Husband: Willoughby TILLIS (1,2,3,4)
Birthdate: Cir 1855
Birthplace: , , Mississippi, USA (5)
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Marriage date: Cir 1880
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Wife: Rachel POWELL (6)
AKA: Rachel PAUL (7)
Birthdate: Feb 1861
Birthplace: , , Texas, USA (8,9)
Death date: 29 Sep 1917
Place of death: , , Texas, USA (8)
Burial: Union Springs Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas
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Other Spouses: Alva MILLS (1859-1934) (10) Date: 20 Oct 1895 - , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (11,12)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Frank TILLIS (13)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Apr 1883
Birthplace: , Cherokee, Texas, USA (14)
Death date: 31 Jan 1945
Place of death: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (13)
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas
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Child No. 2: Mary Etta TILLIS (15,16)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Mar 1887
Birthplace: , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (17,18)
Death date: 5 Apr 1963
Place of death: , Dallas, Texas, USA (16)
Burial: Myrtle Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas
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Child No. 3: Ellen D TILLIS (19)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1888
Birthplace: , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (20)
Death date: 26 Mar 1925
Place of death: , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Burial: Linn Flat Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas
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Child No. 4: William Edward TILLIS (21,22,23)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Oct 1892
Birthplace: Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, USA (24,25,26)
Death date: 13 Feb 1952
Place of death: Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA (23)
Burial: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas
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Documentation:
1. Rusk Co, Texas Marriage Book, Mrs Rachel Tillis.
2. Death Certificate, Tillis, William Edward #11605. Willeby Tillis.
3. Death Certificate, Tillis, Frank #3698. Willie B Tillis.
4. Death Certificate, Cleveland, Mary Etta #23637. John Tillis.
5. Death Certificate, Tillis, William Edward #11605. Mississippi.
6. Union Springs Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA, "Rachel D Mills, wife of A Mills."
7. Death Certificate, Tillis, William Edward #11605. Rachel Paul.
8. Union Springs Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.
9. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2. age 39, Feb 1861, Texas.
10. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, pg 164. Alvy Mills.
11. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2.
12. Texas County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 (FamilySearch.org), Mills, Alva. to Racheal Tillis, 20 Oct 1895, Nacogdoches County.
13. Death Certificate, Tillis, Frank #3698.
14. Death Certificate, Tillis, Frank #3698. 21 Apr 1883, Cherokee County, Texas.
15. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. Mary Mills.
16. Death Certificate, Cleveland, Mary Etta #23637.
17. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. age 13, Jan 1887, Texas.
18. Death Certificate, Cleveland, Mary Etta #23637. 11 Mar 1887, Nacogdoches County.
19. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. Ellen Mills.
20. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. age 10, Aug, 1889, Texas.
21. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. Eddie Mills. Eddie is indexed as a daughter so I don't know if this is a different child.
22. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Tillis, W E.
23. Death Certificate, Tillis, William Edward #11605.
24. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nacogdoches, ED 46, pg 2A. age 8, Sep 1891, Texas.
25. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Tillis, W E. 2 Oct 1892, Midlothian, Texas.
26. Death Certificate, Tillis, William Edward #11605. 2 Oct 1890, Texas.

Notes:
* Mary Etta TILLIS married Jefferson Cleveland, 2 Apr 1903, Nacogdoches County
* Ellen D TILLIS married John Wilburn, 1 Dec 1907, Nacogdoches County
* Last Modified: 8 Jul 2019.