William Riley Clontz, Sr.

1837 - 1911  (~ 74 years)

• Name	William Riley Clontz
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	0___ 1837	Union County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _AKAN	William Ellis Riley
  Died	12 Jan 1911	(Yancey Co.,NC)   [2]
  Person ID	I10338	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Henry George Clontz,   b. 1807-1813, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Aug 1881, (North Carolina)  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mahalia Cook,   b. 0___ 1812, (North Carolina) ,   d. 16 Mar 1881  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	(~1830)	(Burke County) North Carolina   [3]
  Family ID	F3634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Adaline Giles,   b. 16 Dec 1828, Glen Alpine, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Dec 1905, (Yancey Co.,NC)  (Age 77 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1859	(Burke County) North Carolina   [2]
  Children	1. William Riley Clontz, Jr.,   b. (CIRCA 1860), Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 0___ 1948, (Yancey Co.)NC   2. James A. Clontz,   b. (CIRCA 1862), Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. (CIRCA 1956), Yancey Co.,NC
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  _____ Excerpted for Carol Clontz Combs' Notes; "William Riley Clonts m. Jane Smathers, marriage bond August 8, 1865, Haywood Co.,NC, Francis M. Cook*, bondsman." * Speculate that COOK is his mother's people...DAH. And next entry may be this William; "William Riley Clonts, Sr. m. Elizabeth Adaline Giles, b. 12/16/1828, d. 12/23/1905, William b. 1837*, d. 1/12/1911." * Note same birth year. "William Riley Clonts m. Jane Smathers, August 19, 1865, Burke Co.", IGI. _____ Franz Clontz identifies him as William Ellis Clontz...DAH. _____ Franz Clontz' book, p. 51, "William Ellis Clontz I was wounded in the Civil War, and was on the Honor Roll. Asked for pension in 1901. Had relatives beyond Asheville, at Sylva, Buncombe Co., N.C. He had a brother named J. Garrison Clontz, whose wife was Elmine. Their father was Henry Clontz, d. Aug. 9, 1881; their mother was Mahala Clontz, died March 16, 1881." 27 Feb 2003: Spoke to Mike Mills, miglen730@aol.com, who is searching for his CLONTZ line and claims that his line goes to Emily Virginia CLONTZ, daughter of William and married John Wilson MILLS

  
  

• Sources

  [S6169] Clontz,Norman Dale;Family Group Records,Pedigree & his notes,, 14 (Reliability: 3). [S10650] Franz J. Clontz's Notes ("Some Clontz Descendants"), p. 50 (Reliability: 3). [S11965] "The Clontz Family",by Franz J. Clontz,173-17 89th Avenue,Jamaica,NY 11432,, p. 51.