William James Linam was born April 22, 1827 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and died January 5, 1919 in Pierce county, Washington. he married Martha Jane Strayhorn on September 3, 1849 in Maury county, Tennessee. She was born May 22, 1824 and died August 10,1899 in New Mexico. They had 4 children
2. Laura Ann Lovington Linam was born January 9,1853 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and died April 18,1862
3. James David Strayhorn Linam
4. Caroline McKendree Linam was born March 11, 1857 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and died 1938 in New Mexico. She married 3 times. Elmer Watkins, Frank Bumpass and S. H. Cooper