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Captain Willis

ID Number: T03981

Biographical Data
Basic Identification

Gender: male

Ethnicity:

Immigration:

Attributed Race: black

Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: 1873/12/25

Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia

Mother:

Father:

1st Spouse: Margaret “Maggie” Butler Willis

2nd Spouse: male

Age Details

Age: 46

Age Group: adult (20-59)

Life Details

Occupation(s): president of business college; proprietor of drug store; traveling salesman; insurance agent

Last Church: Court Street Baptist Church

Military Service: none

Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia

Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1920/07/19

Death Note: none

Place of Death: Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Cause of Death: acute indigestion

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1920/07/23

Funeral Home: unknown (S. J. Walson in NC)

Diuguid ID Number:

Indigent?: unknown

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes

Section: 105.Z

Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker

Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown

Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker

Notes

Member of True Reformers

Others In Same Plot (T0114)
Full Name
Birth Date
Death Date
Daniel (Sr.) (A.?) Butler
1847/10/unknown
1911/03/07
Royal Pleasant Butler
c.1850/unknown/unknown
1911/11/29
Mary Eliza Johnson Butler
c.1855//
1932/01/16
Daniel Butler
c.1875/06/17
1942/11/08
Obituary and Biographical Detials

1910 LCD:
– President of Mt. Chine Business College, 902 Fifth
– Proprietor of Mt. Chine Drug Store, 904 Fifth
-Residence 712 Harrison Street

[These business moved to Southern Aid Society Building sometime before 1920.]

1910 census: insurance agent

1920 census: traveling salesman of toilet goods (residence 712 Harrison Street with his wife and mother-in-law)