1837 - 1932 (94 years)
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Name |
Saluda Elizabeth CROSS [1] |
Born |
9 Mar 1837 |
, , Missouri, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
Gender |
Female |
Residence |
15 May 1846 |
, , Texas, USA [7] |
Residence |
1855 |
Holland, Bell, Texas, USA [8] |
Pension |
1902 |
Mexican War |
- Index to Mexican War Pension Files, 1887-1926
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Census |
1910 |
Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA |
ED 25, pg 8A |
John C Wills Head M 32 Texas
Ida Wills Wife F 28 Texas
Saluda Wills Mother F 73 Kansas
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Census |
1920 |
, Bell, Texas, USA |
ED 30, pg 10A |
- Precinct 7
Johnnie Wills Head M 42 Texas
Ida Wills Wife F 38 Texas
Inez Wills Dau F 9 Texas
Marie Wills Dau F 5 Texas
Sulada Wills Mother F 82 Missouri
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Census |
1930 |
, Bell, Texas, USA |
ED 33, pg 6B |
- Precinct 7
Virgil A Wills Head M 65 Texas
Eula Wills Wife F 64 Tennessee
Saludie E Wills Mother F 93 Mississippi
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Pension |
21 Mar 1931 |
, Bell, Texas, USA |
Died |
7 Jan 1932 |
Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA [9] |
Cause: Senility |
Buried |
8 Jan 1932 |
, Bell, Texas, USA |
Address: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bell County Bell County, Texas |
Person ID |
I3690 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
Last Modified |
19 Nov 2014 |
Father |
James Madison CROSS, b. 1811, , , Virginia, USA , d. 1898, , , Texas, USA (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
Lucy BAILEY, b. 1812, , , Virginia, USA , d. 1895, , , Texas, USA (Age 83 years) |
Married |
Abt 1835 |
Family ID |
F1750 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
William Riley WILLS, b. 3 Aug 1828, , Clay, Missouri, USA , d. 27 Apr 1902, , Bell, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) |
Married |
10 Mar 1853 |
, Bell, Texas, USA [10, 11] |
Children |
| 1. Lucy A WILLS, b. 22 May 1854, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 21 May 1936, , Archer, Texas, USA (Age 81 years) |
| 2. Thomas A WILLS, b. 3 Jan 1856, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 19 May 1873, , Bell, Texas, USA (Age 17 years) |
| 3. Almyra L WILLS, b. 1858, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. Mar 1891, , , Texas, USA (Age 33 years) |
| 4. Amy J WILLS, b. 20 May 1860, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 1 Mar 1953, Ozona, Crockett, Texas, USA (Age 92 years) |
| 5. James Riley WILLS, b. 14 Feb 1863, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 2 Jul 1937, , Scurry, Texas, USA (Age 74 years) |
| 6. Virgil Alexander WILLS, b. 26 Jan 1865, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 4 May 1934, Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA (Age 69 years) |
| 7. William David WILLS, b. 1867, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 1869, , Bell, Texas, USA (Age 2 years) |
| 8. Mary E WILLS, b. May 1870, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 1925, , , Texas, USA (Age ~ 54 years) |
| 9. Curtis Edward WILLS, b. 16 Dec 1872, , Bell, Texas, USA , d. 1922, , Bell, Texas, USA (Age 49 years) |
| 10. Oliver Sampson WILLS, b. 10 Jun 1875, Belton, Bell, Texas, USA , d. 22 May 1951, Fluvanna, Scurry, Texas, USA (Age 75 years) |
| 11. John Cross WILLS, b. 16 Aug 1877, , , Texas, USA , d. 25 Mar 1961, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 83 years) |
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Last Modified |
17 Nov 2014 |
Family ID |
F1555 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 9 Mar 1837 - , , Missouri, USA |
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| Residence - 15 May 1846 - , , Texas, USA |
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| Married - 10 Mar 1853 - , Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Residence - 1855 - Holland, Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Census - ED 25, pg 8A - 1910 - Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Census - ED 30, pg 10A - 1920 - , Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Census - ED 33, pg 6B - 1930 - , Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Pension - 21 Mar 1931 - , Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Died - Cause: Senility - 7 Jan 1932 - Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA |
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| Buried - Address: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bell County Bell County, Texas - 8 Jan 1932 - , Bell, Texas, USA |
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Pin Legend |
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Notes |
- Newspaper article:
Mrs. Saluda Wills
This is Mrs. Saluda Wills of Killeen who was recently honored with a birthday dinner by her children and other relatives. Mrs. Wills is 90 years of age. At the dinner were two of her brothers, Quinley Cross, 72, and V. A. Cross, 80, both of Brownwood.
Mrs. Wills came from Mississippi to Texas at the age of 10 and married W. A. Wills at Holland when she was only 15. Her husband died about 20 years ago. She has lived in Bell County 80 years. Her surviving children are: Oliver, Jim, John and Verge Wills, the latter two of Killeen. Mrs. John C. Cox of Killeen and Mrs. Jones Miller of Ozona are daughters.
Mrs. Wills is very active for her age. A favorite recreation is to do art work, fancy embroidering, etc., which she presents to her children as keepsakes.
Mrs. Wills draws a Mexican War pension, of which ____ ____ ___ only two others in Texas are entitled to.
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Sources |
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
- [S352] History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company; 1893), ppg 716-717.
"Mr Wills was married in the spring of 1853, to Miss Saluda Cross, who was born March 9, 1837, and a daughter of James Cross"
- [S34] 1860 Bell, TX, pg 58 (324).
age 23, Missouri
- [S19] 1850 Milam, TX, pg 16A, hh #420/436.
age 13, Missouri
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
"age 94 March 9, 1837" date 2/7/1931 "I was born March 9, 1836, and will, therefore, be 94 years of age on March 9, 1931. I was born in Mississippi..."
- [S275] Death Certificate, Wills, Saluda E #D144.
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
"I have been a bona fide resident of this state continuously since the 15 day of May A.D. 1846" "I was born in Mississippi, and came to Texas in 1848"
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
"We settled in Bell County, Texas, in 1855, near where the town of Holland, Bell County, Texas, now stands."
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
"...Mrs. Saluda E. Wills, died on the 7th day of January, 1932, near Killeen, Texas"
- [S544] Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2, Limmer, E A Jr., (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), pg 1006.
- [S483] Pension File, Wills, Saluda Elizabeth #49469.
"I was married to him on the 8th day of March A.D. 1852, in the county of Bell..."
This is recorded as 10 Mar 1853, in Bell County, by M W Dameron, JP.
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