Archibald Wills and Rebecca Pennington

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Husband Archibald WILLS ¹

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          AKA: Arch
         Born: Apr 1839 - Missouri 2 3
         Died: 1 Feb 1925 - Holland, Bell Co, Texas 4
       Buried: Feb 1925 - Texas State Cemetery, Travis Co, Texas

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       Father: James Buchanan WILLS (1798-1872) 2
       Mother: Anna W SHACKLEFORD (1800-Between 1860)

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     Marriage: 10 Jan 1861 - Bell Co, Texas 5

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Events in his life were:

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• Residence ³, Bell Co, Texas, 1847

• Military, Capt Milton W Damron's Co, Co D, 18th Texas Calvary, CSA, 1861

• Military, Co C, Gurley's 30th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A., Texas, Between Mar 1862 and 1865

• Census, Belton, Beat 4, Bell Co, Texas, 1870

• Census, Texas Soundex ED3, S42, L46, 1880

• Census, Bell Co, Texas, 1900

• Pension, Holland, Bell County, Texas, 19 Mar 1901

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Wife Rebecca PENNINGTON

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         Born: 1842 - Missouri 6 7
         Died: Bef 1879 - Holland, Bell Co, Texas 6
       Buried: 

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       Father: John PENNINGTON (1797-1879)
       Mother: Catherine CAWLFIELD (1801-1879)

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Children

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1 M James WILLS ⁸

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          AKA: Jim
         Born: Oct 1862 - Texas 8 9
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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2 F Dora WILLS ⁸

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         Born: 16 Oct 1866 - Texas 8 9 10
         Died: 5 Nov 1957 - Home For Aged Masons, Arlington, Tarrant Co, Texas 10
       Buried: 6 Nov 1957 - Keystone Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co, Texas

       Spouse: William T BANKSTON (1857-1940) 11
         Marr: 17 Jun 1900 - Bell Co, Texas 12

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3 F Julia WILLS ⁸

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         Born: 1869 - Texas 8
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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4 M Frank WILLS

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         Born: Abt 1870 - Texas
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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5 U Willie WILLS

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         Born: Abt 1871 - Texas
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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Lived in Holland at some point. Actually lived in the bottom near Gotcher Mountain in a log cabin.

Archibald served under Edward Jeremiah Gurley in the Civil War.
Capt. Milton W. DAMRON'S Company. Company D. 18th Texas Calvary. Enlisted in Fall of 1861. At the fall of Arkansas Post a part of this Company escaped and was thrown in with Company E. 17th Texas Consolidated Dismounted Cavalry, with Captain DAMRON commanding. A part of the original Company was captured and carried to Camp Douglass (Chicago) but, after several months, were exchanged and returned to the Confederate lines East of the Mississippi River and the Company was there reorganized. The following roll includes the names of men in all three of these organizations (but probably not all of them) and were furnished by Sam W. BISHOP, Wm. J. WHEAT, George FISHER, Sam H. COX, Henry C EDRINGTON, Jesse SUTTON, C.B. ROBERTS and others, some by each and each one acting separately. Arch is listed in the Rogers line.

1870 Bell Co, Texas Census p. 83b, Belton, 341/341, 8/31/1870
WILLS, Arch 31 M W Farmer 800 250 Mo
Rebecca 29 F W Keeping house Mo
James 8 M W Tex
Dora 4 F W Tex
Julia 1 F W Tex

Headstone Text:
A Wills
1839-1925
Co. H. 34. N. Ga Inf Reg.
Scafe's Brig Gano's Div.
Trans Miss Army

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Medical Notes (Husband)

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said he had lumbago and bladder trouble when he filed for his pension on 7/23/1899.

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General Notes (Wife)

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Probate records in Bell Co
Wills Rebecca W-024 x 1878 vDpg243,303

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1 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/washington/census/1850/), 288b-289a.

2 1860 Bell Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/), 324.

3 Pension File, 7756.

4 Cemetery, Texas State, Travis Co, TX, Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 Row:Q Number:32.

5 Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/50.

6 E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 820.

7 1850 Milam Co, Texas Census (http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/milam/census/1850/), 2.

8 1870 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/1870/), 83b.

9 1900 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 20 Sh 4.

10 Death Certificate, 64044.

11 Ibid, 22625.

12 Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, N/137.