Person:James Willis (45)

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James WIllis in 1880 Census]

Transcript:Death Certificate, James Willis (45), Dickenson County, VA, 1932

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Overview

Back row: L to R: Isaac, William, London, Napoleon, Leonard Front row: Left to Right: Londy, Anderson, Andrew This photo was probably taken about 1905, just before William Barlow, Londy, and Andrew Garfield went to the Alaskan Goalfields. Q 17:01, 26 January 2013 (EST)

Sons of James Willis and Rebecca Kilgore. "My guess is this was taken on the same rock where there exists a photo of Jim Willis and the boots. That rock (and the deserted house) were still there when I visited the site in 1973. Then my Uncle Barlow took us up to the knobby hill to that cemetery and it blew my mind. It was at that moment I became interested. When I returned home I started compiling data. Steve Willis, January 2013.

Notes

• Marriage Record James C. Willis and Rebecca Vanover

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From Steve Willis, January 26 2012

My Dad used to talk about Creed Vanover, who he said was killed in an argument about an election. I have a photocopy of a photo of the Willis boys, including our grandfathers, along with "Poley" (as Dad called him) Vanover. .... I never met Londy or any of his siblings. However I do remember two spouses, my grandmother Calla and your grandmother Effie, who we visited several times a year when we also saw my Uncle Clyde in Raymond, Washington. Now my Dad and all his siblings are gone. Only Mary, Bruce's spouse, is still with us. She is in her 90s, still quite active, and lives in Springfield, Oregon. A really wonderful person and a talented professional level banjo player (she's from West Va.). At her 90th birthday a few years ago she played for us and man, she was smokin'! I have seen only two photos of our great grandfather, Jim Willis. Clyde had a formal portrait and Bruce had a snapshot. From what I can piece together, Jim Willis was not tall, he had a full head of curly red hair, and he had "The Willis Nose," which my brother and I inherited. When we visited Clintwood people knew we were a Willis by our noses! It was weird. Anyway, Jim apparently cut his beard off once a year, at the start of summer, and then let it grow back according to Bruce. Bruce's snapshot portrayed Jim putting on his boots while sitting on the big rock that served as his front step. Jim's beard looked to be about two or three weeks old. And he had a big smile. It's a great shot. I heard a lot of Jim Willis stories while growing up, and they had a common thread of how unflappable he was. Also, a mule was his main transportation. But apparently, according to his statement about his ancestors, he was no genealogist.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1900 United States Federal Census
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia; Roll: T623_1706; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 13.

   Birth date: Feb 1854 Birth place: Virginia Marriage date: 1876 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Clintwood town, Dickenson, Virginia _APID: 1,7602::71466674. James middle initial "C" is commonly said among the family to stand for "Clyde", but I've seen no direct confirmation of that. ~~~~