James Chapman Wills, Sr. 1828 to 1908 - Generation 4

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James Chapman Wills, Sr.
Source - Mrs. Alice Morrow, Beaver, W.V.    

Family records indicate that James and his wife Mary were first buried at Bluestone, W.Va. and later moved to Crews Cemetary, Summers Co., West Virginia. The move was due to the construction of the Bluestone Dam near Hinton, West Virginia.

Descendants of James Chapman "Chap" Wills - Generation 4                
  1  James Chapman "Chap" Wills  Born: January 30, 1828 in Bedford Co. Va.  Died:
     May 10, 1900 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 72
  .  +Mary Frances "Fanny" Lilly  Born: August 30, 1835 in Virginia  Father: Mr.
     William Lilly  Mother: Ms. Margaret "Peggy" Shumate  Died: July 29, 1899 in
     Summers Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 71
    2  [1] William Rufus Wills  Born: August 20, 1853 in Mercer Co., Va.  Died:
       January 15, 1934 in Summers Co., W.V.  Age at death: 80
  ...  +Mary Jane Lilly  Born: February 25, 1864 in Greenbrier, Summers Co. W.Va.
       Married: September 14, 1882 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Marriage fact: Married
       by James W. Lilly  Father: Mr. Robert Washington "Shooting Bob" Lilly
       Mother: Ms. Margaret Tiffany Lilly  Died: March 16, 1889 in Summers Co.,
       W. Va.  Age at death: 25
    *2nd Wife of [1] William Rufus Wills:  
  ...  +Mary Jane Lilly  Born: March 09, 1870  Married: April 24, 1893  Father:
       Mr. Wilson Lilly, 2nd.  Mother: Ms. Eliza Ellen Farley  Died: December 03,
       1942 in Summers Co., W.V.  Age at death: 72
    2  [2] John Lee Wills  Born: February 18, 1855 in Mercer Co., W. Va.  Died:
       May 06, 1902 in Raleigh Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 47
  ...  +Virginia Jane Pack  Born: July 12, 1842 in Mecer Co., Va.  Married: April
       04, 1876 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Marriage fact: Married by William C.
       Dobbins  Father: Mr. Robert B. "Bobby" Pack  Mother: Ms. Rhoda Basham
       Died: November 27, 1883 in Summers Co., W.V.  Age at death: 41
    *2nd Wife of [2] John Lee Wills:  
  ...  +Lucy A. Pack  Born: December 07, 1870  Married: Aft. 1883  Father:
       Mother:  Died: October 08, 1923  Age at death: 52
    2  Mary Elizabeth Wills  Born: September 30, 1856 in Mercer Co.,  Va.  Died:
       April 1924 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 67 est.
  ...  +James D. "Broke Leg" Cox  Born: Abt. 1863 in Mercer Co.,  Va.  Married:
       April 28, 1882 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Marriage fact: Married by William
       C. Dobbins  Father: Mr. James Cox  Mother: Ms. Docia or Dosha Lilly  
    2  Nancy J. Wills  Born: April 01, 1858 in Mercer Co.,  Va.  Died: April 13,
       1860 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 2
    2  [3] Erastus Meredith Wills  Born: March 24, 1860 in Mercer Co.,  Va.  
  ...  +Victoria" Alice" (Meador) Woodrum  Born: 1865  Father:  Mother:  
    *2nd Wife of [3] Erastus Meredith Wills:  
  ...  +Araminta "Minty" Wills  Born: Abt. 1862 in Mecer Co., Va.  Married:
       October 22, 1880 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Marriage fact: Married by John
       Bragg  Father: Mr. Leland "Lee" Charles Wills  Mother: Ms. Nancy Pack  
    2  [4] Lydia Margaret Wills  Born: March 19, 1862 in Mecer Co., Va.  Died:
       August 1925  Age at death: 63 est.
  ...  +John Edmond Charles Lewis Hatcher  Born: June 03, 1843  Father: Mr.
       Edmond Hatcher  Mother: Ms. Nancy Walker  
    *2nd Husband of [4] Lydia Margaret Wills:  
  ...  +Joseph Ben Cox  Born: Abt. 1859 in Mercer Co.,  Va.  Married: December
       02, 1880 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Marriage fact: Married by James W. Lilly
       Father: Mr. Mathew Cox  Mother: Ms. Mary A.  
    2  [5] Joseph Green Wills  Born: December 18, 1864 in Mercer Co., W. Va.
       Died: April 26, 1902 in Summers Co., W.V.  Age at death: 37
  ...  +Minerva Catherine Bragg  Born: March 28, 1887  Married: Bef. 1893
       Father: Mr. James Jackson "Jack" Bragg  Mother: Ms. Rhoda Emaline Cox
       Died: 1985  Age at death: 97 est.
    *2nd Wife of [5] Joseph Green Wills:  
  ...  +Lucinda Emaline "Cindy" Lilly  Born: December 13, 1872 in Lilly, Summers
       Co., W. Va.  Married: December 1893  Father: Mr. Samuel Albert Lilly
       Mother: Ms. Nancy "Nan"  Ann Cox  Died: May 10, 1942 in Beaver, Raliegh
       Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 69
    2  Sarah Ellen Wills  Born: September 08, 1866 in Summers Co, W. Va.  
  ...  +Jonce Boyer  Father:  Mother:  
    2  James Chapman Wills, Jr.  Born: November 12, 1868 in Mercer Co., W. Va.
       Died: August 15, 1906 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Age at death: 37
  ...  +Emily Meador  Father:  Mother:  
    2  [6] Charles Leland Wills  Born: November 05, 1870 in Summers Co, W. Va.
       Died: April 01, 1954 in Raleigh Co, W. Va.  Age at death: 83
  ...  +Juliana Mckinney  Father: Mr. Allen M. McKinney, Rev.  Mother:  
    *2nd Wife of [6] Charles Leland Wills:  
  ...  +Nancy "Nanny" Sulina Isabelle Cox  Born: November 09, 1884 in Summers
       Co., W. Va.  Married: January 02, 1900 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Father:
       Mother:  Died: April 22, 1965 in Raleigh Co, W. Va.  Age at death: 80
    2  Lusania or Luzania "Hanie"  Frances Wills  Born: July 13, 1872 in Summers
       Co, W. Va.  
  ...  +Henry J. Hatcher  Born: May 23, 1872 in Dunns, Summers Co., W. Va.
       Married: October 1894 in Summers Co., W. Va.  Father: Mr. James W. Hatcher
       Mother: Ms. Lydia Lilly  Died: 1964 in Hinton, W. Va.  Age at death: 91
       est.
    2  Valeria Esteline Wills  Born: July 1874 in Summers Co., W. Va.  
  ...  +James Matthew Cox  Father:  Mother: