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WILLIS   CEMETERY
HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

 

CAPTAIN WILLIAM WILLIS
1793-1876

 

A photograph of the tombstone of Captain William Willis.

 

 

WILLIAM WILLIS
DIED
Mar. 14, 1876
AGED
82 ys.   4 ms.   22 ds.

From the 1968 History of Hancock County, page 324, Captain William Willis was the first person buried in the Willis Cemetery.  He was a native of Ohio, and an uncle to Frank Willis (who was the grandfather of Martha Willis Vance).

Robert Willis Thompson, advises that William was the third child of Tilghman Willis Sr., Robert's ggg-grandfather, and that Frank's full name was James Franklin Willis.  Robert is accumulating information on the Willis family and is interested in corresponding with other researchers.

 

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