Dr. Louis Byrd Willis

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Dr. Louis Byrd Willis

Also Known As: "Lewis"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: VA, United States
Death: October 03, 1835 (34)
Pensacola, Escambia, FL, United States (drowned crossing the Big Lagoon on horseback)
Place of Burial: Pensacola, Florida
Immediate Family:

Son of Col. Byrd Charles Willis and Mary W. Willis
Husband of Lucia Beverley Willis; Harriett Tucker Willis and Esther Willis
Father of Byrd Charles Willis and Thomas Savage Hayward Willis, MD
Brother of Princess of the court of Emperor Napoleon III Catherine Daingerfield Murat; Anne Carter Botts; Mary Byrd Dallas; Achille Murat Willis, Sr., Civil War Veteran (CSA); Ella Attoway Brockenbrough and 3 others

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Dr. Louis Byrd Willis

Dr. Lewis Byrd Willis received his medical education and upon his graduation in 1825, went with his parents to Florida. Here he set up a practice in Tallahassee for 10 years, but in 1835 he moved to Pensacola. In the fall of that same year he died in a fall from a horse into a swollen stream while crossing.

He was buried in Pensacola. His first wife was Lucea Beverley Hackley. She died soon after the birth of their only child. His second wife was Harriet Tucker Randolph, his first wife's cousin, their mother's were sisters. His third wife was Hester Savage.

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Dr. Louis Byrd Willis's Timeline

1801
September 5, 1801
VA, United States
1827
1827
Tallahassee, Leon, FL, United States
1835
June 4, 1835
Florida, United States
October 3, 1835
Age 34
Pensacola, Escambia, FL, United States
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Pensacola, Florida