Married December 5, 1833 in Irwin County, Georgia.
Sallie was the daughter of Joseph Sumner and
Mahala Smith. She was their second child.
Born in Emanuel County,
Georgia.
Sallie died at the age of 45 in
Ty Ty, Worth County, Georgia
Marriage Note:
Marraige: Evans, tadd, Irwin County Georgia
Marraige records, 1820-1928, pub by Tadd Evans, Savannah, GA 1993, p
170, Sarah married to Willis, Benjamin 5. Dec 1833
Melissa Gooden (1837-??)
After the death of Sarah (Sallie) Sumner Willis in 1861, Benjamin married 30
year old Melissa Gooden on December 19, 1867 in Worth County, Georgia.
Children of Benjamin and
Sarah Sumner:(they had
seven children)
Matilda Willis
(1835-1847)
Born in Irwin County, Georgia
married to
James W. Thornhill
(??-??), Oct 17, 1865, Worth
County, GA
Daniel Willis
(March 26, 1837 - Dec. 5, 1906)
Married to
Rachel Narcissa Young
(??-??)
born and died in Worth County,
Georgia
John Willis
(1839- April 13, 1863) Died in Macon Confederate Army
Hospital
Died of disease in Macon,
Georgia hospital while in Confederate Army, Company B, 10th Georgia
Battalion.
William G. Willis
(1840 - March 4, 1863) Died in Macon Confederate Army Hospital
Died of "chronic diarrhea" in
Macon, Georgia hospital while in Confederate Army, Company B, 10th Georgia
Battalion at rank of 4th Corporal
Married
William Hobby
(9/9/1941-12/8/??) on October 25, 1866 in Worth
County, GA, [See
Marriage Book 1 W Worth Co, GA pg 148]
born in Irwin County, Georgia
Died in Pine Forest, Worth
County, Georgia
Mary Willis
(Nov. 10, 1844 - Dec. 21, 1909)
married to
John F. Brooks (??-??)
in Worth County, Georgia on March 6, 1868.
born in Irwin County, Georgia
buried in Brooks Family
Cemetery, Oklahoma
Joseph Willis
(Dec. 2, 1846 - Oct. 14, 1921)
Married to
Rachel Land (??-??)
born in Irwin County, Georgia
Died in Worth County, Georgia
Cynthia Willis
(March 4, 1848 - July 9, 1909)
Married to
Jim Trammell (??-??)
and later to Walter Hannon
(??-??)
Born in Irwin County, Georgia
Died in Tift County, Georgia.
George Willis
(1851-??)
Born in Irwin County, Georgia
Martha Willis
(August 27, 1854 - July 15, 1940)
Married to
Luke Sapp Thompson (Feb
23, 1856-June 1, 1920)(3)
Born and died in Sumner, Worth
County, Georgia
Franny Willis
(1855-??)
Born in Irwin County, Georgia
Nancy Willis
(1856-1858)
Born and died in Worth County,
Georgia
Sarah Willis
(1858 - 1885)
Married
Richard Jefferson Davis
(??-??) in 1876
Born and died in Worth County,
Georgia
James Willis
(1861-??)
Born in Worth County, Georgia
Children of Benjamin and
Melissa Gooden:(they had
one child?)
Francis Willis
(1866-??)
Born in Irwin County, Georgia
History Notes
Irwin County was split to
establish Worth County which explains why so many of the children show both
counties.
Benjamin Willis
VI was born 1810 in
Telfair County, Georgia, and died May 4, 1882 in Irwin County, Georgia.
Benjamin Willis
enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army on July
6, 1864 and was discharged that same year due to "Old Age" He was 54 years
old.
Benjamin
and Sallie
had four sons who served in the Confederate Army:
Daniel Willis
- Company B, 10th Georgia Battalion, enlisted May 13, 1862, surrendered at
Appomatox, Va. Fought at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and
Petersburg (short siege)
John Willis
- Died of disease in Macon, Georgia hospital while in Confederate Army,
Company B, 10th Georgia Battalion.
William G. Willis
- Died of "chronic diarrhoea" in Macon, Georgia hospital while in
Confederate Army, Company B, 10th Georgia Battalion at rank of 4th
Corporal
Joseph Willis
- Company F, 10th Georgia Militia
Notes from 1860 Census:
Benjamin Willis
owned real estate valued at $3,500 and personal estate valued at $5,700
Neither
Benjamin nor his wife,
Sallie Sumner Willis
could read or write.
Notes from 1870 Census:
Benjamin Willis
owned real estate valued at $2,000 and personal
estate valued at $3,000
The 4 year old
Francis Willis living
in the household at the 1870 census is not the child of
Benjamin & Melissa with
ABSOLUTE certainty; if she is, she was obviously conceived prior to the
Dec 19, 1867 marriage.
Also living in the household
with Benjamin
and Melissa at
the 1870 census were Cynthia, George, Martha,
Sarah, Franny and
James from his marriage
with Sallie (Sarah) Sumner.
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