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Husband: Archibald WILLS (1)
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         AKA: Arch WILLS
   Birthdate: Apr 1839 - , , Missouri, USA (2,3,4)
  Death date: 1 Feb 1925 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (5,6)
     Address: Confederate Home, Travis County, Texas
      Buried: 2 Feb 1925 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (6)
     Address: Texas State Cemetery, Travis County, Texas
      Father: James B WILLS (1798-1872) (7,8,9)
      Mother: Amy W SHACKELFORD (1800-Bef 1871) (10)
    Marriage: 10 Jan 1861                    Place: , Bell, Texas, USA (11)
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   Wife: Rebecca PENNINGTON (12,13,14)
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   Birthdate: 1842 - , , Missouri, USA (15,16,17)
  Death date: Bef 1881 - , Bell, Texas, USA (18)
      Buried:
      Father: John PENNINGTON (1797-1879) (19)
      Mother: Catherine CAWLFIELD (1801-1879) (18)
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Children
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1  M  James B WILLS (21)
   Birthdate: Oct 1862 - , , Texas, USA (22,23)
  Death date: 21 Mar 1941 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (24)
      Buried: 22 Mar 1941 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (24)
     Address: Dallas City Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas
      Spouse: Did Not Marry
  Marr. Date:
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2  F  Dora WILLS (25)
   Birthdate: 16 Oct 1866 - , , Texas, USA (26,27,28)
  Death date: 5 Nov 1957 - Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA (29)
     Address: Home for Aged Masons, Tarrant County, Texas
      Buried: 6 Nov 1957 - Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
     Address: Keystone Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas
      Spouse: William T BANKSTON (1857-1940) (30,31)
  Marr. Date: 17 Jun 1900 - , Bell, Texas, USA (31)
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3  F  Julia WILLS (32)
   Birthdate: 1869 - , , Texas, USA (33)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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4  M  Frank WILLS (34)
   Birthdate: 1869 - , , Texas, USA (35)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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5  M  William WILLS (36)
   Birthdate: 1871 - , , Texas, USA (37)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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Burial Notes: Husband - Archibald WILLS
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Section: Confederate Field, Section 1 Row: Q Number: 32
Headstone Text:
A Wills
1839-1925
Co. H. 34. N. Ga Inf Reg.
Scafe's Brig Gano's Div.
Trans Miss Army

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General Notes: Husband - Archibald WILLS
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This family is difficult to track compared to W R and others. We know Jim and Dora lived with
Arch on the 1900 Census so they're easy but there is the confusion as to whether child number
three is a daughter named Julia or a son named Frank. The 1870 Census plainly shows Julia, age
1, but the very faded 1880 seems to show a son named Frank, age 11. I can't find a trace of
either one of them. Willie is only present for the 1880 Census, age 9, and then he, too,
disappears; there are simply too many Williams, Willies and Willises to track.

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Burial Notes: Child - Dora WILLS
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no stone found


Last Modified: 10 Dec 2017

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Sources
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    1. 1850 Federal Census, Texas, Washington, ppg 288B-289A.  Archibald Mills.
    2. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 58 (324B), d/f #390/391.  age 21, Missouri.
    3. Pension File, Wills, A #7756.  "Age sixty" date 7/23/1899.
    4. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 4B.  age 61, Apr 1839, Missouri.
    5. Texas State Cemetery, Travis County, Texas, Wills, A.  Section:Confederate Field, Section
         1 Row:Q  Number:32.
    6. Death Certificate, Wills, A #8244.
    7. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 58 (324B), d/f #390/391.  Jas B Wills.
    8. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, Volume 2,(Turner Publishing
         Company; Paducah, KY; 2001) pg 137.  "James B Wills (born circa 1798 in Tennessee) ..."
    9. Senn, Ima Holder, James Buchanan Wills. 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.
    10. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 58 (324B), d/f #390/391.  Amy Wills.
    11. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk D pg 50.  Archibald Wills to Rebecca Pennington, 10 Jan
         1861, by M G Rainey, MG.
    12. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  Rebecca Wills.
    13. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, Volume 2,(Turner Publishing
         Company; Paducah, KY; 2001) pg 137.  "... Archibald married Rebecca Pennington;..."
    14. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk D pg 50.  Archibald Wills to Rebecca Pennington.
    15. Limmer, E A Jr, Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2,(Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988) pg
         820, "John Pennington, Sr."  "Rebecca (1842-pre 1879) married Archibald Wills (b. 1830)
         in 1861. She died at Holland."
    16. 1850 Federal Census, Texas, Milam, pg 2A.  age 9, Missouri.
    17. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  age 29, Missouri.
    18. Limmer, E A Jr, Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2,(Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988) pg
         820, "John Pennington, Sr."
    19. Limmer, E A Jr, Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2,(Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988) pg
         820, "John Pennington, Sr."  "John Pennington Sr was born in Virginia in 1797 and
         married in 1819, in Bedford County, Tennessee, to Catherine Cawlfield (b. Nov 17 1801)
         of Sullivan County, Tennessee, the daughter of William Cawlfield Sr.
         "Catherine Cawlfield Pennington died on January 16, 1879, and John Pennington Sr died
         on February 20, 1879. They are buried in the Dunahoe Cemetery ..."
    20. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 4B.  Jim B Wills.
    21. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  James Wills.
    22. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  age 8, Texas.
    23. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 4B.  age 37, Oct 1862, Texas.
    24. Death Certificate, Wills, Jim B #12043.
    25. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  Dora Wills.
    26. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  age 4, Texas.
    27. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 4B.  age 33, Oct 1866, Texas.
    28. Death Certificate, Bankston, Dora Willis #64044.  16 Oct 1866, Holland, Texas.
    29. Death Certificate, Bankston, Dora Willis #64044.
    30. Death Certificate, Bankston, William T #22625.
    31. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk N pg 137.  W T Bankston to Dora Wills, 17 Jun 1900, by
         J H Wilson, MG.
    32. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  Julia Wills.
    33. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341.  age 1, Texas.
    34. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 3, pg 42 (343B).  Frank? Wills.
    35. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 3, pg 42 (343B).  age 11, Texas.
    36. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 3, pg 42 (343B).  Willie Wills.
    37. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 3, pg 42 (343B).  age 9, Texas.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!