He bought for $950 a tract of land beginning at a stake in the middle of Cache Creek, Yolo County, CA.
Lewis spent most of the summer, following the death of his brother Roland Rudolph Willard on 11 Jun 1859 petitioning for and then acting as administrator of Roland's estate.
He appeared on the census of 20 Jun 1860 in the household of his parents, Alexander Hamilton Willard Sr and Eleanor McDonald, at Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, called "Lewis", aged 28, a farmer owning $1,800 personal estate, born in "Wis."
He married Angeline Billups when he was 28 and she 16 years.
Lewis had also been called "Louis A. Willard" according to the 1870 census.
After his wife Ann died, he joined his brother Joel and went to Cornucopia, NV becoming a freight hauling contractor for the gold mines, working as many as 25 teams at the peak. He bought a hotel & blacksmith shop. After the gold boom, he moved to Elko, Nevada where he bought and sold many mines.
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Married Angeline Billups
on 1 Sep 1860 in
Sacramento Co, California.
Children of Lewis & Angeline:
Edward A. Willard
James L. Willard
Flora Helen Willard Mason (1867-1942)
Wallace Bernard Willard (1869-1923)
Lewis Burleigh Willard (1871-1891)
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Married Julia Ann Frost
on 2 Sep 1880 in
Elko Co, Nevada
Children of Lewis & Julia Ann:
Olga Winifred Willard Thompson Gano
Frances Edna Willard Alexander Nichols
Lewis Austin "Bub" Willard
Alexander Frost Willard
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Grandchildren:
William Arthur Nichols (1915-1991)
Blake Alexander Willard (1928-1989)
He bought for $950 a tract of land beginning at a stake in the middle of Cache Creek, Yolo County, CA.
Lewis spent most of the summer, following the death of his brother Roland Rudolph Willard on 11 Jun 1859 petitioning for and then acting as administrator of Roland's estate.
He appeared on the census of 20 Jun 1860 in the household of his parents, Alexander Hamilton Willard Sr and Eleanor McDonald, at Elk Grove Post Office, Franklin township, Sacramento county, California, called "Lewis", aged 28, a farmer owning $1,800 personal estate, born in "Wis."
He married Angeline Billups when he was 28 and she 16 years.
Lewis had also been called "Louis A. Willard" according to the 1870 census.
After his wife Ann died, he joined his brother Joel and went to Cornucopia, NV becoming a freight hauling contractor for the gold mines, working as many as 25 teams at the peak. He bought a hotel & blacksmith shop. After the gold boom, he moved to Elko, Nevada where he bought and sold many mines.
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Married Angeline Billups
on 1 Sep 1860 in
Sacramento Co, California.
Children of Lewis & Angeline:
Edward A. Willard
James L. Willard
Flora Helen Willard Mason (1867-1942)
Wallace Bernard Willard (1869-1923)
Lewis Burleigh Willard (1871-1891)
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Married Julia Ann Frost
on 2 Sep 1880 in
Elko Co, Nevada
Children of Lewis & Julia Ann:
Olga Winifred Willard Thompson Gano
Frances Edna Willard Alexander Nichols
Lewis Austin "Bub" Willard
Alexander Frost Willard
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Grandchildren:
William Arthur Nichols (1915-1991)
Blake Alexander Willard (1928-1989)
Family Members
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Austin James Willard
1808–1888
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George Clark Willard
1810–1836
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Alexander Hamilton "Ham" Willard II
1812–1870
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Eliza Martha Willard Hartsough
1814–1911
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Roland Rudolph Willard
1816–1859
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Christiana D. Willard Crawford
1819–1857
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Joel Willard
1822–1879
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Nancy Adeline Willard Feathers
1824–1859
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Narcissa C. Willard Wakefield
1826–1852
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Ellen Christina Willard Downing
1828–1910
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