James B WILLS

1862 - 1941  (~ 78 years)

• Name	James B WILLS  [1]
  Born	Oct 1862	, , Texas, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1900	Holland, Bell, Texas, USA
  	butcher
  Census	1930	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  ED 147, pg 178A
  William T Bankston Head M 72 Mississippi Dora Bankston Wife F 63 Texas James B Wills B-in-l M 67 Texas Bernard B Bankston Son M 24 Texas
  Census	1940	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  ED 255-13, pg 44B
  Precinct 1 W T Bankston Head M 82 Texas Dora Bankston Wife F 73 Texas J B Wills B-in-l M 77 Texas William is a camp caretaker. This census says James is widowed but I don't believe it. There are several "Rest Camps" on Denton Drive where they live.
  Name	Jim Wills  [4]
  Died	21 Mar 1941	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [5]
  death certificate	22 Mar 1941
  	Ann Chaney of Dallas
  Buried	22 Mar 1941	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Address: Dallas City Cemetery Dallas County Dallas County, Texas
  Person ID	I3831	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Archibald WILLS,   b. Apr 1839, , , Missouri, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1925, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Mother	Rebecca PENNINGTON,   b. 1842, , , Missouri, USA ,   d. Bef 1881, , Bell, Texas, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1861	, Bell, Texas, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F1749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  His death certificate says very little about him and has his birth year wrong.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] 1870 Bell, TX, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341. James Wills [S47] 1870 Bell, TX, pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341. age 8, Texas [S84] 1900 Bell, TX, ED 20, pg 4B. age 37, Oct 1862, Texas [S84] 1900 Bell, TX, ED 20, pg 4B. Jim B Wills [S275] Death Certificate, Wills, Jim B #12043. [S142] Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk D pg 50. Archibald Wills to Rebecca Pennington, 10 Jan 1861, by M G Rainey, MG