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Benjamin Franklin Willis

Birth
Rochester, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
Death
24 Apr 1916 (aged 69)
Medical Lake, Spokane County, Washington, USA
Burial
Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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1870 U.S. Census for Deer Creek Prec., Douglas Co., OR (Roseburg P.O.):
William Willis M 47y Kentucky; farmer
Caroline Willis F 45y Missouri
Ben Willis M 24y Missouri; farmer
Mary Willis F 21y Missouri
William Willis M 18y Missouri
James Willis M 15y Oregon
Horace Willis M 11y Oregon
Sarah Willis F 8y Oregon
Eliza Willis F 4y Oregon
Wilson Willis M 8m Oregon


1880 U.S. Census for Whitman Co., Washington:
Ben is 40 yrs, single and working as a laborer.

or

1800 U.S. Census for Whiteman Co., Washington:
Henry S. Hunt M 42 New York; farmer
Wife Georgia Hunt F 35 New York
Son Clinton Hunt M 13 Illinois
Daughter Bertha Hunt F 6 California
Other Frank Willis M 33 Oregon


1900 U.S. Census for Myrtle Creek Prec., Douglas Co., OR:
Ben is 53 yrs, single, & working as a farm laborer.


1910 U.S. Census for Myrtle Creek, Douglas Co., OR:
Rachel C Mc Nabb F 42y Iowa
DAU Flora S Nabb F 12y Oregon
DAU Dorsey W Mc Nabb F 7y Idaho
Benjamin F Willis M 63y Missouri
Mary E W Tucker F 25y Oklahoma
Fred H Mccord M 48y Ohio
Calvin Rhea M 38y Indiana

Since Ben lived mainly in Myrtle Creek, OR, it is thought that he must have been visiting family and/or friends in the Spokane, WA are when he died.
1870 U.S. Census for Deer Creek Prec., Douglas Co., OR (Roseburg P.O.):
William Willis M 47y Kentucky; farmer
Caroline Willis F 45y Missouri
Ben Willis M 24y Missouri; farmer
Mary Willis F 21y Missouri
William Willis M 18y Missouri
James Willis M 15y Oregon
Horace Willis M 11y Oregon
Sarah Willis F 8y Oregon
Eliza Willis F 4y Oregon
Wilson Willis M 8m Oregon


1880 U.S. Census for Whitman Co., Washington:
Ben is 40 yrs, single and working as a laborer.

or

1800 U.S. Census for Whiteman Co., Washington:
Henry S. Hunt M 42 New York; farmer
Wife Georgia Hunt F 35 New York
Son Clinton Hunt M 13 Illinois
Daughter Bertha Hunt F 6 California
Other Frank Willis M 33 Oregon


1900 U.S. Census for Myrtle Creek Prec., Douglas Co., OR:
Ben is 53 yrs, single, & working as a farm laborer.


1910 U.S. Census for Myrtle Creek, Douglas Co., OR:
Rachel C Mc Nabb F 42y Iowa
DAU Flora S Nabb F 12y Oregon
DAU Dorsey W Mc Nabb F 7y Idaho
Benjamin F Willis M 63y Missouri
Mary E W Tucker F 25y Oklahoma
Fred H Mccord M 48y Ohio
Calvin Rhea M 38y Indiana

Since Ben lived mainly in Myrtle Creek, OR, it is thought that he must have been visiting family and/or friends in the Spokane, WA are when he died.


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