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Husband: Claude Paul WILLS (1,2,3)
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   Birthdate: 22 Oct 1887 - Holland, Bell, Texas, USA (4,5)
  Death date: 25 Oct 1954 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (3)
      Buried: 26 Oct 1954 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (3)
     Address: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Tarrant County, Texas
      Father: George Alexander WILLS (1841-1922) (6,7,8,9)
      Mother: Sarah Elizabeth COOK (1850-1937) (10,11,12,13)
    Marriage: Abt 1912                       Place:
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   Wife: Effie Bell HALBERT (14,15,16)
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   Birthdate: 26 Apr 1892 - , , Texas, USA (17,18)
  Death date: 16 May 1960 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (16)
      Buried: 17 May 1960 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (16)
     Address: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Tarrant County, Texas
      Father: Andrew Jackson HALBERT (1861-1934) (19)
      Mother: Mary Minerva WOOD (1866-1907) (20)
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Children
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1  F  Claudia J WILLS (21)
   Birthdate: 3 Nov 1912 - , , Texas, USA (22,23)
  Death date: 22 Apr 1987 - , Tarrant, Texas, USA (24,25)
      Buried:
      Spouse: William Ernest HELTON (1910-1975) (26,27,28)
  Marr. Date: 18 Sep 1934 - , Wise, Texas, USA (29)
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2  M  Marvin Elton WILLS (30,31)
   Birthdate: 7 Aug 1914 - , , Texas, USA (32,33)
  Death date: 25 Dec 1955 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (34)
      Buried: 27 Dec 1955 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (31)
     Address: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tarrant County, Texas
      Spouse: Mabel Vida BISHOP (1915-1995) (35)
  Marr. Date: Cir 1937
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3  M  Clarence Oliver WILLS (36,37)
   Birthdate: 8 Aug 1915 - Holland, Bell, Texas, USA (38,39)
  Death date: 21 Jul 1970 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA (37)
      Buried: 22 Jul 1970 - Eldorado, Schleicher, Texas, USA (37)
     Address: Eldorado Cemetery, Schleicher County, Texas
      Spouse: He was widowed as per his death certificate.
  Marr. Date:
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Birth Notes: Child - Marvin Elton WILLS
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There is an original birth certificate for a male child of Claude and Effie in Bell County, 8
Aug 1915.

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Death Notes: Child - Marvin Elton WILLS
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Officer Marvin E. Wills had worked in the patrol division, vice section and was assigned to the
warrant section where he was working at the time of his death.
   Officer Wills was working off-duty at the Western Hills Hotel on Christmas night, 1955.
Something got the attention of Officer Wills, and he left the hotel, walking 200 yards south to
a vacant lot. Officer Wills became involved in an altercation and was bitten on both hands and
arms, was struck twice on the head, and was shot four times with his own pistol.
   His body was discovered lying face down in the street by a driver passing by.
   A witness had reported two cars parked on the vacant lot just prior to the murder. Why
Officer Wills went to the vacant lot was never determined. The killers were never captured and
Officer Wills' pistol was never recovered. [FindaGrave]

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Birth Notes: Child - Clarence Oliver WILLS
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There is an orginal birth certificate for a male child of Claude and Effie in Bell County, 8 Aug
1915. The 1920 Census gives his age as 3 and his death certificate shows him born in 1914.


Last Modified: 11 Dec 2017

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Sources
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    1. Anonymous, Biography of Sarah E Wills, Claude Wills.  "She was survived by her daughter
         and four sons, Mrs. Beatric Senn of Thorndale, Dan Wills of Ozona, Ray Wills of Holland
         and Albert and Claude Wills of Fort Worth.  She had 15 grandchildren and 18 great
         grandchildren."This is 4 pages, typewritten, discribing the life of Sarah. It was found
         in my grandmother's (Ima Jean Holder Senn) things when she died.
    2. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A.  Claude Wills.
    3. Death Certificate, Wills, Claude Paul #52014.
    4. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A.  age 11, Oct 1888, Texas.
    5. Death Certificate, Wills, Claude Paul #52014.  22 Oct 1887, Holland, Texas.
    6. Senn, Ima Holder, George Alexander Wills.  Ima lived with Sarah Cook Wills and Beatrice
         Wills Senn for almost four years until their deaths. I had several telephone interviews
         with Ima from 2000-2002. We discussed her family and Wiley's family. She had an
         incredible memory and she had "notes" about things she was afraid she would forget. I
         don't know what happened to her notes and I wish I had recorded our conversations. She
         is my grandmother.
    7. 1850 Federal Census, Texas, Washington, ppg 288B-289A.  Alexander Mills.
    8. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A.  age 58, Oct 1841, Texas.
    9. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Wills, Sidney Albert.
         George Alexander Wills.
    10. Senn, Ima Holder, Sarah Elizabeth Cook.
    11. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL, Cook, Thomas K.  - - Petition of Thomas K. Cook to be
         appointed guardian of Missouri A. Jones, James F. Jones, Martha J. Jones, minor heirs
         of H.E. Jones, deceased and also Sarah Cook, minor child of James P. Cook and his first
         wife Eliza Cook, now deceased. James P. Cook is now their Guardian and is about to
         remove to the State of Texas. Nov 24, 1870 - - Petition of George A. Wills and wife
         Sarah E. Wills, formerly Cook, by their attorneys Ellis and Caldwell for final
         settlement of Guardianship of Thomas K. Cook. G.A. Wills and Miss Sarah Cook married
         June 11, 1868 by M.G. Raney in Bell County, Texas (copy of marriage record attached).
         Appointment of Ellis and Caldwell as their attorneys dated Sept 3, 1870 and states that
         Sarah E. Wills is the daughter of James P. Cook of Calhoun County, Alabama and more
         recently of Bell County, Texas, deceased. Refers to her husband as George Alexander
         Wills. Nov 24, 1870 - - Account for final settlement with Sarah E. WIlls, wife of
         George A. Wills, by Thomas K. Cook.
    12. Death Certificate, Wills, Ray Cook #48659.  Sarah Cook.
    13. Death Certificate, Senn, Beatrice #34157.  Elizabeth Cook.
    14. 1920 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 162, pg 1A.  Effie Wills.
    15. Death Certificate, Wills, Clarence Oliver #47089.  Effie B Halbert.
    16. Death Certificate, Wills, Effie Bell #32345.
    17. 1920 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 162, pg 1A.  age 24, Texas.
    18. Death Certificate, Wills, Effie Bell #32345.  26 Apr 1892, Texas.
    19. Death Certificate, Wills, Effie Bell #32345.  A J Halbert.
    20. Death Certificate, Wills, Effie Bell #32345.  Mary Woods.
    21. 1930 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 74, pg 39A.  Claudia J Wills.
    22. 1930 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 74, pg 39A.  age 17, Texas.
    23. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Helton, Claudia.  3 Nov 1912.
    24. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Helton, Claudia.  Apr 1987.
    25. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch.org), Helton, Claudia Wills.
    26. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Helton, Ernest.  to Claudia Wills.
    27. 1940 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 257-126, pg 14A.  William E Helton.
    28. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Helton, William Ernest.
    29. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Helton, Ernest.  to Claudia Wills, 18 Sep
         1934, Wise County.
    30. 1920 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 162, pg 1A.  Marvin F Wills.
    31. Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936.
    32. 1920 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 162, pg 1A.  age 5, Texas.
    33. Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936.  7 Aug 1917, Texas.
    34. Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936.  He was a police officer and was
         murdered.
    35. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Wills, Peggy Elaine.
    36. 1930 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 74, pg 39A.  Clarence O Wills.
    37. Death Certificate, Wills, Clarence Oliver #47089.
    38. 1930 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 74, pg 39A.  age 14, Texas.
    39. Death Certificate, Wills, Clarence Oliver #47089.  8 Aug 1914, Holland, Texas.

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