One Of Pioneer Citizens
and Had Lived In County for Past
Seventy-Eight Years.
Uncle Jack Willett, one of the best known men of the county, died Tuesday morning at six o'clock after a few days illness. He was eighty-eight years old and leaves more relatives than probably any man in the county. His death occurred at the home of his son John Willett in West Mayfield. The body was embalmed and will lie in state at his home after four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted at seven o'clock Wednesday morning from the Catholic church.
Mr. Willett was born in Washington county and has lived in Graves county for seventy-six years. He had been married three times and is survived by a wife and six children; three daughters, Mrs. Naoma Toon, Mrs. Acenla Kurtsinger and Mrs. Mary Cash, all of Fancy Farm; and three sons, John, Henry and Ben Willett of Mayfield. He leaves many relatives all over Western Kentucky, most of whom live in the Fancy Farm section, where he formerly lived.
--from The Daily Messenger, Mayfield, KY, Tue. 5 Oct 1909, pg.1;
courtesy of A (46575222) 4-18-24.
One Of Pioneer Citizens
and Had Lived In County for Past
Seventy-Eight Years.
Uncle Jack Willett, one of the best known men of the county, died Tuesday morning at six o'clock after a few days illness. He was eighty-eight years old and leaves more relatives than probably any man in the county. His death occurred at the home of his son John Willett in West Mayfield. The body was embalmed and will lie in state at his home after four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted at seven o'clock Wednesday morning from the Catholic church.
Mr. Willett was born in Washington county and has lived in Graves county for seventy-six years. He had been married three times and is survived by a wife and six children; three daughters, Mrs. Naoma Toon, Mrs. Acenla Kurtsinger and Mrs. Mary Cash, all of Fancy Farm; and three sons, John, Henry and Ben Willett of Mayfield. He leaves many relatives all over Western Kentucky, most of whom live in the Fancy Farm section, where he formerly lived.
--from The Daily Messenger, Mayfield, KY, Tue. 5 Oct 1909, pg.1;
courtesy of A (46575222) 4-18-24.
Family Members
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Thomas Jefferson Willett
1846–1908
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Amanda Jane Willett Curtsinger
1850–1909
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Amelia Frances "Permelia" Willett Pierceall
1853–1880
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Susan Asenia Willett Curtsinger
1857–1929
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Teresa Neomia Willett Toon
1859–1941
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Mary Irene Willett Cash
1860–1940
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John Feehan Willett
1882–1953
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Henry L Willett
1882–1959
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Benjamin J "Ben" Willett
1889–1968
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