Apr-24-2012
Husband: William Thomas Willis 1
Born: 1769 in Ireland 2,3
Died: 1823 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Resided: in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Nancy Ann Douglass 5,1
Also known as: Anna Douglass 6,7,8
Born: 1779 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,4
Died: aft 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Father: Levi Douglass
Mother: Nancy Anne Merrick
F Child 1: Malinda Willis
Born: ca 1798 in 5,9
Died: 1861 in 5,9
M Child 2: George Willis
Born: ca 1798 in 10
F Child 3: Elizabeth Willis
Born: Dec-30-1798 near Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,3
Died: Dec- 9-1869 in 3,11,8
M Child 4: William Willis
Died: bef Aug 1870 in 12
M Child 5: Reuben Willis
Died: Ohio River, drowned in 13
M Child 6: Robert Willis
Born: Oct- -1800 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,15
Died: Feb-29-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,17
F Child 7: Nancy Ann Willis 4
Born: ca 1803 in 18
Died: Sep-11-1869 in 18,19
F Child 8: Jane Willis
Born: ca 1807 in 20
F Child 9: Ruhama Willis
Also known as: Ruanna Willis 21,22
Born: Jul-27-1808 in 23
Died: Mar- 7-1880 in 24
M Child 10: John Willis
Born: ca 1811 in 10
Died: ca 1891 in 13
F Child 11: Margaret Willis
Born: Nov- 4-1815 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19,25,26
Died: Dec-29-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 27
Sources:
(1) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, 1988, p. 149.
(2) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and
Some of His Descendants (self-published, July 2007)
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349.
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com)
(5) Donald E. Norman & Pauline Karabogias, The Descendants of Christopher Nutter (based
on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson),
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/NUTTER/.
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), pp. 349, 596.
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287.
(8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(9) Pleasants County History, from Hardesty's Biographical Atlas, Vol V, 1882
(http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpleasa/hardhis.htm)
(10) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A.
(12) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).
(13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 596.
(14) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(15) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg,
WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Robert Willis, age
87y4m+, died Feb 29 1888. A second entry, DR Bk 1 p. 8, shows his death as occurring on
Mar 1 1888 at age 87. DR Bk 1, p. 3.
(17) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101.
(18) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co,
Parsons, WV (1993), p. 131.
(19) Headstone.
(20) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(21) Marriage record of son.
(22) Obituary of daughter.
(23) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(24) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157.
(25) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp)
(26) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(27) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Margaret Greathouse,
born in Harrison Co, died Dec 29 1898, age 96, cause of death LaGrippe with complications
of paralysis. Burial was on Dec 30 1898 at the Greathouse Graveyard. Undertaker: W. H.
H. Douglass, New Milton. Physician: A. A. James, New Milton. DR Bk 1, p. 128.
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