Alonzo D Willits (1839 - 1919)

Born 7 Jan 1839 in Sharon Township, Medina, Ohio, United States

Died 28 Sep 1919 at age 80 in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Alonzo Willits served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 11 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company I

Alonzo was born in 1839 to Benjamin H. Willits and Mary Jane Rudesill. Alonzo enlisted in Company I of the 103rd OVI on 11 Aug 1862 and mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. Alonzo married Philinda M. Hall on 7 Sep 1865 in Medina, Ohio. He was a Farmer in Granger, Ohio and later a Carpenter in Portage and Akron, Ohio. He passed away in 1919.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78547271/alonzo_d-willits: accessed April 20, 2024), memorial page for Alonzo D. Willits (7 Jan 1839–28 Sep 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78547271, citing Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Sharon, Medina, Ohio; Roll: 709; Page: 329b

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Sharon, Medina, Ohio; Roll: M653_1007; Page: 186; Family History Library Film: 805007

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Granger, Medina, Ohio; Roll: M593_1241; Page: 247A

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Portage, Summit, Ohio; Roll: 1069; Page: 347a; Enumeration District: 177

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Akron Ward 5, Summit, Ohio; Roll: 1324; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0075

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Akron Ward 4, Summit, Ohio; Roll: T624_1233; Page: 8a; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 1375246

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and Index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio. Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, USA.