William was the oldest son of Osborn Nightingale and Jane L. Bell Coffey. He was born Feb. 4,1807 in Kentucky and died in Santa Barbara Co., CA in 1903. He married Orilla Hill, the daughter of a Mr. Hill who married a Miss Wood. Orilla was born on May 31, 1856 in IA and died in Santa Barbara on Aug. 3, 1943. Both are buried at the Goleta cemetery in Santa Barbara Co.
It is unclear to me if William married late or was perhaps married prior to his marriage to Orilla, c1885. He was 54 years old then and Orilla was 29. William last appeared in a census with his parents in 1850, Lincoln Co., MO. I next find him in the 1900 Santa Barbara Co. census with Orilla and their four children:
Minnie Belle, born Aug. 6, 1885, died Mar. 9, 1972. She never married and is buried at Goleta.
George William, born Jan. 7, 1888, died Nov. 16, 1967. He apparently never married and is also buried at Goleta.
Lelia J., born Feb. 22, 1892, died Dec. 4, 1964 in Santa Barbara. She married Jesse R. Hill, perhaps a relative of Orilla, c1920. Jesse was a widower and brought two sons, Richard, born c1912 and, Clifford, born c1918 to the marriage. I have not yet found Lelia and Jesse in the 1930 census. Neither have I found a burial site for them.
Update - May 2, 2012
Jesse Reason Hill and Lelia J. Coffey were married on Jul. 27, 1910 in Santa Barbara Co., CA.* The two children, Richard M., born c1912 and Clifford, born c1918, should then be his children by Lelia. The 1920 census** names Jesse's wife as Lydia and that her father was born in MO and mother in IA. I suspect the 1920 census to be in error vis-à-vis Lelia.
*California County Marriages, 1850-1952, "California, County Marriages,
1850-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLZ2-LQ9
: accessed 2 May 2012), Jesse Reason Hill, 1910.
**Mar. 18, 1920 Santa Barbara Co., La Patera, ED101, Sheet 7A, Fair View Road
Osborne Delano, born Sep. 19, 1894 in CA, died Aug. 7, 1981 in Santa Barbara. He married c1921 to Josephine E. Lessett, daughter of a French born father and a California born mother. They were in the 1930 Santa Barbara census with two children: Helen J., born c1922 and William K., born c1924. Osborne is buried at Goleta; I have not found death information for Josephine.
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