Greene-Clay County IN Archives Biographies.....Wills, George 1843 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   GEORGE WILLS was born in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, April 14, 1843,
and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Watts) W7ills, both natives of England.
Thomas Wills was a brewer in his native country. He came with his family to
America in 1848, and located near Akron, Ohio, where he followed gardening until
1860, when he moved to Hillsboro, Ohio, where he was engaged in a like business.
The mother died in 1865, and the father in 1867. They were parents of two sons,
George and William, the latter dying at Hillsboro, as did the parents. George
learned the pottery business at Akron, and was working at this in Hillsboro when
the war broke out. He enlisted in Company D, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
served three years, and was in the battles of Rich Mountain, Stone River, and
numerous lesser engagements. After being honorably discharged, he worked at his
trade for a time in Springfield, Ohio. Saline County, Mo., and Brazil, Ind. In
1870, he came to Worthington, and finding excellent material for his trade,
erected a building and embarked in the pottery business, at which he has since
continued with gratifying success. Mr. Wills, by his long experience in the
business, has perfected his trade to such an extent that he has all he can
attend to. He was married, in 1868, to Miss Alice Baker, who was born in Parke
County, Ind, in 1849. Two children have been born to them, Kate and Garfield.
Mr. Wills is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F., and is one of the
enterprising and go-ahead men of Greene County.

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Jefferson Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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