Jul-28-2018
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
Married: Nov-19-1794 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9
Born: 1779 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,4
Died: aft 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Father: Levi Douglass (1750 - 1787)
Mother: Nancy Anne Merrick (1758 - 1838)
F Child 1: Malinda Willis
Born: ca 1798 5,10
Died: 1861 5,10
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11,12
Husband: Andrew Nutter b. ca 1791 d. 1855
Also known as: Anda Nutter 13
Married: Jan-20-1814 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5
M Child 2: George Willis
Born: ca 1798 14
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Resided: in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
Occupation: farmer 14
Wife: Sarah Elder b. ca 1809 d. 1895
Married: Nov- -1826 15
Marriage Bond: Nov-18-1826 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16
F Child 3: Elizabeth Willis
Born: Dec-30-1798 near Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,3
Died: Dec- 9-1869 3,17,8
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8,3,17
Resided: in White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 18
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Peter Pritchard b. Oct- 1-1798 d. Sep-29-1883
Married: Feb-15-1821 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19,3,7
M Child 4: William Willis
Died: bef Jun 1860 12
Resided: in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 20
Wife: Elizabeth Bumgardner b. Jun-28-1819 d. Mar-14-1905
M Child 5: Reuben Willis
Died: Ohio River, drowned 20
Never married: 20
M Child 6: Robert Willis
Born: Oct- -1800 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21,22
Died: Feb-29-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,24 (see note 1)
Buried: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 25,20
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 18
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 25
Wife: Mary Vannort b. ca 1801
Marriage Bond: Mar-29-1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 26
Married: 1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15
Wife: Mary Vanhorn b. ca 1814
Married: Aug-24-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 27
Wife: Hannah Cornell b. ca 1813 d. Jul-15-1876
Marriage Bond: Aug- 2-1856 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 28
Married: Aug- -1856 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 28
Wife: Matilda "Tillie" Gaston b. ca 1818 d. 1904
Married: Oct- 3-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 29
F Child 7: Nancy Ann Willis 4
Born: ca 1803 30,14
Died: Sep-11-1869 30,31
Buried: in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Jarvisville Rd, Tichenal, Harrison Co, WV 30,31
Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 20
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Husband: Julius E. Davisson b. May-15-1802 d. Apr- 1-1884
Married: May-22-1823 32
F Child 8: Jane Willis
Born: ca 1807 33
Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 20
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Husband: Andrew Divers b. ca 1801
F Child 9: Ruhama Willis
Also known as: Ruanna Willis 34,35
Born: Jul-27-1808 36
Died: Mar- 7-1880 37
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 37,8
Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV 20
Husband: William K. Elder b. Mar- 2-1806 d. Mar-11-1891
M Child 10: John Willis
Born: ca 1811 14
Died: ca 1891 20 (see note 2)
Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 20
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Never married: 20
F Child 11: Margaret Willis
Born: Nov- 4-1815 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 31,38,39
Died: Dec-29-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 40 (see note 3)
Buried: in Greathouse Family Cemetery, Red Lick, New Milton, WV 31,25
Census: 1880 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Husband: Augustine W. Greathouse b. ca 1814 d. Aug-24-1893
Also known as: Gus Greathouse 20
Married: Oct-17-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 41
Marriage Bond: Oct-16-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 42
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://hackerscreek.com/norman/NUTTER/CHRISTOPHER1.htm.
(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) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as
William Williss and Ann Duglass, dau of Anne. Married Nov 19 1794.
(10) Pleasants County History, from Hardesty's Biographical Atlas, Vol V, 1882
(http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpleasa/hardhis.htm)
(11) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(12) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(13) Marriage record of daughter.
(14) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as William Willis and Sarah Elder, daughter of William
Elder. Marriage Bond executed Nov 18 1826. The marriage is assumed to have occurred within the next few days, although
no record of it was found. Marriage Bonds Bk 4, p. 216.
(17) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A.
(18) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 236.
(19) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(20) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 596.
(21) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(23) 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.
(24) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(25) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(26) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Bk 4, p. 332 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=43041&Type=Marriage.
(27) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Robert Willis, age 51, and Mary Vanhorn, age 38.
Married Aug 24 1852. (Note: There are two records of this marriage, a ledger entry showing ages and the marriage date
Aug 24 1852, and a narrative certificate showing the date as Aug 29 1852. Given the seqence and dates of adjacent
entries, the ledger appears to be the more
accurate.)
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=117
92040&Type=Marriage
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.as
px?Id=11791028&Type=Marriage.
(28) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(29) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Robert Willis, widowed, 79, b. Harrison Co, res.
Doddridge Co, son of William & Annie Willis; and Matilda Perine, widowed, 63, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of
Andrew & Dorcas Gaston. Married Oct 3 1879 in Doddridge County. (Note: Matilda Gaston's mother was actually Sarah
Romine. Dorcas Stephens was her stepmother.), Bk 1A, p
236:http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791926&Type=Marriage.
(30) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), p. 131.
(31) Headstone.
(32) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), Citing
Harrison County Marriage Records, Bk 3, p. 13. pp. 86 & 131.
(33) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(34) Marriage record of son.
(35) Obituary of daughter.
(36) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(37) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157.
(38) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp)
(39) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(40) 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.
(41) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 108.
(42) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage Bond executed between Augustine W. Greathouse and William
Willis, for forthcoming marriage between Augustine W. Greathouse and Margaret Willis. Marriage Bonds, Bk 6, p.
8.
Event Notes
Note (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther erroneously reports death as 1886, and birth date as
1799. (HRC, 596)
Note (2) 1850 Census puts his birth at about 1811, and Minnie Kendall Lowther's
"History of Ritchie County," p. 596, states that he died at age 80.
Note (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 596, states that
Margaret Willis "became Mrs. Gus Greathouse and died in Doddridge county at the
age of eighty years." Margaret's death record shows her age as 96 at the time
of her death on Dec 29 1898, putting her birth in about 1802. Headstone dates
appear to be Nov 4 1815 - Dec 30 1896. But age 31 in 1850 Census would put
birth at ca 1819, while age 55 in 1870 Census and age 65 in 1880 Census would
put birth at ca 1815, which also coincides with the birth date on her headstone.
Doddridge County marriage records contain the following entry:
Wesley Sigler, 63, b. Allegany Co, Maryland, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs.
Margaret Greathouse, 61, b. & res. in Doddridge County. Married March 13, 1895
"at the residence of Mr. Bottoms, Arnolds Creek," officiated by N. E. Duckworth,
a minister of the Gospel. However, all the entries made by the minister
documenting the date and location of the marriage were later lined through.
Consequently, on the basis of the marriage record alone, it is unclear whether
this couple were actually married. When Margaret died 3-1/2 years later, she
was identified in her death record as Margaret Greathouse.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792779&Type=Marriage
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