Willis, James Dickens

Title: Willis, James Dickens
Gender: Male
Member: Willis family
Birth date: 11 Dec 1826
Place of birth: Georgetown (Ky.)
Father: Willis, Benjamin G.
Mother: Grant, Nancy Ann Mosby
Life event(s): Marriage: 19 Sep 1849; Hamilton County (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Spouse(s): Arnold, Virginia B.
Child(ren): Willis, Laura Belle; Headley, Nannie P. Willis; Willis, Thomas Graves; Willis, James Arnold; Willis, Benjamin Grant
Death date: 12 Dec 1891
Place of death: Lawrenceburg (Ind.)
Death and burial information: Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Lawyer (1850); Merchant (1860); Farmer (1870)
Resided in: Covington (Ky.); Petersburg (Ky.); Lawrenceburg (Ind.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Nancy [33]; unknown, Alcey [1]; unknown, Charlotte [4]; unknown, Nancy [33]; unknown, Alcey [1]; unknown, Charlotte [4]
Description: Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 26 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #15613207
Source(s): Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Find A Grave.com