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Willis Wilkerson Gammon

Willis Wilkerson was born on August 14th, 1865 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States.¹ Willis Wilkerson's father was James Wilkenson Gammon and his mother was Armilda Eliza Myers. His paternal grandparents were Dozier Brawner Gammon and Lavina Letitia Turbeville; his maternal grandparents are Thomas Myers and Jane. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Lewis Larue, Newton Franklin, Eugene Theophilus, Bird Lafayette, Dozier Gaines, Charles Thomas, Lucius, Lydia Josephine, Martha Jane and Catharine Melvina. He was the eighth oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 64 on August 18th, 1929 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States.²

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Brawner Gammon
  - b.1730 in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States d.1807 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
  
  Harris Gammon
  - b.27 Sep 1757 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States d.20 Dec 1843 in Halls Crossing, Knox, Tennessee, United States
  
  Dozier Brawner Gammon
  - b.27 May 1792 in Tennessee d.20 Nov 1869 in Eden, Decatur, Iowa, United States
  
  John Brawner
  - b.1730 in Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States d.1810 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
  
  Elizabeth Bettie Brawner
  - b.1760 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States d.21 Mar 1826 in Knox, Tennessee, United States
  
  Elizabeth Triplett
  - b.1736 in Prince William, Virginia, United States d.1800 in La Plata, Charles, Maryland, United States
  
  James Wilkenson Gammon
  - b.16 Jun 1825 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States d.11 Feb 1886 in Row 18
  
  Lavina Letitia Turbeville
  - b.21 Jul 1791 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States d.13 Jul 1856 in Eden, Decatur, Iowa, United States
  
  Willis Wilkerson Gammon
  - b.14 Aug 1865 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States d.18 Aug 1929 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States
  
  Thomas Myers
  
  Armilda Eliza Myers
  - b.29 Oct 1829 in Montgomery, Indiana, United States d.14 Apr 1901 in Eden, Decatur, Iowa, United States
  
  Jane

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Details of Willis Wilkerson's family with Elsie B Gammon

¹ Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
² Iowa Cemetery Records
Sources/Citations Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, 1880 United States Federal Census @ Year: 1880; Census Place: Eden, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: T9_336; Family History Film: 1254336; Page: 313.4000; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 0408., 1920 United States Federal Census @ Year: 1920; Census Place: Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: T625_486; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 713., 1910 United States Federal Census @ Year: 1910; Census Place: Decatur, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: T624_400; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 109., 1900 United States Federal Census @ Year: 1900; Census Place: Leon, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: T623_428; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 48., 1870 United States Federal Census @ Year: 1870; Census Place: Eden, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: ., Ancestry Family Trees @ Ancestry Family Trees