Mon Valley Biographies - William A. Ailes
Mon Valley Biographies
William A. Ailes of Greene and Washington Co.
From: Biographical History of Greene County by Samuel P Bates,
Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888, p 603
Submitted by: Marta Burns
Surnames: Ailes, Nixon, Patterson, Bell
William A Ailes, farmer and stock grower, P O Carmichaels,
was born in Washington County, December 25, 1835. He is a son of
James Ailes and Elizabeth Nixon Ailes, who were also natives of Washington
County. His grandfather was Amos Ailes, also a native of Washington County.
William is the youngest of a family of seven children. He has remained
on the farm with his parents, where he received his education and wisely
chose farming as his business. His farm consists of 300 acres of land,
well stocked and improved. Mr Ailes was united in marriage March 1, 1858,
with
Miss Lucinda Patterson, daugter of Thomas and Dorcas Bell Patterson.
Mrs Ailes's parents were of Irish descent. Mr and Mrs Ailes's only child,
Mary Bell, was born in 1880 and died in 1886. In politics Mr Ailes is a
Republican; in religion they are both Cumberland Presbyterians.
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