Family of Ida Jane WILLIS

Birth: 14 JUN 1872 (Winn Parish, LA)
Death: 10 SEP 1921* (Winn Parish, LA)
Burial: Hebron Cemetery (Winn Parish, LA)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
Jacob Luther WILLIS b. 31 MAY 1785 (NC) d. 12 APR 1861 Sarah ROGERS b. about 1795 (GA) d. after 1860	William Hiram WILLIS b. 5 APR 1820 (MS) d. 17 JAN 1881	Martha A. E. WILLIS b. 31 DEC 1847 (LA) d. 21 NOV 1915 Jonathan E. WILLIS b. JUL 1850 (LA) d. between 1850-1860 William Harvey (“Harve”) WILLIS b. 27 OCT 1852 (LA) d. 28 JUL 1938 Isaac A. WILLIS b. 22 NOV 1855 (LA) d. 9 DEC 1911	Nancy S. WILLIS b. 27 JAN 1858 (LA) d. 3 DEC 1925 Alice E. TYRONE b. 26 APR 1859 (LA) d. 22 AUG 1921 Mary Florine TYRONE b. 5 JUN 1862 (LA) d. 26 JAN 1941 Julius Luther WILLIS b. 14 MAR 1867 (LA) d. 22 APR 1934	Amos Obediah WILLIS b. 17 APR 1869 (LA) d. 30 APR 1943 John Bunyan WILLIS b. 16 JUN 1873 (LA) d. 1 NOV 1938 Louella WILLIS b. about 1874 (LA) d. between 1880-1900 Ada E. WILLIS b. 5 MAR 1876 (LA) d. 11 MAR 1941
Amos MCCARTY b. 17 DEC 1792 (SC) d. 16 MAY 1851 Mary Elizabeth WALKER b. 7 JAN 1798 (SC) d. 5 OCT 1837	Sarah Jane MCCARTY b. 8 MAY 1835 (MS) d. 7 JUN 1901

Spouse	Marriage	Children
unknown	unknown	Levia Anna HIGDON** b. 30 AUG 1888 (LA) d. 22 NOV 1954
Walter Vernon (“Walt”) HIGDON b. FEB 1872 (LA) d. 23 NOV 1937	9 JUL 1891 Winn Parish, LA	Timothy Marcella (“Tim”) HIGDON b. 27 OCT 1892 (LA) d. 27 AUG 1946

*This date of death is from Ida's tombstone. The Louisiana Death Index gives her date of death as 24 SEP 1921.

**The 1900 census lists Levia as Walter Vernon HIGDON's stepdaughter. Based on her marriage and death records, she used the HIGDON surname before her marriage to Henry M. FOX.

Obituary for Walter Vernon (“Walt”) HIGDON
Tombstone of Walter Vernon (“Walt”) HIGDON
Tombstone of Ida Jane WILLIS

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Last updated on February 23, 2018.