User:CONNIE ROPER/WILSON LUMPKIN WILLIS

WILSON LUMPKIN WILLIS [NAMED AFTER THE "BELOVED" GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA] WAS BORN 1833 IN MILLEDGEVILLE,GEORGIA AND DIED 1880 IN PENSACOLA,FLORIDA BURIED IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE IN JORDAN CEMETARY,GONZALES,FLORIDA. WILSON WILLIS MARRIED CATHERINE SAMANTHA PATTERSON BORN GEORGIA AND DIED 1890 IN PENSACOLA,FLORIDA BURIED PHIEFFER'S CEMETARY,PENSACOLA,FLORIDA. WILSON WILLIS SERVED IN THE CONFERACY ARMY. STORY IS WHEN WILSON RETURNED HOME AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THAT HE BROUGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH HIM. HIS WIFE, CATHERINE "SAMANTHA" PATTERSON WILLIS RAN THEM BOTH OFF! WILSON WILLIS AND SAMANTHA WILLIS HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN 1]FRANCIS MARION WILLIS BORN 25 0CT 1853 IN MILLEDGEVILLE,GEORGIA 2]ELENOR MARGARITA WILLIS BORN 1856 IN MOBILE,ALABAMA 3]ROCELIA ELIZABETH LUMPKIN WILLIS BORN 1858 IN MOBILE,ALABAMA 4]CATHERINE MISSOURI WILLIS BORN 1860 IN PENSACOLA,FLORIDA CATHERINE SAMANTHA PATTERSON WILLIS LATER REMARRIED GODWIN [A UNCLE OF HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - MARTHA ANN MANNING WILLIS]. I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANY RECORD OF WILSON LUMPKIN WILLIS REMARRYING NOR ANY RECORD OF OTHER CHILDREN FOR HIM, ALTHOUGH IT WAS RUMORED HE HAD ANOTHER FAMILY - WIFE AND CHILDREN.