Biography of Capt. Hamilton Willis - Wayne Co. WV


Source: W.Va. Heritage

Captain Hamilton Willis was the son of John and Rebecca Corbin Willis, 
both born in Kanawha county, (then) Virginia, and 
now deceased. He was born in Kanawha county on March 23, 1828, and he 
settled in Wayne county in 1861, coming from 
Tennessee. He entered the army in the Federal service, as a member of 
Company E, 5th West Virginia Infantry, and was 
promoted to first lieutenant, then captain, while in active service. His 
first wife was Nancy Wolf, and their children were one 
son, George H., and two daughters, Mary Jane and Annie. In Chelshire, 
Galia county, Ohio, Hamilton Willis was united in 
marriage with Mary Ellen, daughter of James Graha, who was a Virginian 
by birth, born in Winchester. Her birth was in 
Gallipolis, Gallia county, Ohio. Captain Willis owns 40 acres of well 
timbered land in Lawrence county, Ohio, on the Ohio 
River, and opposite Ceredo. In Ceredo he has six valuable lots, and a 
fine residence. He has been manager of the iron 
furnaces, and his post office address is Ceredo, Wayne county, West 
Virginia.


Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net> 

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