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Elbert Willis 1865–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1865

Birth Location: Clay County, Illinois, United States of America

Death Date: 10 September 1866

Death Location: Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, United States of America

Father: Jacob Willis

Mother: Rebecca Shields

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Elbert Willis was born in 1865 in Clay County, Illinois, United States of America, the child of Jacob Evan Willis And Rebecca Ann Shields. Elbert Willis passed away in 1866 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elbert Willis was born in 1865 in Clay County, Illinois, United States of America, the child of Jacob Evan Willis And Rebecca Ann Shields.
  • Elbert Willis passed away in 1866 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, United States of America.

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Elbert Willis's Ancestors

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Elbert Willis
1865–1866
Birth Place: Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
Parents
Jacob Evan Willis
1839–1917
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, United States of America
Rebecca (Ann) Shields
1845–1894
Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
Grandparents
William (Calvin Lewis) Willis
1818–1877
Washington County, Indiana, United States of America
Nancy (Caroline) Etchison
1820–1880
Kentucky, USA
Daniel Shields
1816–1881
Indiana
Susannah McKnelly
1823–1865
Scott, VA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Willis
1770–1850
Mary Evans
1770–
Jesse Etchison
1797–1875
Charity Deaver
1801–1872
James Shields
1754–1824
Ann Brown
1770–1845
John McKnelly
1761–1843
Rebecca Pridemore
1782–1856
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Etchison
1776–1849
Christina Miller
1775–1817

Elbert Willis's Timeline

2 Records

1865
31 May 1865
Birth of Elbert Willis in Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
1866
10 September 1866
Age 1
Death of Elbert Willis in Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
Clay County, Illinois, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1865
    Event Place: Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 September 1866
    Event Place: Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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