Family History Willis Side

1^st Generation

1. John WILLIS-JR.

Children of John WILLIS-JR and (unknown):

i. 2. William J. WILLIS was born June 10, 1800 in TN and died November 30, 1859 in Jefferson ILL.

2^nd Generation (Children)

2. William J. WILLIS was born June 10, 1800 in TN and died November 30, 1859 in Jefferson ILL. He married 1st Sarah (Sally) Hundley NASH April 10, 1829 in Edmonson Cty KY. She was born October 17, 1812 in Pulaski KY and died 1877 in ILL. He married 2nd Artissma JOHNSON 1869 in Franklin Cty Ill.

Children of William J. WILLIS and Sarah (Sally) Hundley NASH:

i. 3. John WILLIS was born June 21, 1840 in Edmonson Cty KY and died November 30, 1906 in Franklin Cty ILL.

ii. 4. Nancy WILLIS was born October 27, 1830.

iii. Albert (G.H.) WILLIS was born June 01, 1833.

iv. 5. William WILLIS was born July 24, 1835 in Edmonson Cty KY.

v. Arthur (R.N.) WILLIS was born July 19, 1838.

vi. Salina WILLIS was born May 16, 1842.

vii. Scoyota WILLIS was born June 10, 1845.

viii. Marvelle WILLIS was born August 05, 1849.

ix. Milly N. WILLIS was born March 10, 1852.

x. Merrell WILLIS was born March 12, 1854.

xi. Franklin T. WILLIS was born February 17, 1856.

3^rd Generation (Grandchildren)

3. John WILLIS was born June 21, 1840 in Edmonson Cty KY and died November 30, 1906 in Franklin Cty ILL. He married Mahala Jane WEBB December 11, 1865 in Franklin Cty ILL. She was born August 1841 in Franklin Cty ILL and died January 12, 1912 in Benton (Franklin Cty) ILL, daughter of Allen WEBB and Mary Jane MOORE.

Children of John WILLIS and Mahala Jane WEBB:

i. 6. George Lindley Baker WILLIS was born December 29, 1869 in Stoddard Cty MO and died September 10, 1956 in Alton Mo (Madison Cty).

ii. William Thomas WILLIS was born August 03, 1867.

iii. Samuel Marion WILLIS was born May 10, 1872.

iv. Charles F. WILLIS was born July 05, 1874.

v. Sadie J. WILLIS was born April 12, 1878.

vi. Ada C. WILLIS was born January 24, 1881.

4. Nancy WILLIS was born October 27, 1830. She married 1st Joesph CASE . He was born in Jefferson ILL . She married 2nd Abraham NEESE . He was born in Jefferson ILL .

5. William WILLIS was born July 24, 1835 in Edmonson Cty KY. He married Sarah COOK . She was born 1859 in St Louis, MO and died 1929.

4^th Generation (Great-Grandchildren)

6. George Lindley Baker WILLIS was born December 29, 1869 in Stoddard Cty MO and died September 10, 1956 in Alton Mo (Madison Cty). He married Margaret Alice CARTER March 05, 1896 in McLean Cty ILL. She was born November 06, 1876 in McLean Cty ILL and died December 22, 1953 in Cherryvale KS Montgomery Cty, daughter of Matthias CARTER and Eliza Amanda (Mandy) SLEEZER.

Children of George Lindley Baker WILLIS and Margaret Alice CARTER:

i. Roy WILLIS was born March 14, 1891.

ii. John Ival WILLIS was born March 21, 1898.

iii. Lucy Alice WILLIS was born May 21, 1900.

iv. George Matthias WILLIS was born August 07, 1902.

v. 7. Lee Raymond WILLIS was born October 21, 1904 in Iantha, MO and died May 23, 1931 in MO.

vi. Mary Allene WILLIS was born August 04, 1906.

vii. 8. Emma Bernice WILLIS (nicknamed "Bernice") was born December 12, 1908 in Iantha, MO ( or December 12, 1908 in Lantha MO) and died September 1994 in ElDorado KS.

viii. Harold McGarvey WILLIS was born November 01, 1912.

ix. Esther WILLIS was born July 22, 1917.

x. 9. Paul (Jack) Floyd WILLIS was born December 25, 1921 in St Aubert MO and died August 31, 1982 in Portland OR.

5^th Generation (Great(2)-Grandchildren)

7. Lee Raymond WILLIS was born October 21, 1904 in Iantha, MO and died May 23, 1931 in MO. He married Velma LONG April 10, 1928 in Iantha, MO.

8. Emma Bernice WILLIS (nicknamed "Bernice") was born December 12, 1908 in Iantha, MO ( or December 12, 1908 in Lantha MO) and died September 1994 in ElDorado KS. She met Clyde WILLSON (alias "Clyde Oral WILLSON") February 14, 1924 in Mo. He was born June 25, 1904 in Belle MO and died July 1972 in Golden City Mo, son of William Riley WILLSON and Florence Malissa MATTHEWS.

Other events in the relationship of Emma Bernice WILLIS and Clyde WILLSON

Marriage : February 14, 1924 in Mo

Met : June 25, 1930 in Mo

9. Paul (Jack) Floyd WILLIS was born December 25, 1921 in St Aubert MO and died August 31, 1982 in Portland OR. He married 1st Alfreda TILLIOTSON June 15, 1945 in Roseberg(Douglas Cty) OR. He married 2nd Dorothy Louise YOUNG SIMS .

Notes on John WILLIS

Notes

John Willis was killed in a mine accident Nov 30 1906 per Bible page info from Dorothy Willis.

Notes on George Lindley Baker WILLIS

Notes

Margaret Carter was a teacher.

Notes on Lee Raymond WILLIS

Notes

I am sure that Lee Willis is the man who was killed while working on bridge construction. That would explain his early death. I believe my Mom said

a wire came loose and he was strangled.

Notes on John WILLIS and Mahala Jane WEBB

Notes

Taken from a Mark Carter? webpage

This information was sent to me by a woman whose maiden name was Willis and was a descendent of my great grandfather, John Carter and the daughter of my grandfather's second wife (Eliza Sleezer) and her mother, Margaret Alice (Maggie) married George Lindley Willis and they moved to Missouri. As I understand it, my father (George), Uncle Charles, and Uncle Joseph, who were born to Mary Jane Turnipseed (which sadly enough makes old Jay Turnsipseed a cousin of some sort of mine, Jay was a dirty, filthy person and his wife was just as bad, they used to live on the east side of Colfax) didn't get along with their stepmother and when John moved to Kansas or Missouri, they stayed in Illinois (George and Joseph in Colfax and Charley in Gridley). Anyway, this woman who lived in Seattle and name was Willis contacted me and wanted any information I had on the Carter family. I didn't have much other than what was written in the old family bible, but I sent her what I had and told her I had an old family album of the 1800s but none of the people in those old fashioned photographs were named. She wanted to borrow the album and promised to send it back, but I was doubtful if she would. I was right, she never did, although I wrote her and asked for it a number of times. She has since passed away, and I don't know who has the album. I remember some people from Missouri coming up to visit us when I was in high school. One young woman went to school with me and sat in several of my classes. That must have been the Willis side of the family.

I'm quite sure Uncle Joe was buried in Wiley Cemetery but I don't know where his grave would be. There's a Joseph Carter buried in Wiley Cemetary, but he fought in the Civil War and that was no Uncle Joe whom I knew quite well, also his children: Donald, Mary Ellen (I think is her correct name, but you might have known her as "Peggy"), and James who was better known as "Mickey". I never knew of John; either it's an error or he died as an infant--but I would have known about that although perhaps I was too young. I would guess Edgar died young as I never knew of him and my father never mentioned him. Note that he was born in April, 1870 and his mother died in September, 187O. Uncle Joe died in a mental institution and perhaps Aunt Mary had no money to bury him or didn't want to. My mother hated her with a passion, but I always thought she was a lot of fun. She had a poor reputation in Colfax.

Notes on George Lindley Baker WILLIS and Margaret Alice CARTER

Notes

From the 1892 class at the Colfax, Ill School.

Margaret Carter (Willis) Chamois, MO

URL of the school

https://members.tripod.com/~GenFamily/alumni.html

McLean Cty Ill marriage Reords

WILLIS, GEORGE L CARTER, MARGARET 1896-03-05 00K/0150 00011858 MC LEAN

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Both George Lindley and Margaret Alice attended Illinois Teachers College. It is now called Normal. Before attending the teachers college, George was a farmer and later became a preacher.