Individual Details
Willis L. Wilson
(1853 - 13 Jan 1876)
Willis S. Wilson died at the age of twenty-three in Tabor, Iowa, where he is buried.
He might be Willie Wilson, the clerk in a dry goods store listed with owner Edgar Hill in the 1870 census for Silver Creek, Mills County, Iowa. See:
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Awillis~%20%2Bsurname%3Awilson~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aohio~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1852-1854~%20%2Bresidence_place%3A%22Fremont%20County%2C%20Iowa%22~%20%2Bresidence_year%3A1870-1870~%20%2Bother_givenname%3Aalice~
He might be Willie Wilson, the clerk in a dry goods store listed with owner Edgar Hill in the 1870 census for Silver Creek, Mills County, Iowa. See:
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Awillis~%20%2Bsurname%3Awilson~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aohio~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1852-1854~%20%2Bresidence_place%3A%22Fremont%20County%2C%20Iowa%22~%20%2Bresidence_year%3A1870-1870~%20%2Bother_givenname%3Aalice~
Events
| Birth | 1853 | Avon, Lorain County, Ohio | |||
| Census-shared | 1 Jun 1860 | (Elvira Clisbee) Avon, Lorain County, Ohio |  |  | |
| Census-shared | 22 Jun 1870 | (Elvira Clisbee) Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa | | | |
| Death | 13 Jan 1876 | Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Tabor Cemetery, Mills County, Iowa | | |
Families
| Father | William Wilson Jr. (1812 - 1860) |
| Mother | Elvira Clisbee (1819 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Charles E. Wilson (1840 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Nancy Amelia Wilson (1842 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Lewis Edward Wilson (1844 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Anna Ella Wilson (1848 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Alice E. Wilson (1855 - 1881) |
Notes
Census-shared
Alvira Willison F 40 OhioCharles Willison M 19 Ohio
Lewis Willison M 15 Ohio
Anna Willison F 12 Ohio
Willis Willison M 8 Ohio
Alice Willison F 6 Ohio
Census-shared
Elvira Nelson F 50 Ohio [Wilson]Ella Nelson F 22 Ohio
Willis Nelson M 16 Ohio
Allice Nelson F 14 Ohio
This family lives next door to Henry R. Ivory and his family, and Sarah Wilson lives next to them with Henry and Edgar Wilson.
Death
Willis S. died when twenty-three years oldBurial
PLOT Sec 6 Row 8Inscription: ae 22 years
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCLL-YWF : accessed 27 May 2016), Alvira Willison, 1860..
2. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV3-NQ5 : accessed 28 May 2016), Ella Nelson in household of Elvira Nelson, Iowa, United States; citing p. 5, family 33, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,891..
3. Find A Grave Memorial 189477675.