John WILLIS & Elizabeth SOUTH & Mary Ann PIRTLE

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Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!

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John WILLIS
Elizabeth SOUTH
Mary Ann PIRTLE

Husband: John WILLIS
Birth: 1822/3, Jessamine Co., KY
Father: Richard WILLIS
Mother: Sarah ALSMAN

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Elizabeth SOUTH
Birth: 1812/3, KY
Death: 1859/60, Sullivan Co., IN
Father: Henry SOUTH (1772-1848)
Mother: Chloe BRUNTS (1776- )

Marriage-2: 2 Sep 1862, Sullivan Co., IN

Wife-2: Mary Ann PIRTLE
Birth: 1837/8, OH

Mary Ann may have married John as a widow, so PIRTLE may not be her maiden name.

Children with Elizabeth SOUTH — born in Sullivan Co., IN:

1. Mary A. WILLIS, b. 1848/9
2. Chloe WILLIS, b. 1850/1
3. Elizabeth WILLIS, b. 1851/2
4. James H. WILLIS, b. 1852/3/4/5
5. Sarah A. WILLIS, b. 1855/6

Are these two Elizabeth children? Or Mary Ann's from a former marriage?
6. John S. WILLIS, b. 1857/8
7. Ann S. WILLIS, b. 1859/60

Children with Mary Ann PIRTLE — born in Sullivan Co., IN:

8. Eliza WILLIS, b. 1863
9. Christina/Christiana WILLIS, b. 1864/5
10. Martha WILLIS, b. 1867/8

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Indiana Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-228): not found. The Sullivan Co., IN, Courthouse burned in 1853, destroying the marriage records.

1b. Marriage Index: Indiana, 1851-1900 (Broderbund CD-243):

Willis, John Pirtle, Mary Ann 2 Sep 1862 Sullivan Co.

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317):

1850 Miller, John IN Sullivan Co. Hadden (sic) Twp. p. 206

2b. 1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17 of 72): District No. 105, Haddan (sic) Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, p. 206A, 104/106, enumerated 12 August 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Willis 27 M Farmer 150 Ky

Elizabeth Willis 37 F Ky

Mary A 1 F Ia

3a. Census Records, Indiana, 1860 (Broderbund CD-304): Carlisle P.O., Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, p. 755, 338/338. For complete record see next source.

01A Willis, John M 37 W Farmer 3000 1000 KY

This CD has an every-name index. I should be able to pick up 2-yr-old John WILLIS regardless of where he is living, but I can't. Neither can I find a 22-yr-old Mary Ann PIRTLE.

3b. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #49 of 408): Carlisle P.O., Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, p. 755, PN 49, 338/338, enumerated 21 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Willis 37 m Farmer 3000 1000 Ky

Mary      " 11 f Ind

Cloe      " 9 f do

Elizabeth " 8 f do

James K   " 7 m do

Sarah A   " 4 f do

Cloe South 81 f Ky

Cloe SOUTH is John's mother-in-law. It looks like the two youngest children, John and Ann, may be living with kin, being "too much" for their 81-yr-old grandmother. Either that, or the John and Ann in the family in the 1870 census are Mary's children from a former marriage.

4a. Family Quest Archives: Indiana 1870 Census Index. Heritage Quest ACD-0038:

Surname Given name Age Sex Race Birth Place County Locality Roll Page

WILLIS JOHN 47 M W KY SULLIVAN HAMILTON TWP 361 140

4b. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #24 of 60): Sullivan P.O., Hamilton Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, pp. 140B-141A, 179/178, enumerated 15 Aug 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Willis John 47 M W Farmer 6000 1800 Ky

______ Mary A 32 F W Keeping house Ohio

______ Mary A 21 F W Ind

______ Chle 19 F W Ind

______ Elizabeth 18 F W Ind

______ James H 15 M W Ind

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Willis John 12 M W Ind

______ Ann S 10 F W Ind

______ Eliza 7 F W Ind

______ Christina 5 F W Ind

______ Martha 2 F W Ind

Purtle Nancy 16 F W Ind

John and Ann may be Mary's children from a former marriage.

5. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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