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Facts and Events
Notes
- From "History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois: "centennial record"" By John Carroll Power, Sarah A. Power, pub 1876, pg. 773-774:
- WILLIS, Mrs. HENRIETTA, whose maiden name was Earnest, a sister to Jacob and Thomas Earnest. She was born Sept. 15, 1783, in South Carolina, and married in Simpson county, Kentucky, to William Willis. They had seven children, and Mr. Willis died in Kentucky. Mrs. Willis, with her children, came to Sangamon county about 1825. Of her children:
- RICHARD, spent ten or twelve years in Sangamon county, and went to Iowa. He left there in 1849 or '50, and was last heard from in California.
- ELIZABETH, born in Simpson county, Kentucky, married William Simpson. See his name.
- STARLING, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah Halliday, had children, moved to Knox countv, Illinois, and from there to Oregon.
- WILLIAM went from Sangamon county to Wisconsin, married there, and died from injuries hy a threshing machine.
- MARTHA married in Sangamon county to Samuel Jones, moved to Knox county, had three children and he died. She marrried Benjamin Sims, and she died.
- THOMAS went from Sangamon county to Iowa on business, and died there.
- DRUCILLA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Asher Simpson. They have eight children, and reside near Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois.
- Mrs. Henrietta Willis died August 10, 1846, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
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