Joseph Willis (1820-1897) - Find a Grave Memorial

Joseph Willis

Birth

1820

Death

1897 (aged 76–77)

Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia, USA

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Willis Cemetery

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The marriage records show that Joseph was born abt 1822/1823, son of David and Mary Willis.

He married first wife; Mildred (Matilda) Lawson 1843.
1860 & 1870 census records show children: Elizabeth(Eliza), Mariah, Sarah, Mary, Alcey(Alice), Obediah (Dire/Dyer), Martha, Sampson, James, Rebecca, Matilda(infant)

He married second wife; Kissarah Roberts.
1880 census records show children: Savilda,(probably Socrilda)spellings were sometimes wrong because of mis-pronounced, Patience, Rosa,and Julia.

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