From Portrait and Biographical Reviews of Johnson, Massac,
Pope & Hardin Counties, Illinois.
Chicago Biographical Publications Co. 1893.
Transcribed by Cindy Pegg

William Henry Albright was born in 1850 the son of John C. Albright and
Letha Simmons.  His father, John C. was the son of Luke Albright, a
Kentucky farmer, who had six children. Luke died at the age of 84 on his
farm in Missouri.  Williams' mother, Letha, was the daughter of
Wiley Simmons, a Kentucky farmer, who came to Illinois in 1835. Letha was
born in 1827 in Kentucky.  Her father died at the age of 80 on his farm
just outside of Vienna, Illinois. He left eight children, four sons and
four daughters.  His wife died two years later.

John C. Albright settled near Goreville, IL in Johnson County where most
of their children were born.  He and his wife had ten children:
William Henry, Lewis J; Franklin P.; John Thaddeus; James Marshall; and one
son who died young; Mary E. wife of Samuel O. McMahan; Emeline wife of
James Mohler; Letha Jane wife of A. H. Bass; Amanda M. wife of James Carlton.


William Henry Albright married in 1873 to Annett Dugger, daughter of
Joseph and Elizabeth (McConnell) Dugger from Calloway County, KY where she
was born.  William and Annett had seven children: Albert who died at the
age of one year; William J.; Claudius; Bertha; Augustus; Cecil and Ruel.


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