Please review the attached documents put together by Willies descendants.
Willie is the daughter of William O. Reeves and Mariah A. Thompson
Willie died of Typhoid fever at her brother Newell Vernon Reeves home. Wise County Messenger newspaper date 18 Aug 1905 where it lists Pleasant Grove as her burial place the day after her death.
Willie and her 4 children (and possibly her husband Robert Sullins) traveled by covered wagon and then by train to be near Willie's mom for care as Willie was very sick.
Willie and Robert married 30 May 1897 in Wise County, Texas
Willie and Robert T. Sullins and had 4 young children:
- Ruth Rozella "Ruthie" Sullins-Bryan-Barnum 1898-1997
- Virgil Emery Sullins 1899-1979
- Thelma Viola Sullins-Williams 1901-1988
- Vernon Roy Sullins 1904-1988
After Willie's death, Willie's 4 young children are found in the 1910 Census living with their maternal grandmother Mariah A. Thompson-Reeves and her daughter Thelma living with Willie's sister Anna Viola Reeves-Heathington. It does not appear Willie and Robert Sullins 4 children ever lived with their father after their mom's death.
Willie's husband remarried in 1911 to Elva Louise Hurley and had 6 additional children.
Please review the attached documents put together by Willies descendants.
Willie is the daughter of William O. Reeves and Mariah A. Thompson
Willie died of Typhoid fever at her brother Newell Vernon Reeves home. Wise County Messenger newspaper date 18 Aug 1905 where it lists Pleasant Grove as her burial place the day after her death.
Willie and her 4 children (and possibly her husband Robert Sullins) traveled by covered wagon and then by train to be near Willie's mom for care as Willie was very sick.
Willie and Robert married 30 May 1897 in Wise County, Texas
Willie and Robert T. Sullins and had 4 young children:
- Ruth Rozella "Ruthie" Sullins-Bryan-Barnum 1898-1997
- Virgil Emery Sullins 1899-1979
- Thelma Viola Sullins-Williams 1901-1988
- Vernon Roy Sullins 1904-1988
After Willie's death, Willie's 4 young children are found in the 1910 Census living with their maternal grandmother Mariah A. Thompson-Reeves and her daughter Thelma living with Willie's sister Anna Viola Reeves-Heathington. It does not appear Willie and Robert Sullins 4 children ever lived with their father after their mom's death.
Willie's husband remarried in 1911 to Elva Louise Hurley and had 6 additional children.
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