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Willis, R. G., Marilla, was born in Alden, October 4, 1820, son of Nathan and Betsey E. (Bissel) Willis. he
of New Hampshire and she of Massachusetts. Nathan settled in Alden in 1810, and died there in January, 1866; his
wife died in 1825. R. G. Willis was reared at farming and lumbering. In 1847 he married Elvira S., daughter of
Captain Edward Nye. They had two children: Emma M., wife of R. W. Austin of Marilla, and Helen E., wife of Herbert
Mason of Aurora. Mrs. Willis died in 1859, and he married, March 7, 1863, Elvira L. Pattengell; she was the daughter
of Oliver Pattengell and widow of Jonathan S. Kerr. They have one daughter, Hattie G., wife of Charles E. Hall
of Marilla. R. G. Willis has spent his life at milling, farming and hotel-keeping, and is now living retired with
his daughter, Mrs. Hall, his wife having died in 1896. Mr. Willis held several town offices, and is a man highly
esteemed.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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