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James Willis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 03, 1865 (73)
Winfield, Henry, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Winfield, Henry County, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Willis and Sarah Willis (Gibson)
Husband of Eliza Katherine Willis
Father of Sarah Boileau; George Willis; Joseph Skinner Willis; Mary Willis; James Madison Willis and 4 others
Brother of John Willis; Elizabeth Smith; Robert Willis, Jr.; Margaret Jenkins; William Willis and 4 others
Half brother of George Willis; Isaac Willis; Eleanor "Nellie" Kinkead; Catherine Copeland and Polly Willis

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About James Willis

JAMES WILLIS (1792-1865) Submitted by Paul Willis prwillis@adelphia.net

Born 17 Oct 1792, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA; died 3 Nov 1865, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; buried Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; son of Robert Willis and Sarah Gibson. (See Robert Willis ca 1750-1830). Married: 20 Nov 1820, Morristown, Belmont Co., OH to Eliza Katherine Skinner, born 5 Jan 1802, Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., VA; died 22 July 1882, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; buried Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa.

Children:

  • 1. Mary Willis, born 18 Sept 1830, Belmont Co., OH; died 5 Sept 1903; married Thomas Clausen, 16 Dec 1853, Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., OH
  • 2. Catherine Willis, born 1 Jan 1835, Belmont Co., OH; died 1 Sept 1835, Belmont Co., OH
  • 3. Catherine Willis,born 11 July 1836, Morristown, Belmont Co., OH; died 24 Jan 1902, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; buried Fulton/Cairo Cemetery, Marshall Township, Louisa Co., Iowa; married Dewitt Clinton Marshall, 23 April 1856, Virginia Grove, Marshall Township, Louisa Co., Iowa.
  • 4. William Tagart Willis, born 8 July 1839, Belmont Co., OH died Sept 1913, Muscatine, Muscatine Co., Iowa; married Martha Walker, 10 Sept 1867
  • 5. John Waddle Willis, born 6 Nov 1842, Adamsville, Muskingham Co., OH; married Susannah Peck.
  • 6. George Willis, born 3 Oct 1821, Morristown, Belmont Co., OH; died 21 July 1913, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; buried Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; married Sarah E.Newland, 18 April 1856, Louisa Co., Iowa.
  • 7. James Madison Willis, born 2 Aug 1832, Belmont Co., OH; died 6 July 1925; married Elizabeth Porter, 18 June 1868, Spring Hill, Johnson Co., KS
  • 8. Robert Willis, born 6 Oct 1828, Belmont Co., OH; died 19 May 1893; married Lavisa Willis, 21 Dec 1856, Louisa Co., Iowa; daughter of William Willis (1790-1854) and Elizabeth Skinner.
  • 9. Sarah Willis, born 11 Feb 1825, Morristown, Belmont Co., OH; died 28 Nov 1908; married James Boileau
  • 10. Joseph Skinner Willis, born 24 Oct 1826, Belmont Co., OH; died 28 Dec 1914, Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; buried Winfield, Henry Co., Iowa; married Mary Jane Hawk, 14 Nov 1850, Athens Co., OH; Quality; 0

Link: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~willis/genjac-jam...


Note: James appears on 2 places on the tree. Willis brothers married Skinner sisters. Their children also married.

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James Willis's Timeline

1792
October 16, 1792
Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
1821
October 3, 1821
Morristown, Ohio, United States
1825
February 11, 1825
Morristown, Ohio, United States
1826
October 24, 1826
Belmont, Iowa, United States
1830
September 18, 1830
Belmont, Ohio, United States
1832
August 2, 1832
Belmont, Ohio, United States
1835
January 1, 1835
Belmont, Ohio, United States
1836
July 11, 1836
Morristown, Ohio, United States
1839
July 8, 1839
Belmont, Ohio, United States