Died
at about age 79
in Town Creek, Lawrence, Alabama, USA
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"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKZ-YHW : 12 April 2016), James M Willis in household of James Willis, Alabama, United States; citing p. 8, family 50, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,519.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JL-Z9Y : 12 August 2017), James M Willis in household of Margaret Willis, Beat 26, Jackson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 180B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0016; FHL microfilm 1,254,016.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D3-YMQ : accessed 12 November 2018), James M Willis, Precinct 5 Wolf Springs, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 1B, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,024.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8L-G6R : accessed 12 November 2018), James M Willis, Wolf Spring, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing ED 85, sheet 13B, line 64, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 29; FHL microfilm 1,820,029.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3LVV-2MM : accessed 12 November 2018), James M Willis, Precinct 05, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 6A, line 15, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 35; FHL microfilm 2,339,770.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PM-VHL : 14 March 2018), James M Willis, Mehama, Election Precinct 5, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-12, sheet 6A, line 40, family 106, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 51.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6BF-VY4 : 15 February 2018), Essie D. Dawson in entry for Mildred Silveria Willis Prince, 13 Feb 1959; citing reference 2444, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,937.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDBX-QMZ : 15 February 2018), James Monroe Willis, 27 Mar 1941; citing reference cn 6677, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,599.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2018), memorial page for James Monroe Willis (23 Nov 1861–27 Mar 1941), Find A Grave: Memorial #76494349, citing Roden Cemetery, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn Murray Greer (contributor 47184465). Image of headstone shows full dates.
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