James Willis

James was born in 1814 in TN, USA.¹   James' mother was Catharine Willis. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Allen, Archibald, Talbot, Terrell, William, Sarah and Orlena.  He was the fourth youngest of the eight children. He had four half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Thomas Henderson, John H, David, Tolbert, Elizabeth and Nancy Agnes.  He died at the age of 66 in 1880 in Dayton, Sebastian, AR, USA.¹