Son of Lucina Goodwin and Jonathan Willard, Willis grew up near Painesville, Ohio. By 1870 Willis was with his mother Lucina and siblings in Cleveland where his brothers Henry and George started a retail grocery business. Willis married first, Hulda S Davis on March 30, 1876, in Cleveland. They moved to St Louis where she gave birth to a daughter 16 March 1878. Hulda died 26 July 1878 in St Louis. (The daughter may have died as well, or been adopted out. ) Willis moved up to Grand Rapids, MI, where he met and married Eleanor Whithey, on 17 Nov 1887. They had two children who both died young.
Son of Lucina Goodwin and Jonathan Willard, Willis grew up near Painesville, Ohio. By 1870 Willis was with his mother Lucina and siblings in Cleveland where his brothers Henry and George started a retail grocery business. Willis married first, Hulda S Davis on March 30, 1876, in Cleveland. They moved to St Louis where she gave birth to a daughter 16 March 1878. Hulda died 26 July 1878 in St Louis. (The daughter may have died as well, or been adopted out. ) Willis moved up to Grand Rapids, MI, where he met and married Eleanor Whithey, on 17 Nov 1887. They had two children who both died young.
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