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MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS 1826–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1826

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 1888

Death Location: Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Willis

Mother: Mary Willis

Spouse(s): Eliza McDougal

Children(s): DANIEL Willis

MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS was born in 1826 in Tennessee, the child of James Washington Willis And Mary Willis. MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS married Eliza Mcdougal, and had children including Daniel Richard Willis. MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS passed away in 1888 in Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS was born in 1826 in Tennessee, the child of James Washington Willis And Mary Willis.
  • MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS married Eliza Mcdougal, and had children including Daniel Richard Willis.
  • MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS passed away in 1888 in Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Willis
1800–1872
Birth Location: Carteret, North Carolina, USA
JW
Mary Willis
1800–1873
Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Eliza McDougal
1825–1874
Birth Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
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Children(s)

DANIEL Willis
1848–1923
Birth Location: Lawrence County, TN
DW

MOSES WILLIS's Ancestors

Self
MOSES WILLIS
1826–1888
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
James Washington Willis
1800–1872
Carteret, North Carolina, USA
Mary Willis
1800–1873
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Solomon (Jr. Carpenter) DNA
1745–1810
Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Lucretia (Martha) Prentice
1766–1853
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Sudrah Hughes
1725–1792
Judge DNA
1754–1809
Isabell Wesley
1750–1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hughes
1691–1767
William Prentis
1699–1765
Mary Brooke
1708–1768

MOSES WILLIS's Descendants

1.
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MOSES (HUGHSTON) WILLIS (abt 1826–1888) m. Eliza McDougal (1825–1874)
  1. 1. DANIEL (RICHARD) Willis 1848–1923 m. Elizabeth (Rebecca "Lizzie") Lyles 1852–1924
    1. 1. Robert (L) Willis 1882–1965 m. Lola (J) McMackin 1885–1906
      1. 1. Howard (Eugene) Willis 1903–1969

MOSES WILLIS's Timeline

3 Records

1826
abt 1826
Birth of MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS in Tennessee
Tennessee
1845
27 Nov 1845
Age 19
MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS was married in Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
1888
1888
Age 62
Death of MOSES HUGHSTON WILLIS in Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA
Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1826
    Event Place: Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1845
    Event Place: Lawrence, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1888
    Event Place: Wayland Springs, Tennessee, USA
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