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William Jacob TACY

William Jacob TACY

Male 1834 - 1917  (83 years)

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  • Name William Jacob TACY 
    Born 20 Jan 1834  Fluvanna Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Fluvanna Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1854  Pocahontas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860, 1870, 1880  Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Died 17 Apr 1917  Lee Bell, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Woodford Tacy Cemetery, Huttonsville, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Person ID I64574  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2020 

    Father Randolph Bernard TACY,   b. CA 1787, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1865, Pocahontas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Paulina J. GLASS,   b. CA 1806, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1867, Pocahontas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F26958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Virginia Ruth "Jenny" ARBOGAST,   b. 5 Apr 1837, Upper Tract, Pendleton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1876, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1854  Pocahontas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • The full name of this William J. Tacy has been reported by Findagrave as William Jackson Tacy Sr. But son William Jackson Tacy's death record states his father's name as William Jacob Tacy. However, son William's death record also identified his mother as Virginia Taylor rather than Virginia Arbogast as shown in her marriage record.

      1860 Census, Randolph Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 27 1860:
      William Tacy, 24, farmer, value of real estate $500, value of personal estate $200; Virginia, 23; Albert, 6; Perlina, 4; William, 2; Lucy, 6 months.

      1870 Census, Randolph Co, WV (Reynolds Twp), enumerated on Aug 31 1870:
      William J. Tacy, 34, farmer, value of real estate $1900, value of personal estate $800; Jenny R, 32; Albert N, 16; Alverda, 14; Wm. Jackson, 12; D. Allice, 11; John Morgan, 7; Susan M D, 5; Jacob, 4; Baby (male), 6 months.

      Following Virginia's death, William married Priscilla Riggleman in August 1878

      1880 Census, Randolph Co, WV (Huttonsville District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      William J. Tacy, 46, farmer; wife Percilla, 40; son John A, 17; dau Susan, 13; son Jacob, 11; son Oliver, 10; dau Florence, 7; dau Early, 5. [10]
    Children 
    +1. William Jackson "Will" TACY,   b. 11 Mar 1859, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1937, Dailey, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F26957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Priscilla RIGGLEMAN,   b. 26 Apr 1836, Monterville, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1935, Huttonsville, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1878  Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Harmon Woodford TACY,   b. 1 Jan 1884, Huttonsville, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1972, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F26963  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1834-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg    		64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1834-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg
    64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1870Census_RandolphCoWV_ReynoldsTwp_31Aug1870.jpg    		64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1870Census_RandolphCoWV_ReynoldsTwp_31Aug1870.jpg
    64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1880Census_RandolphCoWV_HuttonsvilleDist_23Jun1880.jpg    		64574_TACY_WilliamJ_1880Census_RandolphCoWV_HuttonsvilleDist_23Jun1880.jpg
    64574_TACY_William_1860Census_RandolphCoVA_27Jun1860.jpg    		64574_TACY_William_1860Census_RandolphCoVA_27Jun1860.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2226] Randolph County Marriage Records, Elkins, WV.

    3. [S2497] Pocahontas County Marriage Records, Marlinton, WV, MR p. 1, Line 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11104885&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S234] 1860 Census, Randolph County, (W)VA.

    5. [S2386] 1870 Census, Randolph County, WV.

    6. [S2387] 1880 Census, Randolph County, WV.

    7. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Identified as William J. Tacy, age 83y 2m 28d, farmer, married, b. Jan 20 1834 in Virginia, son of Randolph Tacy (b. France) & Paulina Glass (b. Virginia); died Apr 17 1917 near Lee Bell, Huttonsville District, Randolph Co, WV, cause of death senile decay and chronic cystitis following hypertrophied prostate gland, buried "near home Lee Bell, W. Va."

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S2497] Pocahontas County Marriage Records, Marlinton, WV, MR p. 1, Line 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11104885&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William I. Tacy, single, farmer, 19, b. "Old Virginia," res. Pocahonta Co, son of Randolph & Palomia Tacy; and Virginia Arbogast, single, 17, b. Upper Tract Va., res. Pocahontas Co, dau of Moses H. & Susanna Arbogast. Married Jan 19 1854 in Pocahontas County, officiated by Josiah Hildebrand.

    10. [S1604] Death record of son.

    11. [S2226] Randolph County Marriage Records, Elkins, WV, MR p. 86.
      Identified as Wm. J. Tacy, 43, farmer, b. Fluvanna Co, res. Randolph Co; and Priscilla Riggleman, 38, b. & res. in Randolph Co. Married Aug 22 1878 at M. E. Ward, ceremony performed by A. S. Bowles. (Note: No indication of parents or marital status of the parties.)