William Elijah "Elige" Binkley and his wife Martha L. "Mattie" Strain
[Photo courtesy of Naomi Cotten]

William Elijah "Elige" Binkley was born on October 11, 1878, in Cole County, Missouri. He married Martha L. "Mattie" Strain on November 12, 1902.

PARENTS: John Binkley and Margaret K. Farmer

GRANDPARENTS: Elijah Binkley and Eliza Ann Shipley

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: William Binkley and Elizabeth Smith

SECOND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Jacob Binkley and an unknown wife

THIRD GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Adam Binkley and Maria Magdalena Weller

FOURTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Peter Binkley and Anna Maria Salome Werle, Jacob Weller and Elizabeth Knewel

FIFTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Christen Binkley and Elsbeth Burri, Johannes Werle and Marguerite Neuvillers

SIXTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Jean Neuvillers and Marie Thon

SEVENTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Joseph Neuvillers and Anne Ringelsbach