Mary Ann Willis

Mary Ann was born on November 27th, 1830 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹ Mary Ann's father was James Larkin Willis and her mother was Sarah Stapleton. Her paternal grandparents were Larkin Willis and Mary Reese; her maternal grandparents were William Stapleton and Elizabeth Sizemore. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named James Madison Dalton, William, Iredell Campbell, Marquis De Lafayette, Perry C., Samuel H., Tivis R., Annis R., Somerville Richards and Penelope E. R.. She was the oldest of the eleven children. She had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Larkin W., Wilson W., Moses, Martha and Elizabeth. She died at the age of 56 on June 21st, 1887 in ,Hamblen, Tennessee.¹

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