William Alonzo Deem

William was born on March 16th, 1839.  William's father was William B Deem and his mother was Nancy Golden.  His paternal grandparents were Jacob Deem Sr and Eva Ann Cox. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Jonathan, Myranda, Michael, Michael, Washington, Peter, Eleanor, Sarah, Nancy and Martha .  He was the third youngest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 77 on May 20th, 1916.