Indiana Family Groupsheet for ABNER WILLIS Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: KATHY WILLIS Email address: KWILLISW@AOL.COM Husband: ABNER WILLIS Birthdate: APR. 20 1796 Birthplace: CRAVEN CO., N.C. Death date: MAY 23 1874 Place of death: POSEY CO., IND. Father: EPHRAIM WILLIS Mother: UNKNOWN Marriage date: ABT 1818 Marriage place: CRAVEN CO. N.C. Wife: NANCY HAYS(HAYES) Birthdate: OCT 16 1798 Birthplace: BELIEVE CRAVEN CO., N.C. Death date: MAY 17 1878 Place of death: POSEY CO., IND. Father: JOHN HAYES Mother: ELIZABETH CAMPBELL CHILDREN Child No. 1: JAMES S. WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: JULY 29 1919 Birthplace: CRAVEN CO., N.C. Death date: MAY 21 1857 Place of death: FRANKLIN CO. ILL. Marriage date: DEC. 4 1842 Marriage place: POSEY CO, IND Spouse's name: RHODA HANES Child No. 2: JOHN H. WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: ABT 1821 Birthplace: CRAVEN CO. N.C. Death date: DEC 23 1862 Place of death: FRANKLIN CO. ILL. Marriage date: OCT 7 1845 Marriage place: POSEY CO. IND Spouse's name: RHODA HANES Child No. 3: JOSEPH H. WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: ABT 1830 Birthplace: POSEY CO. IND Death date: AUG 5 1914 Place of death: HAMILTON CO. IL Marriage date: JAN 15 1852 Marriage place: FRANKLIN CO. ILL Spouse's name: SARAH ANN FLOWERS Child No. 4: SARAH ANN WILLIS Sex: F Birthdate: ABT 1831 Birthplace: POSEY CO. IND Death date: UNKNOWN Place of death: POSEY CO. IND Marriage date: SEPT 13 1854 Marriage place: POSEY CO. IND Spouse's name: WILLIAM MURPHY Child No. 5: WILLIAM MALACHI WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: DEC 8 1833 Birthplace: POSEY CO. IND Death date: JAN 5 1912 Place of death: W. FRANKFORT, ILL Marriage date: FEB 11 1854 Marriage place: W. FRANKFORT, ILL Spouse's name: MARTHA ANN FLOWERS Child No. 6: ABNER WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: ABT 1837 Birthplace: POSEY CO. IND Death date: JAN 3 1909 Place of death: MARION, IL Marriage date: APR 16 1864 Marriage place: POSEY CO. IND Spouse's name: JESSIMA DOUGLAS RODENBARGER Child No. 7: ROBERT WILLIS Sex: M Birthdate: ABT 1849 Birthplace: POSEY CO. IND Death date: AUG 15 1914 Place of death: POSEY CO. IND Marriage date: FEB 8 1866 Marriage place: POSEY CO. IND Spouse's name: JANE WILSON Child No. 8: HESTER ANN WILLIS Sex: F Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: DEC 12, 1869 Marriage place: HAMILTON CO. IL Spouse's name: EBENEZER COOPER Documentation: FROM MARRIAGE AND COURT RECORDS--CEMETARY RECORDS--FAMILY BIBLE ALL INFO HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 GIRLS AND 2 BOYS THAT WE HAVE NO INFO ON. THEY WERE BORN IN CRAVEN CO. AND NO RECORD OR PROOF OF NAMES EXIST SO FAR. ABNER SR.WAS A FIFER BOY IN THE WAR OF 1812 ACCORDING TO FAMILY STORY. HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE OR WAS KIDNAPPED AND FORCED TO SERVE. WE HAVE THE FIFE THAT HE PLAYED.