LARKIN WILLIS (1800-1856)
Submitted by Mark Willis Ballard
markballard@21stcentury.net
Born 26 Feb 1800; died 21 Feb 1856; son of Capt. Isaac Willis and Ann Garnett. See Capt. Isaac Willis (1774-1867).
Married 1: ca 1821 to Sarah Emily Fry, born ca 1800; died 1821.
Children:
1. Edward Jefferson Willis, born 19 Dec 1820; died 26 Feb 1891.
Married 2: 15 July 1823 to Mary Gordon, born 4 March 1807; died 2 Nov 1881; daughter of Rev. John Churchill Gordon and Lucy Garnett Herndon.
Children:
2. John Churchill Willis, born 21 May 1824; died 2 Aug 1894
3. James Addison Willis, born 16 Sept 1825; died 5 May 1900
4. Mary Elizabeth Willis, born 18 March 1827; died 16 Sept 1886
5. Lucy Herndon Willis, born 2 Sept 1828; died 20 Nov 1875
6. Anna E. Willis, born 2 Oct 1829; died 2 Nov 1847
7. Absolam Graves Willis, born 9 Nov 1831; died 22 Aug 1903; married Sarah Lee Gordon.
8. William Willis, born 23 April 1833; died 8 Oct 1910
9. Larkin Willis, born 24 Feb 1835; died 19 May 1927
10. Isaac Willis, born 20 June 1836; died March 1910; married Elizabeth LNU
11. Joseph Gordon Willis, born 27 Dec 1837; died 1864; prisoner of Civil War
12. Reuben Garnett Willis, born 16 July 1839; died 8 March 1900
13. Isabella Herndon Willis, born 15 Oct 1840
14. Ella Jane Willis, born 25 July 1842; died 15 March 1911
15. Charles Augustine Willis, born 20 Feb 1844; died 3 Oct 1879
16. Eugene Harrison Willis, born 16 April 1845; died 25 Dec 1916; married Bessie Young Hiter
17. Benjamin Willis, born 19 Feb 1847; died 6 Oct 1864
18. Walter Lewis Willis, born 30 April 1848; died 29 Nov 1848
19. Unnamed Infant Willis, born ca 1850; died ca 1850
20. Unnamed Infant Willis, born ca 1851; died ca 1851
21. Nora Fry Willis, born 29 Nov 1852; died 14 June 1878