Brief Life History of James C
When James C Willis was born in July 1876, in South Carolina, United States, his father, James Furman Willis, was 27 and his mother, Albina McLaurin, was 26. He lived in Fairview, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Walnut Grove, Oconee, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years.
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- James C Willis in household of James F Willis, "United States Census, 1880"
- James C Willis in household of James F Willis, "United States Census, 1900"
- James C. Willis in the 1880 United States Federal Census
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World Events (8)
1878 · Liberian Exodus
April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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