Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Willis, William N. 1839 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILLIAM N. WILLIS (Willis & Johnson), hardware, Robinson, was born near
Indianapolis August 16, 1839, son of Toliver M. and Lncinda J. S. (Langster)
Willis, and when quite young removed to Kentucky, but afterward to Covington,
Ind., where he worked for three years in the marble business; he then engaged in
clerking in a hardware store, which he continued for seven years for the same
house. He came to Robinson in 1875, and began the hardware business here, which
he has since followed, and is at present a member of the firm of Willis &
Johnson. They carry a large stock of goods, and have an excellent trade. He was
married May 8, 1872, to Miss Virginia Prather, daughter of Dr. C W. Prather, of
Covington, Ind., and has a family of four children, viz.: Edna S., Pearl L.,
William N. and Charles H. Mr. Willis is a member of the Knights of Honor, and of
Knights and Ladies of Honor, and also the Baptist Church.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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