Brief Life History of Mather Lowry
When Mather Lowry Willis was born on 29 October 1884, in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States, his father, Richard Jefferson Willis, was 32 and his mother, Nancy Amanda Lane Willis, was 19. He married Bessie May Harris on 13 November 1904, in Johnson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 17 November 1972, in Godley, Johnson, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Godley, Johnson, Texas, United States.
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- Mather L Willis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mather Lawry Willis - Government record: birth-name: Mather Lowrey Willis
- Mather L Willis, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886
Historical Boundaries 1886: Johnson, Texas, United States
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
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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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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