Posted on: Clarke County Biographies Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/ClarkeBios?read=11 Surname: WILLOUGHBY, SMITH, SHANK, LEVERETTE, THOMAS, FULLER ------------------------- William Thomas Willoughby was born in Coweta County, Georgia in 1851. He was the son of James and Sarah Chapman Willoughby. After the Civil War, members of James Willoughbys' family moved to Texas. As the train was leaving the station for Texas, William ran away from the train station. After running away from the train station, William Thomas Willoughby went to Lafayette, Alabama. He remained in Lafayette for about two years. Family legend has it that he lived with a Jeff Tucker and worked as a partner in the business of Tucker-Willingham. It is not known if this is the Tucker family that James Willoughby, Williams father married into (Elizabeth Tucker, daughter of John Tucker in Milltown, Alabama,) after returning from Texas. It is highly possible and likely. Family members also say that he lived with a Sorrell family for a short period. The Willoughby and Sorrell families knew each other as early as the late 1700s in Virginia. A Sorrell family lived in Oglethorpe County, Georgia prior to moving to Alabama. Oglethorpe County is adjacent to Clark County, where the Willoughby family comes. It is quite likely that they knew each other in North Georgia as well. William met his first wife Caroline A. Smith, daughter of William "West" Goodrich SMITH, in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1872. They had one child, name unknown, who died at birth. Caroline, along with quite a number of unmarked childrens graves is Located in the SMITH Cemetery. Caroline also died during the first year of marriage and William married her sister, Josephine (Parrie) Lee SMITH, in 1875. The middle name of my Grandfather, Rhodes Goodrich Willoughby, gets its origin from West Goodrich SMITH. William Thomas WILLOUGHBY and Josephine Parrie Lee SMITH had five children. Three of the children died as infants. Surviving were two sons, my grandfather, Rhodes Goodrich WILLOUGHBY, and his brother, Seaborn Gideon WILLOUGHBY. W.T. moved to Dadeville, Alabama in 1903. Seaborn Gideon ran a general store in Dadeville, Alabama. Gids store and house are still standing. A wrought iron worker is operating the store, and the house is vacant. Parrie died in 1882 and William married a third time 14 years later. On April 16, 1896, William married Ella Estelle MORGAN. There were three children of this marriage; i. Dewie, 4 March 1899 ii. Winnie Heflin, 1 December, 1901 iii. John Gaines, 1 October 1905 William Thomas Willoughby died on 10 September 1923. He is buried in the Dadeville, Alabama City Cemetery, Tallapoosa County. Husband: William "West" Goodrich SMITH Birth: 1814 Place: S.C. Death: 26 Feb 1884 Place: Chambers Co. Ala Burial: Place: Smith Cemetery Father: James Matthew SMITH (1785-1865) Mother: Mary Evans SMITH (1798-1873) Marriage: 6 Feb 1845 Place: Troup Co. GA MB C # 18 Wife: Jane SHANK Birth: 1827 Place: Ga. Death: 2 Mar 1884 Place: Chambers Co Ala Burial: Place: Smith Cemetery Father: John SCHENCK SHANK (1789-1850) Mother: Mary SHANK (1802-1860) Children... 1. M Child: John Evans SMITH Birth: 1846 Death: 1926 Place: Chambers Co Al Burial: Place: Rock Springs Cemetery Spouse: Martha Jane LEVERETT Marriage: 21 Jan 1875 Place: Chambers Co Al 2. F Child: Sara Sadeania SMITH Birth: 7 Jan 1852 Place: Chambers Co. Death: 4 Feb 1907 Spouse: William Palmore MATHEWS Marriage: 21 Nov 1871 Place: Milltown, Al 3. F Child: Caroline (Carrie) A. SMITH Birth: 9 Feb 1854 Death: 16 Sep 1873 Place: Smith Co Cemetery, Chambers Co., AL Spouse: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY Marriage: 1872 Place: Chambers Co., Ala 4. F Child: Nancy Ellen SMITH Birth: 1856 Death: 11 Mar 1894 Burial: Place: Bowling-Briskey Cemetery Milltown, Al Spouse: Gideon Judson LEVERETT Marriage: 7 May 1874 Place: Chambers Co Al 5. F Child: Josephine (Parrie) Lee SMITH8 Birth: 11 Dec 1858 Death: 8 Mar 1885 Place: Chambers Co. Ala. Burial: Place: Smith Cemetery Spouse: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY Marriage: 23 Dec 1875 Place: Chambers County, Co. Al MB 7 P. 239 6. M Child: West G SMITH, JR. Birth: 1861 Place: ALA Death: 1881 Place: Chambers Co Al Burial: Place: Smith Family Cemetery 7. M Child: Rev. Arnold Shank SMITH Birth: 18 May 1864 Place: Chambers Co. Ala Death: 16 Apr 1930 Spouse: Mamie Lou WATT (SMITH) Marriage: 6 Jun 1894 Spouse: Annie Blanche WATTS Marriage: 21 Dec 1898 8. F Child: Lavida SMITH Birth: 1866 Place: Ala Death: 1891 Place: Chambers Co Al Burial: Place: Smith Family Cemetery Spouse: Howard HAWK Husband: Joe THOMAS Death: 1977 Place: Dadeville, Ala Burial: Place: Dadeville Cemetery. Marriage: 5 Feb 1927 Place: Chambers Co. Wife: Winnie Heflin THOMAS Birth: 1 Dec 1901 Father: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY (1851-1923) Mother: Ella Estella MORGAN (1862-1952) Wife: Caroline A WILLOUGHBY Birth: 12 Aug 1880 Place: Chambers Co. Death: 29 Sep 1980 Place: Chambers Co. Father: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY (1851-1923) Mother: Josephine (Parrie) Lee SMITH8 (1858-1885) Husband: James WILLOUGHBY Father: John Gaines WILLOUGHBY (1905-1962) Mother: Emma Lou TILLERY Husband: James E. WILLOUGHBY Birth: 12 Jul 1881 Place: Chambers Co. Death: 20 Jan 1856 Place: Chambers Co. Father: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY (1851-1923) Mother: Josephine (Parrie) Lee SMITH8 (1858-1885) Husband: John WILLOUGHBY Father: John Gaines WILLOUGHBY (1905-1962) Mother: Emma Lou TILLERY Husband: John Gaines WILLOUGHBY Birth: 1 Oct 1905 Place: Dadeville, Ala. Death: 31 May 1962 Place: Dadeville, Ala. Father: William Thomas WILLOUGHBY (1851-1923) Mother: Ella Estella MORGAN (1862-1952) Marriage: 8 Nov 1928 Wife: Emma Lou TILLERY Children... 1. M Child: James WILLOUGHBY 2. M Child: John WILLOUGHBY