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William was born in 1815 in Rich Patch, Alleghany County, Virginia.  William's father was Jacob Bennett and his mother was Mary Persinger.  His paternal grandparents are John Bennett and Sarah Clancy; his maternal grandparents were John Henry Persinger and Griselda Humphries. He had three brothers and four sisters, named John, Sampson, Henry, Jane Jennie, Phebe Margaret, Elizabeth Martha Holoway and Nancy.  He was the third youngest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 38 in July 1853.


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