Frank WILLIS

Father: Frank WILLIS
Mother: Mary Eva BOLES

Family 1: Eleanor O. BAKER

(1) 1910 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Canadian Town, Ward 3: Supervisor's District 13; Enumeration District 138; Sheet 18B; April 27, 1910: Frank and Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS are listed as married for 6 years.

  1. Maurine Elizabeth WILLIS
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Notes

Updated December 16, 2013. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) H. Allen Anderson, "WILLIS, FRANK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwiab). Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

This source includes a brief biography of Frank WILLIS Sr., father of Frank WILLIS. It states that Frank WILLIS Jr. was the son of Frank WILLIS Sr. and Mary Eva BOLES, daughter of Professor Newton BOLES. "In the spring of 1881 Governor Oran M. ROBERTS appointed WILLIS [Sr.] district judge of the newly formed Thirty-first Judicial District, which encompassed the unorganized counties of the Panhandle. Accordingly, WILLIS moved his family to Mobeetie and resided for a time in Henry FLEMING's old rock house on Sweetwater Creek. There a second son, Frank, Jr., was born in 1882… Subsequently, his sons also had distinguished legal careers, both serving as judges of the Eighty-Fourth Judicial District."

(2) 1910 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Canadian Town, Ward 3: Supervisor's District 13; Enumeration District 138; Sheet 18B; April 27, 1910.

Frank WILLIS is head of household, married to Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS. Their daughter Maureen E. WILLIS resides in the household.

- Age: 27; married for 6 years.
- Birthplace: Texas, with his father born in Indiana and his mother born in Tennessee.
- Occupation: Lawyer, own office.
- Home: Rents a house.

(3) U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Frank WILLIS
- Address: Canadian, Hemphill Co., Texas
- Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1882 (35 years old)
- Occupation: Lawyer working for self; Canadian, Texas
- Nearest Relative: Eleanor WILLIS (wife)
- Physical Characteristics: height - medium; build - stout; eyes - brown; hair - brown
- Date: September 12, 1918

(4) 1920 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Justice Precinct No. 1, Canadian Town, Ward 1: Supervisor's District 18; Enumeration District 142; Sheet 5B; January 6, 1920.

Frank WILLIS is head of household, married to Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS. Their daughter Maureen E. WILLIS resides in the household.

- Address: Main Street, residing at the Hotel Moody
- Age: 37 years old.
- Birthplace: Texas, with his father born in Indiana and his mother born in Kentucky.
- Occupation: Attorney at Law, Legal Office, working on his own accord.

(5) U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Amarillo, Texas via Ancestry.com

- 1928: WILLIS, Frank (Eleanor O.) atty 733-34 Amarillo bldg r1, 412 W 16th av

(6) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Frank WILLIS
- Birth: 1882
- Death: 1929
- Interment: February 21, 1929
- Spouse: Eleanor O BAKER WILLIS (1880 - 1944)
- Burial: Llano Cemetery; Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
- Plot: Section M1 Lot 29 Space D

(7) LaGrone, Leila B., editor, "A History of Panola County, Texas 1819-1978" (Panola County Historical Commission: Carthage, TX, 1979), page 363-364 (entry 426).

- Of Amarillo, TX. - Attorney.