William Theodore Deems

William was born on April 26th, 1848.  William's father was Mark Fleming Deems and his mother was Margaret Baker.  His paternal grandparents were George Deems and Elizabeth Fisher. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Joshua, George, Samuel, Oliver, Mariah and Elizabeth.  He was the third youngest of the seven children.  He died at the age of 4 on February 2nd, 1853.