Margaret Jane Willis

Margaret Jane Willis (1812 - 1850), daughter of John Buckner Willis (1782 - 1846) and Jane Kirkpatrick, was born 17 August 1812 at Hamilton County, Illinois. She married her first cousin William Wesley Willis (1811 - 1872), son of Merrill Erastus Willis (1780 1842) and Margaret Susan Cherry (1778 - 1870), in 1833 at Gallatin County, Illinois. She died at the age of 37 on 13 August 1850 at Big Cottonwood (present-day Holladay), Salt Lake County, Utah Territory; and is buried at Holladay Memorial Park in Holladay.

Children of William and Jane Willis

1. Ann Cherry Willis, married Willis Young
2. John Henry Willis, married Frances Reeves
3. Mary Lucretia Willis, married J. T. Brown
4. Lemuel Merrill Willis, married Eliza Webb
5. Thomas Tillman Willis, married Ann Louisa Pratt
6. Josephine Willis, married William J. Cox
7. William Wesley Willis, married Gabrilla Stratton
8. George Albert Willis
9. Margaret Jane Willis
10. Lucy M. Willlis

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 124807417