William+Yancey

  **  harshWilliam L. Yancey  ** By: Riley,Michael, and Justin.

William Lowdes Yancey was born in Warren County, Georgia on August 10,1814. In August 1817 William's farther Benjamin Yancey died of malaria from mosquito bites, Later Will's mother mother married Will's mean school teacher Mr. Beman he was being the boss of Caroline ( Will's mother) saying that she can't go to parties and can't go out with her friends. When Will went to school he got expelled. When he got to go to another school he got expelled again. Then when Will got older he ran away from home because he was tired of his parents fighting all the time. Then he got more older and got married! His wife's name was Sarah Caroline Earle. In 1838 William Lowdes Yancey killed his wife's uncle. He did not want to kill him he just said hi to Dr. Robinson Earle but he was mad at Will because when Will came to visit him he called him a lair so he charged at him then Will tried to stop it but he kept coming so Will took out a pistol and shot right at him he kept charging then the police came and broke up the fight they told Will that if he dies then he would be arrested then that night he had died. He had went to court his old friend came to be his defendant. The judge sentenced Will one year in jail and fined him $1,500. But the governer of South Carolina believed that the judge's sentence was too harsh and and the fine was too high.He cut the fine to $500 and let him free from prison. Later after he got to around 40 years old when people ask him to be president of the Confederacy he said no then he thought of someone that would make a president he called his friend named Jefferson Davis. Then he went to England to try and help just incase we went into war. But he felled. When he came back he felt very sick. So he called a docter to come and help but all the docter could do was tell him that he had a kidney infection. So he died at his home near Montgomery. Refrences: William L. Yancey Alabama Seces sion Leader by: Martine G. Bates