of William H. (talking Billy) Harrill and the mother of Wm. H. Harrill’s children.However, Samuel and Leah’s daughter Drucilla’s DOB 1848 does not agree with census-derived dates for Drucilla wife of Wm. H.:1860 NC RCo, Sandy Run, Drucilla b. abt 1840; 1870 NC RCo, Cool Spring, Drucilla b. abt 1840; 1880 NC, RCo, Cool Spring, Drucilla b. abt 1840).
Drucilla Harrill, daughter of Samuel and Leah Harrill was b. 6 Mar 1848.This Drucilla Harrell is found in the 1880 NC census, Rutherford Co., Colfax, pg 498b, in the household of her parents Samuel Harrell 69and wife Leah Harrell 52, as DRUCILLA HARRELL, daughter, 32 yrs old, SINGLE.
Also in the 1880 NC census, Rutherford Co., Cool Spring, pg 596b, is the household of William Harrell 51 and wife Drusilla 41 and 7 children b. between 1864 and 1877.
Thus Drucilla Harrell (b. 1848), daughter of Samuel and Leah, can not be the “first” wife of and mother of Wm. H. Harrill’s children(census derived DOBs):Amanda b. abt 1856, Sarah b. abt 1860, Amelia E./Milly E. b. abt 1861, Thomas C. b. abt 1864, Ida/Ider b. abt 1866, Pinkney b. abt 1868, Alexander Lafayette b. abt 1869, Plato b. 1871, Mary b. 1874, and Robert/Bob b. abt 1877.Samuel and Leah’s daughter Drucilla would also have been only about 8 years old at the birth of Wm. H.’s first daughter Amanda.
---Drucilla Harrill (7 Mar 1840--23 Jun 1899) w/o WHH, is bu. High Shoal Baptist Cemetery (WDFloyd, online NC cemetery index).
---Wm. H. Harrill (15 Apr 1830--2 May 1901) is also bu. High Shoal Baptist Cemetery.
---NC Rutherford Co. Marriages (WDFloyd, online):W. H. Harrill and Drucilla Harrill married 5 Sep 1899.This is about 2 months after “1st” wife Drucilla died (23 Jun 1899).
---1900 NC census, Rutherford Co., Caroleen, pg 158.William H. Harrell, 70, b. Apr 1830, is listed with wife Drucilla Harrel, 52, b. Mar 1848.According to census entries, they have not yet been married 1 year and “0” children born to Drucilla.This seems to agree with the 1899 marriage record.Also listed in this household are William’s son Robert 22, b. 1878 and daughter Mary F. Walker, 25, b. 1875 and her husband William Walker 29.Robert and Mary are children of the first wifeDrucilla, not of the Drucilla b. 1848.
Soooo...... any help out there with the following?
---Wm. H. Walker was married twice.Both wives were named Drucilla.
---Second wife, Drucilla Harrill b. 1848 was apparently daughter of Samuel and Leah Harrell, but not the mother of Wm. H.’s children.
---Who was the first wife Drucilla/Drucilla J.?What was her surname?Was she Drucilla McBrayer, sister of Leah?