Willis was born in 1836, the son of Giles Pettibone (1813–1888) and Sophronia Sheldon (1814–1893).
Occupation: Farmer.
He married Sarah Metella Bowen (1846–1932).
The had the following children:
William "Willis" Eugene (1869-1956)
Dwight Herbert "Bertie" (1870-1870)
Franklin Tyrrel (1874-1898)
He died in 1917.
Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTS-KYF : 9 November 2014), Giles Pettibone, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States; citing family 280, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willis by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Charles Pettebone :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member cdpettebo2
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: