WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
JOSHUA THOMAS WILLIS
(early resident of Toquerville)
BIOGRAPHY
Joshua Thomas Willis was born December 12, 1818 in McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois.Peggy Willis helped her son and daughter in law in Toquerville. She was the first women in Toquerville to spin
Cotton. She was an amazing latter day Saint woman. She was a very loving and supportive wife, mother and
grandmother.
Joshua married Sophia Fryer Geary on June 15, 1867 after the death of her first husband, John Thomas Geary.
Joshua died on May 1, 1886 in Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona.
He is buried in the Taylor Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Merrill Erastus Willis Margaret "Peggy" Susan Cherry Willis William Wesley Willis Joshua Thomas Willis |
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (4/5/1788-4/8/1870) (8/16/1811-xx/xx/1872) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (12/12/1818-5/1/1886) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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First Wife and Children: Dosha Cherry Willis Henry Newton Willis William Wesley Willis Thomas Tillman Willis |
(xx/xx/1818-3/10/1846) (married xx/xx/1839) (xx/xx/1842-xx/xx/1848) (4/3/1843-3/10/1846) (4/3/1843-3/10/1846) |
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Second Wife and Children: Sarah Melissa Dodge Willis Joshua Thomas Willis Merril Erastus Willis Sarah Melissa Willis Mary Dosha Willis Margaret Frances Willis Henry Tillman Willis Joseph Smith Willis Martha Elizabeth Willis John Morgan Willis Lovina Lucinda Willis Maria Mocella Willis Mary Agnes Willis Irene Rebecca Willis Rosellah Willis Rosezilpha Willis George Albert Willis |
(6/7/1827-4/1/1890) (married 7/22/1848) (11/3/1849-5/19/1930) (married Mariah Duffin) (1/28/1851-10/6/1932) (married Nancy Cedenia Bagley) (5/27/1852-4/10/1914) (married Fred Mullins) (8/2/1853-9/28/1853) (8/14/1854-8/30/1854) (10/21/1855-7/18/1918) (married Kathleen Dykes) (10/23/1856-1/30/1872) (10/13/1857-11/13/1931) (married Matthew Batty) (10/13/1858-10/16/1859) (5/18/1860-4/12/1903) (married Joseph Heber Rogers) (7/25/1861-11/18/1929 (married Rupert Wilton Westover) (12/31/1862-3/12/1913) (married Norman Andrew Brimhall) (5/22/1864-7/21/1864) (5/26/1865-6/15/1865) (10/19/1867-9/20/1868) (8/11/1870-8/29/1870) |
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Third Wife and Children: Ellen Aldridge Wiggins Willis Hyrum Alonzo Willis Richard Merril Willis Franklin Joshua Willis |
(2/3/1830-4/3/1896) (married xx/xx/1864) (4/21/1865-7/22/1944) (married Lola May Pierce) (1/8/1867-5/25/1924) (married Adelia Lucilla Buchanan) (3/18/1869-3/4/1937) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx) |
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Fourth Wife and Children: Sophia Fryer Geary Willis William Richard Willis Laura Adina Willis James Willis |
(8/12/1829-5/27/1872) (married 6/15/1867) (5/22/1868-8/6/1954) (married Harriett Rachel Thompson) (2/17/1870-xx/xx/1938) (married Samuel Larkum Lewis) (5/27/1872-5/27/1872) |
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
When You Know Your Past, You Understand Yourself: The Joshua Thomas Willis Storyby S. K. Rice
BYU Independent Study Department, December 2002
The Fryers of Yarmouth
Chapter XI of an unknown book
The Fate of the Fryers
Compiled by Bessie "Bess" Snow
1973
Privately published
Find-A-Grave enry for Joshua Thomas Willis
Find-A-Grave enry for Sarah Melissa Dodge Willis
Find-A-Grave enry for Sophia Geary Fryer Willis
Find-A-Grave enry for Margaret "Peggy" Cherry Willis