Riches to Rags Family Tree » Dempsy Wright Willis (1825-1917)
Personal data Dempsy Wright Willis
Source 1- He was born on September 5, 1825 in Irwin, Georgia, United States.
- Alternative: He was born on September 5, 1825 in Irwin County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on May 8, 1917 in Ty Ty, Tift, Georgia, United States, he was 91 years old.
- Alternative: He died on May 8, 1917 in Ty Ty, Tift County, Georgia, USA, he was 91 years old.
- A child of Benjamin Willis and Margaret Blansett Morrison
- A child of Benjamin Willis and Margaret Blansett Morrison
Household of Dempsy Wright Willis
(1) He is married to Mary Ann Easom Baker.
They got married on November 18, 1847 at Irwin, Georgia, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Nancy Mellisa Willis 1847-1933
- Amanda Melviney Willis 1850-1922
- Sarah Ann Willis 1851-1933
- Basheba Jane Willis 1853-1872
- Thomas Wright Willis 1854-1903
- Sally Ann Willis 1857-1863
- Eliza Willis 1859-1928
- Nicholas Littleton Willis 1861-1936
- Cynthia Willis 1862-1946
- William Wright "Billy" Willis 1864-1955
- John Risby Willis 1866-1940
- Mary Polly Ann Willis 1868-1945
- Florah Willis 1870-1883
- Maryann Easom Willis 1872-1961
(2) He is married to Mary Ann Easum Baker.
They got married on November 18, 1847 at Irwin County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Dempsey Right Willis 1844-1925
- Nancy Mellisa Willis 1847-1933
- Amanda Melvina Willis 1850-1922
- Sarah Ann Elizabeth Willis 1851-1933
- Basheba Jane Willis 1853-1872
- Thomas Wright Willis 1854-1903
- Sallie Ann Willis 1857-1863
- Eliza Jane Willis Hardy 1859-1928
- Nicholas Littleton Willis 1861-1936
- Cynthia Willis 1862-1946
- William "Billy" M Willis 1864-1955
- John Risby Willis 1866-1940
- Mary Polly Ann Willis 1868-1945
- Florah Willis 1870-1883
- Maryann Easom Willis Overstreet 1872-1961
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Historical events
Birthday September 5, 1825
- The temperature on September 5, 1825 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig zwaar . Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
- January 27 » The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
- February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
- February 9 » After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
- June 11 » The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
- September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
- October 9 » Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
Day of marriage November 18, 1847
- The temperature on November 18, 1847 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
- January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
- April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
- September 12 » Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
Day of death May 8, 1917
- The temperature on May 8, 1917 was between 2.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Same birth/death day
- 1817 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright († 1875)
- 1818 » Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor († 1848)
- 1826 » John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman († 1884)
- 1827 » Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter († 1849)
- 1829 » Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor († 1908)
- 1831 » Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright († 1908)
- 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
- 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
- 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
- 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
- 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
- 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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