James Monroe Willis

brief biography

only son

He was lame because of a club foot or similar defect.

His parents moved the family to Decatur County, Iowa in 1849.

His parents moved the family to Oregon in 1862, then moved the family back to Decatur County in 1863.

He operated the local post office and other businesses in Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa, United States.

family

Father of ten children:

• Hettie
• Ray
• Ethel
• Amer
• Ola Bicknell
• Effie Toovey
• Blanche Barr
• Elza Horton
• Vern
• McGrew

comments

Date of marriage to Malinda/Melinda McGrew has also been (erroneously?) reported to be April 1870.

More information about him might be available at http://iagenweb.org/decatur/.

links

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6748049 (duplicate memorial 38549190 was removed before May 25, 2016)
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcgrew/messages/1182.html
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/tn/messages/21178.html
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/toovey/messages/65.html
• http://www.jenforum.com/toovey/messages/65.html
• http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=janicetilman&id=I... (membership possibly required to view)
• http://genealogy.bicknell.net/d0000/g0000212.htm