Harrison J. Willis
At nine o'clock yesterday morning, August 22, 1904, Harrison J. Willis, one of the oldest and best known of the pioneer citizens of Greenwood county, died at the home of his son, John Willis, in Bachelor township from old age. Mr. Willis was eighty-nine years, ten months and seventeen days old at the time of his death. He had been in ill health for several years and about two months ago took to bed and has been unable to leave it since that time. He gradually grew weaker and weaker and for a short time before his death was too feeble to move without assistance or to carry on a conversation with those about him. His mind remained clear to the last.
Harrison J. Willis was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, October 3, 1814. When fourteen years old he moved with his parents to Illinois which was at that time a comparatively new country and Mr. Willis was trained from boyhood to the life of the pioneer, which training was of great benefit to himself and others in later life. In 1836 he married Miss Hannah Brown and after several years residence in Illinois and Indiana they came to Kansas, traveling by wagon, for railroads had not yet been laid on Kansas soil. When Mr. Willis arrived where Eureka now stands there were scarcely half a dozen houses on the townsite.
Mr. Willis took up a claim south-east of Eureka on Fall River which he sold in 1863 and moved to Bachelor Creek, filing on the homestead which has since been his home.
When Greenwood county was organized Mr. Willis was appointed a member of the first board of county commissioners. He has at other times held positions of honor in his township and county and was never known to shirk a duty or betray a trust. Mrs. Willis died in 1889 and since that time Mr. Willis has lived with his children in Bachelor township. Of the eight children born to them four survive: They are John Willis, Ezra Willis, Mrs. Edwin Tucker and Mrs. H.S. Jones, all of Greenwood county.
Funeral service was held this morning (Tuesday) at ten o'clock from the residence of John Willis, conducted by the Rev. G.F. Bradford of the Christian church of Eureka, of which church Mr. Willis has been a member for many years. The funeral was attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of an honored citizen whose good works will live after him
At nine o'clock yesterday morning, August 22, 1904, Harrison J. Willis, one of the oldest and best known of the pioneer citizens of Greenwood county, died at the home of his son, John Willis, in Bachelor township from old age. Mr. Willis was eighty-nine years, ten months and seventeen days old at the time of his death. He had been in ill health for several years and about two months ago took to bed and has been unable to leave it since that time. He gradually grew weaker and weaker and for a short time before his death was too feeble to move without assistance or to carry on a conversation with those about him. His mind remained clear to the last.
Harrison J. Willis was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, October 3, 1814. When fourteen years old he moved with his parents to Illinois which was at that time a comparatively new country and Mr. Willis was trained from boyhood to the life of the pioneer, which training was of great benefit to himself and others in later life. In 1836 he married Miss Hannah Brown and after several years residence in Illinois and Indiana they came to Kansas, traveling by wagon, for railroads had not yet been laid on Kansas soil. When Mr. Willis arrived where Eureka now stands there were scarcely half a dozen houses on the townsite.
Mr. Willis took up a claim south-east of Eureka on Fall River which he sold in 1863 and moved to Bachelor Creek, filing on the homestead which has since been his home.
When Greenwood county was organized Mr. Willis was appointed a member of the first board of county commissioners. He has at other times held positions of honor in his township and county and was never known to shirk a duty or betray a trust. Mrs. Willis died in 1889 and since that time Mr. Willis has lived with his children in Bachelor township. Of the eight children born to them four survive: They are John Willis, Ezra Willis, Mrs. Edwin Tucker and Mrs. H.S. Jones, all of Greenwood county.
Funeral service was held this morning (Tuesday) at ten o'clock from the residence of John Willis, conducted by the Rev. G.F. Bradford of the Christian church of Eureka, of which church Mr. Willis has been a member for many years. The funeral was attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of an honored citizen whose good works will live after him
Harrison J. Willis
At nine o'clock yesterday morning, August 22, 1904, Harrison J. Willis, one of the oldest and best known of the pioneer citizens of Greenwood county, died at the home of his son, John Willis, in Bachelor township from old age. Mr. Willis was eighty-nine years, ten months and seventeen days old at the time of his death. He had been in ill health for several years and about two months ago took to bed and has been unable to leave it since that time. He gradually grew weaker and weaker and for a short time before his death was too feeble to move without assistance or to carry on a conversation with those about him. His mind remained clear to the last.
Harrison J. Willis was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, October 3, 1814. When fourteen years old he moved with his parents to Illinois which was at that time a comparatively new country and Mr. Willis was trained from boyhood to the life of the pioneer, which training was of great benefit to himself and others in later life. In 1836 he married Miss Hannah Brown and after several years residence in Illinois and Indiana they came to Kansas, traveling by wagon, for railroads had not yet been laid on Kansas soil. When Mr. Willis arrived where Eureka now stands there were scarcely half a dozen houses on the townsite.
Mr. Willis took up a claim south-east of Eureka on Fall River which he sold in 1863 and moved to Bachelor Creek, filing on the homestead which has since been his home.
When Greenwood county was organized Mr. Willis was appointed a member of the first board of county commissioners. He has at other times held positions of honor in his township and county and was never known to shirk a duty or betray a trust. Mrs. Willis died in 1889 and since that time Mr. Willis has lived with his children in Bachelor township. Of the eight children born to them four survive: They are John Willis, Ezra Willis, Mrs. Edwin Tucker and Mrs. H.S. Jones, all of Greenwood county.
Funeral service was held this morning (Tuesday) at ten o'clock from the residence of John Willis, conducted by the Rev. G.F. Bradford of the Christian church of Eureka, of which church Mr. Willis has been a member for many years. The funeral was attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of an honored citizen whose good works will live after him
At nine o'clock yesterday morning, August 22, 1904, Harrison J. Willis, one of the oldest and best known of the pioneer citizens of Greenwood county, died at the home of his son, John Willis, in Bachelor township from old age. Mr. Willis was eighty-nine years, ten months and seventeen days old at the time of his death. He had been in ill health for several years and about two months ago took to bed and has been unable to leave it since that time. He gradually grew weaker and weaker and for a short time before his death was too feeble to move without assistance or to carry on a conversation with those about him. His mind remained clear to the last.
Harrison J. Willis was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, October 3, 1814. When fourteen years old he moved with his parents to Illinois which was at that time a comparatively new country and Mr. Willis was trained from boyhood to the life of the pioneer, which training was of great benefit to himself and others in later life. In 1836 he married Miss Hannah Brown and after several years residence in Illinois and Indiana they came to Kansas, traveling by wagon, for railroads had not yet been laid on Kansas soil. When Mr. Willis arrived where Eureka now stands there were scarcely half a dozen houses on the townsite.
Mr. Willis took up a claim south-east of Eureka on Fall River which he sold in 1863 and moved to Bachelor Creek, filing on the homestead which has since been his home.
When Greenwood county was organized Mr. Willis was appointed a member of the first board of county commissioners. He has at other times held positions of honor in his township and county and was never known to shirk a duty or betray a trust. Mrs. Willis died in 1889 and since that time Mr. Willis has lived with his children in Bachelor township. Of the eight children born to them four survive: They are John Willis, Ezra Willis, Mrs. Edwin Tucker and Mrs. H.S. Jones, all of Greenwood county.
Funeral service was held this morning (Tuesday) at ten o'clock from the residence of John Willis, conducted by the Rev. G.F. Bradford of the Christian church of Eureka, of which church Mr. Willis has been a member for many years. The funeral was attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of an honored citizen whose good works will live after him
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