My fathers families settled in Kaufman Co, Henderson Co., Van Zandt Co., and Brown Co. + ? I have been to most all areas….graveyards and homes that are still standing..

My Dad was born in LaMesa (sharecropper's son). My Grandpa, Walter Reed Willis, born in Van Zandt Co, was part of the formation of the 36th Division at Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. I have posted a ‘circuit' (sp?) picture of Ambulance Co 142, 111th Sanitary Train, WW1 at the Tarrant Co. TX GEN Website..

My gr gr grandfather William M Piper came to Texas after the Civil War. He was with the 12th Alabama.. I think he was a farmer. He and family are buried in the New Salem Cemetery. The caption to the picture is full of family info as well as his Obit..

William's 1897 Obit is the second paragraph…
They are my grgrgrandparents…

 

My grgr grandfather William Stephen Willis came to Texas around 1846. He worked on the roads connecting a few of the towns.. I have found that info in the bowels of the courthouses in the area…

He fought with the Bass Cavalry during the Civil War…. After the war, he was a wagoner delivering supplies. He's buried in the Old Pioneer Sandflat Cemetery near Athens…

My family names are Willis, Piper, Spears,
Matlock, Beal….all buried here in Texas..
Whenever I can, I have posted pics and info on Findagrave…

 

Picture with Baby.........
One of my grgr grandfather William M Piper's daughters, Willie Ann Minerva Piper and her husband Joseph Windle Willis…..abt 1893…..
My great grandparents….married in 1889.
I believe the child is my grandfather's older brother …..William Randolph Willis…born 1892.
Deborah Willis Montgomery

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