Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Wills Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Wills Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, pages 280.

WILLS, WILLIAM C., of Hay Creek, in engaged in stock raising and farming on Willow Creek, Crook County. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1838, and came to Oregon in 1858. He worked in the mines till 1866, and then engaged in the sash, door and furniture business till he located in Crook County. He cast his first vote in 1859 for David Logan for congress, and in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln for President. He was a delegate to the last meeting of the League, and is President of the Prineville Club and member of the State Board of Equalization for the seventh district.

Descendants of William C. Wills

1 William C. Wills b: 30 Jan 1838 in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN d: 07 Oct 1903 in Willow Creek, then Crook Co., OR
.. +Minerva Jane Waymire b: 05 Dec 1848 in Ellendale, Polk Co., OR m: 17 Jan 1867 in Polk Co., OR, MB: B-16, JohnWaymireHome d: 22 Jan 1883 in Willow Creek, Crook Co., OR
........ 2 Mary E. H. Wills b: 04 Feb 1867 in Dallas, Polk Co., OR d: 07 May 1929 in Prineville, Crook Co., OR
............ +Lewis Holmes "Lou" Hamilton b: 13 Jul 1863 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co., OR m: 01 Sep 1886 in Crook Co., OR d: 15 Jul 1944 in Prineville, Crook Co., OR
................... 3 Minerva Jane Hamilton b: 29 May 1887 in Hamilton, Grant Co., OR d: 24 Feb 1964 in Prineville, Crook Co., OR
....................... +Joseph Arthur Sawyer b: 1882 in Panguitch, Garfield Co., UT m: 02 May 1910 in Crook Co., Oregon
............................. 4 Arthur Lewis Sawyer b: 10 Apr 1910 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT
............................. 4 Living Sawyer
................................. +Ray Ellsworth b: 12 Apr 1908 in Goldendale, Klickitat Co., WA
............................. 4 George Ray Sawyer b: 08 May 1914 in Grizzly, Crook Co., (nowJeffersonCo), OR
............................. 4 Geraldine Sawyer b: 12 Apr 1915 in Madras, Jefferson Co., OR
................... 3 Carrie L. Hamilton b: 1889 in Hamilton, Grant Co., OR
....................... +Ernest F. McKenzie b: 22 Jun 1888 in Kansas m: 31 Dec 1911 in Crook Co., OR, MB: 2-248 4 kids
................... 3 George Earnest Hamilton b: 21 Nov 1890 in Hamilton, Grant Co., OR d: 26 May 1970 in Coquille, Coos Co., OR
....................... +Florence C. Montgomery b: 03 Jul 1891 in Grizzly, Crook Co., OR m: 10 Nov 1912 in Crook Co., OR, MB: 2-346
............................. 4 Margaret Hamilton b: 06 Dec 1915 in Bend, Deschutes Co., OR d: 1992 in Salem, OR
............................. 4 Edna Hamilton b: 1913 in Bend, Oregon
................... 3 Edith Elizabeth Hamilton b: 08 Feb 1896 in Grizzly, Crook Co., (nowJeffersonCo), OR d: Oct 1969
....................... +Clyde George Moore b: 23 Sep 1888 in Walterville, Lane Co., OR m: 08 Jun 1913 in Crook Co., OR, MB: 2-406
........ 2 William Edward Wills b: 16 Sep 1869 in Dallas, Polk Co., OR d: Aft. 1929 in Oregon
............ +Olive Nora m: 1891 in Oregon
................... 3 Agnes Benone Wills b: 22 Nov 1891 in Yaquina Bay, Benton Co., (now Lincoln Co), OR
................... 3 Priscilla Maud Wills b: 22 Jun 1892 in Willow Creek, Crook Co., (nowJeffersonCo), OR
................... 3 Cecil Lenora Wills b: 25 Dec 1894 in Chico, Curry Co., OR
................... 3 William Edward Wills b: 04 Feb 1898 in Willow Creek, Crook Co., (nowJeffersonCo), OR d: 27 Jul 1962 in Livermore, CA
................... 3 Wanda Wills
........ 2 Solomon L. Wills b: 22 Jan 1883 in Willow Creek, Crook Co., (nowJeffersonCo), OR d: Aft. May 1929 in California