Woodson Tyree Wills, 1863 - 1942 - Generation 5

Son of Joel B. Wills

The text below is extracted from "History of Fayette Co., WV" - 1993, Submitted by Nina Wills Combes.

Woodson was telegraph operator for C&0 RR in Fayette Station in 1891.

Woodson Tyree Wills m Nina Franklin Cary Blundon, descendant of the renowned Revolutionary War Indian Scout, John Young, in Charleston, WV 25 Sept 1888. They, too, had three sons: Bernard Louis b 30 Mar 1891, d Aug 1934; Woodson Tyree, Jr. b 1892 d 1893 Fayette Co.; Lawrence Blundon b 6 Jan 1901 Ann Arbor, Michigan d Charleston m Laura Thomas.

Woodson Tyree Wills was telegraph operator in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a few years but early in 1900's the family returned to Charleston where he established the Woodson Wills Wholesale Candy Co. Both he and my grandmother were candidates for WV House of Delegates from Kanawha Co.-on opposing sides.

Descendants of Woodson Tyree Wills

1 Woodson Tyree Wills Born: May 05, 1863 in Mountain Cove, West Virginia
Died: April 03, 1942 Age at death: 78
. +Nina Franklin Cary Blundon Married: September 25, 1888 in Charleston, West Virginia 
2 Bernard Louis Wills Born: March 30, 1891 Died: August 1934 Age at
death: 43 est.
... +Winnie Lucille Taylor Born: in Fayette Co., West Virginia Married:
November 22, 1921 in Charleston, West Virginia Father: Mr. Lawrence M.
Taylor Mother: Ms. Missouri Stewart Caldwell 
2 Woodson Tyree Wills, Jr. Born: 1892 Died: 1893 in Fayette Co., West
Virginia Age at death: 1 est.
2 Lawrence Blundon Wills Born: January 06, 1901 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Died: in Charleston, West Virginia 
... +Laura Thomas