William Wesley WILLIS

Birth:
16 Aug 1811
Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois
Death:
8 Apr 1872
Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Marriage:
29 Mar 1833
McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois
Sources:
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
Notes:
                   Louie B. Farr record as of Aug 1963
Pio & Prom Men of Utah p.1252
Bio: GS363045 DUP Sunflower (Provo) Camp p.66
He was a Lieutenant in the Mormon Battalion.
Margaret Jane WILLIS
Birth:
17 Aug 1812
Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee
Death:
13 Aug 1850
Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah
Children
Marriage
1
Ann Cherry WILLIS
Birth:
14 Feb 1834
McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois
Death:
10 Aug 1910
Escalante, Garfield, Utah
Willis Smith YOUNG 
Marr:
28 Sep 1850
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
2
John Henry WILLIS
Birth:
22 Apr 1835
McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois
Death:
28 Feb 1888
Beaver, Beaver, Utah
3
Mary Lucretia WILLIS
Birth:
18 Mar 1837
McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois
Death:
11 Mar 1912
Kanarra, Iron, Utah
Samuel Elisha GROVES 
Marr:
10 Oct 1865
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   Mary Lucretia WILLIS left T. D. BROWN after one of his excommunications according to family lore.
Md: 2) IGI has two entries. #1 Marriage at Cedar City 10 Oct 1863 to Elisha Samuel Groves. #2 Sealing at Endowment House, Salt Lake 10 Oct 1965.  Endowment House Sealings, book D p. 517
Mary Lucretia Willis BROWN and son John William BROWN were found living at the Salt Lake Home of Thomas D. BROWN July 1860 (1860 census).
D: Parowan Stake Record of Deaths 1912.  Says died 11 Mar 1912 of stomach disorder
D: Kanarraville Headstones "Pioneer Mother" Mary Lucretia Willis Brown, March
18, 1837 to Mar 11, 1912. The Kanarraville cemetery has five headstones of her Groves children near Mary Lucretia Willis.
She was rebaptised Oct 19, 1874.  Confirmed by W. S. Berry.
Family records had an endowment date of 10 May 1855.  This would be before she was sealed to Thomas D. Brown.  The Endowment House records do not confirm this date.  The endownment record is at the date of her sealing to Samuel Elisha Groves.
4
Lemuel Merrill WILLIS
Birth:
9 Jan 1839
De Witt, Carroll, Missouri
Death:
25 Nov 1878
Iron, Utah
Martha Eliza Badcock WEBB 
Marr:
24 Apr 1872
Utah 
Notes:
                   SS: St. GeorgeTemple Book A p.28 No.473  GS170579.  Sealed by John D. J.
McAllister
5
Thomas Tillman WILLIS
Birth:
27 Apr 1842
Montrose, Lee, Iowa
Death:
4 Apr 1900
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Anna Louisa Barnes PRATT 
Marr:
17 Jun 1866
Ripley, Chautauqua, New York 
6
Josephine WILLIS
Birth:
29 Feb 1844
Montrose, Lee, Iowa
Death:
8 Jan 1905
Beaver, Utah
William James COX 
Marr:
21 Jul 1860
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
7
William Wesley WILLIS, JR.
Birth:
14 May 1846
Nashville, Lee, Iowa
Death:
17 Mar 1917
Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona
Gabrilla STRATTON 
Marr:
22 Mar 1870
Virgin City, Washington, Utah 
Notes:
                   Gen Survey of LDS Members vol 33 p.324  289.3 G286q
8
George Andrew WILLIS
Birth:
14 May 1848
Montrose, Lee, Iowa
Death:
6 Feb 1928
Navajo, Arizona
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Md: unmd
9
Margaret Jane WILLIS
Birth:
13 Jun 1850
Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah
Death:
10 Dec 1855
Garfield, Utah
 
Marr:
 
FCID:4947:2154
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William Wesley Willis - Margaret Jane Willis

William Wesley Willis was born at Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois 16 Aug 1811. His parents were Merrill E. Willis and Margaret Cherry.

He married Margaret Jane Willis 29 Mar 1833 at McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois . Margaret Jane Willis was born at Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee 17 Aug 1812 daughter of John Willis and Jane Kirkpatrick .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Ann Cherry Willis born 14 Feb 1834.
John Henry Willis born 22 Apr 1835.
Mary Lucretia Willis born 18 Mar 1837.
Lemuel Merrill Willis born 9 Jan 1839.
Thomas Tillman Willis born 27 Apr 1842.
Josephine Willis born 29 Feb 1844.
William Wesley Willis, Jr. born 14 May 1846.
George Andrew Willis born 14 May 1848.
Margaret Jane Willis born 13 Jun 1850.

William Wesley Willis died 8 Apr 1872 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah .

Margaret Jane Willis died 13 Aug 1850 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah .