When Emily Willis was born on 14 July 1845, in Monroe, Missouri, United States, her father, John Willis, was 28 and her mother, Mary I Hoskins, was 25. She married Thomas C Johnson on 11 January 1864, in Warren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Madrid, Boone, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Des Moines Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 10 May 1923, in White Breast Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Boone, Iowa, United States
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Willows .
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