Maud (Mays) Willis (1873 - 1952)

Born 12 Aug 1873 in Mississippi

Wife of William Starke Willis — married 1896 in Mississippi

Died 13 Oct 1952 at age 79 in Grenada, Mississippi

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Biography

Maud Mays was born on August 12, 1873, in Mississippi, the child of Llewellyn Matthew Mays^[1] and Harriet Lindsay Mays. She married William Stark Willis^[2] in 1896^[3]. She died on October 13, 1952, in Grenada, Mississippi, at the age of 79, and was buried in the Willis Cemetery in Gore Springs, Mississippi.^[4]

Residence

Date: 1920^[5]

Place: Grenada, Mississippi, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GH-L7Y : 12 August 2017), Maud Mays in household of L M Mays, Graysport, Grenada, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 64, sheet 174A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0647; FHL microfilm 1,254,647.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96G-R94 : accessed 21 January 2019), Maud M Willis in household of William S Willis, Beat 2, Grenada, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 3A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,808.
3. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZC-YSZ : 6 December 2014), W. S. Willis and Maud Mays, 25 Jun 1896; citing , Grenada, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 886,739.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-89TQ : 11 July 2016), Maude Mays Willis, 1952; Burial, Gore Springs, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America, Willis Cemetery; citing record ID 103025642, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103025642.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SR-8PB : accessed 21 January 2019), Maud M Willis in household of Stark W Willis, Beat 2, Grenada, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 81, sheet 14B, line 86, family 285, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 876; FHL microfilm 1,820,876.