FOURTH GENERATION

309. William James Rayburn was born on 3 May 1850 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He appeared on the census on 26 Oct 1870 in Township #6, Lafayette County, Mississippi. ⁽⁶⁵⁴⁾ He appeared on the census on 21 Jun 1880 in Beat No. 3, Lafayette County, Mississippi. ⁽⁶⁵⁵⁾ He appeared on the census on 5 Jun 1900 in Beat No. 4, Panola County, Mississippi.⁽⁶⁵⁶⁾ He appeared on the census on 20 Jan 1920 in Beat No. 5, Panola County, Mississippi. ⁽⁶⁵⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 29 Apr 1930 in Beat No. 5, Panola County, Mississippi. ⁽⁶⁵⁸⁾ He died on 2 Nov 1935.

He was married to M. Adeline Collins (daughter of James Daniels Collins and Louisa) on 1 May 1868 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. M. Adeline Collins was born in 1851 in Mississippi. She died before 1870. William James Rayburn and M. Adeline Collins had the following children:

+895 i. Beulah Mattie Rayburn.

He was married to Louisa Frances Elmore (daughter of Mathias Elmore and Frances Bates) on 8 Dec 1872 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Louisa Frances Elmore was born on 29 Apr 1854 in South Carolina. She died on 13 Jan 1939 in Mississippi. William James Rayburn and Louisa Frances Elmore had the following children:

+896 i. John Mathias Rayburn.
+897 ii. Oscar Eugene Rayburn.
+898 iii. George Albert Rayburn.
+899 iv. Maggie Isabel Rayburn.
900 v. Mary Alice Rayburn was born on 20 Jan 1884 in Mississippi.