Minerva Ellen Wills 1849 to 1899 - Generation 5

Taken from the book

"The Copenhaver Genealogy" by Lloyd Gayle Sparks

The following is extracted from a book, "The Copenhaver Genealogy" (Lloyd Gayle Sparks), sent from Walter Bailey 3/4/99.

Tom, there is very little in "The Copenhaver Genealogy" about Minerva Ellen Wills. It only mentions the following: "On July 26, 1866 James Allen married Minerva Ellen Wills of _________who was born in 1849. Her parents were _______. James Allen and Minerva lived all of their married life at Sparks, West Virginia across the road from the grist
mill on the River Road that goes to the Battle Run School. This farm was later given to the sons of James Allen and Minerva. James Allen was a farmer and blacksmith.

"The children of James Allen and Minerva Copenhaver were Nancy Susan, Fanny, Julia, Abigail, Edger, Joseph, Oscar, Albert, Polina Agnes and Maggie. Their youngest child Maggie died at age 8. Shortly thereafter James Allen's wife minerva, died at age 50. A new home was built on the James Allen Farm.

"James Allen and Minerva Ellen Wills Copenhaver were buried at the Miller Cemetery at Kesslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia."

James Allen Copenhaver, Husband of Minerva Ellen Wills

Source: Walter M. Bailey

Descendants of Minerva Ellen Wills

1 Minerva Ellen Wills Born: January 13, 1849 in Probably Monroe County, Virginia Died: October 03, 1899 in Sparks, Nicholas County, West Virginia Age at death: 50
. +James Allen Copenhaver Married: July 26, 1866 in Sparks, Nicholas County, West Virginia
2 Nancy "Nannie" Copenhaver Born: Unknown
... +James William Skaggs Born: Unknown
2 Oscar Milton Copenhaver Born: Unknown