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Note: The 1850 federal census for Mercer Co., Kentucky shows his age as 8/12. The 1900 federal census for Lincoln Co., Kentucky shows that his parents were born in Kentucky. The 1900 federal census for Lincoln Co., Kentucky shows the following information: W. E. McAfee, born December 1849, age 50, married twenty-one years, born in Kentucky, parents born in Kentucky, Farmer Alice, wife, born February 1855, age 45, married twenty-one years, mother of six children, all of whom were still living, born in Kentucky, parents born in Kentucky Georgia A., daughter, born October 1883, age 16, born in Kentucky Robert B., son, born April 1886, age 14, born in Kentucky William E., Jr., son, born April 1889, age 11, born in Kentucky James C., son, born April 1891, age 9, born in Kentucky (illegible), son, born March 1893, age 7, born in Kentucky Earnest M., son, born October 1894, age 5, born in Kentucky See Magisterial District No. 1, Stanford, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, Supervisor's District No. 8, Enumeration District No. 32, Sheet No. 12 B, Dwelling No. 226, dated 15 June 1900 ((W. E. McAfee and William are the same person))
William E. McAfee. -- Though a representative member of the bar of his native state, this well known and highly honored citizen of Lincoln county is now giving his attention almost exclusively to the management of his farm of six hundred acres, a place devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of high grade live stock, especially horses. He is a son of one of the old and honored families of Kentucky, with whose history the name has been prominently identified for many years. Mr. McAfee was born in Mercer county, on the old family homestead on the banks of Salt River, and the date of his nativity was December 2, 1849. There likewise was born his father, James C., in August, 1817. The father was there engaged in farming for several years and in 1861 he moved to Danville in order to afford better educational advantages to his only son, the subject of this review. In that city he died in May, 1877, at the age of sixty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Edelan (Edelen), was a native of Garrard county, Kentucky, and she was a child at the time of her parents' removal to Lebanon, Marion county, where she was reared to maturity and where her marriage was solemnized. After the death of her husband she made her home with her only son, William E., and she died while absent on a visit to Lebanon, in April, 1899, at the age of seventy-two years. William McAfee received preliminary educational training of excellent order and finally entered Center College in Danville, in which institution he completed the prescribed course and was graduated in 1868, with the highest honors of his class. He received at this time the degree of Bachelor of Arts and he forthwith entered the law department of the University of Virginia,at Charlottesville, where he completed the two year course in one year, thus securing his degree of Bachelor of Laws by his graduation as a member of the class of 1869. Before he had attained to his legal majority he was licensed to practice law by a special act of the legislature of Kentucky. In 1871 he located in the city of Louisville, where he remained in the law office of Major D. W. Saunders about eighteen months, at the expiration of which he opened his own office. He succeeded in building up a large and representative practice and continued in the work of his profession in Louisville until 1888, having in the meanwhile gained precedence as one of the strong ad versatile members of the bar of the state metropolis. In 1886 he was a candidate for judge of the court of common pleas but was defeated by Judge Emmet Fields, one of the distinguished lawyers and jurists of the state. In 1888 Mr. McAfee removed to Lincoln county and settled on the old Givens' homestead, which had been the home of his wife before their marriage. this fine farm, comprised of more than six hundred acres, he has since successfully operated and he finds much of pleasure and profit in the generous rural surroundings and conditions that compass him. For a number of years past he gave special attention to the breeding and training of fine standard-bred horses and he is still an extensive and successful breeder of high grade horses. He takes an active and zealous interest in all that tends to advance the industrial and social welfare of the community and is one of the honored and influential citizens of Lincoln county, where his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. In politics Mr. McAfee has always been aligned as a staunch advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party and in his earlier days he did effective work in behalf of the party cause, to which he contributed liberally of his time, influence and funds In the Masonic fraternity he has attained the chivalric degrees and while a resident of Louisville he served two terms as master of Abraham Lodge. No. 8, Free & Accepted Masons. His maximum affiliation in the time-honored fraternity is with Louisville Commandery, Knights Templars, at Louisville. He was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church and his religious views are in harmony with its tenets, though he is not formally identified with any religious body. His wife is a zealous member of the Christian church at Danvillel. On the 3d of December, 1878, in the house which now constitutes their home, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McAfee to Miss Alice Givens, daughter of the late Dr. George W. Givens, a member of one of the oldest and most honored families of Lincoln county and one that has been identified with the history of Kentucky from the early pioneer days. Mrs. McAfee was born and reared on the old homestead, which is still her place of abode, and she has long been prominent in connection with the best social activities of the community, where she is held in affectionate regard by an exceptionally large circle of devoted friends. Mr. and Mrs. McAfee have six children, whose names and respective ages are here noted, the record being indicated for the year 1910: Georgia, twenty-six years; Robert, twenty-four; William E, Jr., twenty-one; James C., nineteen; Givens, seventeen; and Ernest M., fifteen. Source: A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, p. 1389-1390
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death - William E. McAfee source shows his date of birth as 2 December 1850.
W. P. Givens, Shelby City, Kentucky, was the informant for his death certificate.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death - James McAfee source shows that William McAfee was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
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