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Dempsey Rite Willis 1825–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Sep 1825

Birth Location: Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 08 May 1917

Death Location: Tift County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: Benjamin V

Mother: MARGARET WILLIS

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Dempsey Rite Willis was born in 1825 in Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Benjamin Comfort Willis V And Margaret Blansett Morrison Willis. Dempsey Rite Willis passed away in 1917 in Tift County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Dempsey Rite Willis was born in 1825 in Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Benjamin Comfort Willis V And Margaret Blansett Morrison Willis.
  • Dempsey Rite Willis passed away in 1917 in Tift County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Dempsey Willis's Ancestors

Self
Dempsey Willis
1825–1917
Birth Place: Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Benjamin (COMFORT?) Willis V
1774–1860
Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
MARGARET (BLANSETT MORRISON) WILLIS
1775–1835
Scotland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin (Willis R.) S.
1750–1824
Bladen, Cumberland, Georgia, United States
Sarah Carver
1750–1790
John (Morrison H.) II
1750–1801
Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Flora (Campbell) Morrison
1750–1826
Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Jr
1720–1785
Sarah Bradford
1727–1790
Thomas Spooner
1694–1762
andrew Morrison
1720–1769
Christian Morrison
1725–1821
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Willis
1696–1779
Mary Leonard
–1733
Ebenezer Spooner
1666–1718
Mercy Branch
1664–1711
Kenneth morisone
1700–1739
Isobell Mcintosh
1690–1727

Dempsey Willis's Timeline

2 Records

1825
05 Sep 1825
Birth of Dempsey Rite Willis in Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America
Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America
1917
08 May 1917
Age 92
Death of Dempsey Rite Willis in Tift County, Georgia, United States of America
Tift County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Sep 1825
    Event Place: Irwin County, Georgia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 May 1917
    Event Place: Tift County, Georgia, United States of America

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