William Willard (1811 - 1897)

Born 6 Aug 1811 in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lovey Malissa (Duggan) Willard — married 3 Oct 1831 in Wilson, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Tilitha (Summers) Willard — married 19 Sep 1842 in Cannon, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1897 at age 86 in Ward Prairie, Freestone, Texas, United States

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Biography

Wiliam was born in 1811. He was the son of John Willard and Elizabeth Landes.

He married Lovey Duggan on October 3, 1831 in Wilson County, Tennessee.^[1]

Lovey died March 8, 1940 and William married Tabitha Summar on September 19, 1842 in Cannon County, Tennessee.^[2]

In 1850 William and Tabitha lived in Cannon Tennessee.^[3]
William Willard Male 36 Tennessee, United States
Telitha Willard Female 23 North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Willard Female 18 Tennessee, United States
James A Willard Male 16 Tennessee, United States
Preston Willard Male 14 Tennessee, United States
Wm D J Willard Male 12 Tennessee, United States
Loucinda Willard Female 11 Tennessee, United States
Margaret L Willard Female 9 Tennessee, United States
Nelson A Willard Male 7 Tennessee, United States
Mathew W Willard Male 5 Tennessee, United States
Willard Female 2 Tennessee, United States
Mary J Willard Female 0 Tennessee, United States

In 1870 they were living in Civil District 17, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA. William was a farmer and his sons were farm laborers.
William Willard Male 59 Tennessee
Tabitha Willard Female 45 North Carolina
Margaret Willard Female 28 Tennessee
Mathew Willard Male 23 Tennessee
Drucilla Willard Female 22 Tennessee
David B Willard Male 17 Tennessee
Franklin Willard Male 15 Tennessee
Benjamin Willard Male 16 Tennessee
Elira Williard Female 11 Tennessee
Susan Williard Female 9 Tennessee
Sunia Williard Female 4 Tennessee
Florence Williard Female 2 Tennessee
Sarah Williard Female 0 Tennessee
Eward Hansberry Male 38 Pennsylvania

He passed away September 25, 1897. ^[4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #40594526

Obituary

Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Oct 1, 1897 edition "Died- Mr. William Willard, one of the oldest men in our county died at his home on Ward Prairie last Friday. We did not learn his exact age, but he was nearly 90. He came to this county from Tennessee after the war with a large family of children and other relatives settling on Ward Prairie where he was one of the leading and most successful farmers in that section. He was a man of very strong physical build and up to a few years ago possessed remarkable health and vigor for one of his age. He was a good exemplary citizen, a man of sterling integrity, honest and straightforward in his dealings and a man of influence amongst his friends and neighbors. He was a member of the Baptist church and his life was consistent of his profession. His remains were interred last Saturday [25 September 1897] in Ward Prairie cemetery Rev. E. A. Puthuff officiating. The deceased probably had the largest family connection of any man in the country having reared a large family of sons and daughters that grew up to maturity and had married. There was a large number of people at the burial and friends and neighbors mingled their sorrow with that of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and other relatives. Peace to the old man's ashes. After a long life he has fallen asleep with the Christian hope of a happy resurrection."

Children

By Lovey Malissa Duggan

• Melinda Elizabeth (1832-1905) married Elisha Hobbs
• James Aaron (1833-1905) married Hannah J. Odom (1857) and Nancy Elizabeth Odom (1863)
• John Prestly (1835-1912) married Susanna Ready
• William Beverly D. F. Willard (1837-1912) married Lucy Ann Odom
• Deborah Lucinda (1838-1901) married Burchet Douglas Davenport August 2, 1858
• Margaret Louise "Maggie" (1840-1909) married William Hood Orand

By Telitha Summers

• Nelson Alexander (1843-1927) married Alma Izora Williams (1897)
• Matthew Wiseman (1845-1933) married Drucilla T. Odom
• Lovey Drucilla (1847-1922) married Calvin Thomas Orand
• Mary Jane (1850-1899) married Samuel Durham Cummings
• David Burton (1852-1910) married Tennessee Elizabeth Orand
• Joseph Franklin (1855-1926) married Elizabeth Ann Summers
• Benjamin (1857-1943) married Nancy Elizabeth Yates (1884)
• Eliza Ann (1860-1950) married James Hosea Moore
• Susan (1862-1925) married William Hackney Richardson
• Senie Lee (1865-1944) married John Stephen Seale October 3, 1890
• Florence Delora (1867-1926) married Jefferson Davis Summers
• Sarah Z. (1869-1873) died at age 4.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4F-BNZ : 4 December 2014), William Willard and Lovey Duggan, 03 Oct 1831; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Wilson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFQ-7K2 : 4 December 2014), William Willard and Zetitha (Unknown) Summar, 19 Sep 1842; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 54, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDW-68F : 23 December 2020), William Willard, Cannon, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40594526/william-w-willard : accessed 07 June 2022), memorial page for William W. “Billy” Willard (6 Apr 1811–25 Sep 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40594526, citing Day Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Dave Bell (contributor 47126693) .