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Elizabeth Anna Willis was born October 5, 1872, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of James Willis and Amy Harmon.
Elizabeth's family apparently left Illinois between 1875 and 1879. Eight year old Anna appears on the 1880 Faulkner County, Arkansas census in Benton Township with her family.
Elizabeth married Brantley Hawkins Wallis in Oklahoma. Brantley Wallis was born February 5, 1873, at Holly Springs, Missouri, the son of Dudley B. Wallis and Lucy Musick.
Brantley died March 25, 1941, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Elizabeth died Mary 22, 1969, at Alderson, in Pittsburg County. They are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at McAlester, in Pittsburg County.
Children of Brantley Wallis and Elizabeth Willis
1. Bertha Wallis, b. Dec 16, 1895, OK; d. July 1979, McAlester, OK; bur. Oak Hill Cem; m. Oakford Lawrence Gilpin and Grover Myrick. Lawrence Gilpin was b. 1894, Somerset, KY; d. Aug 30, 1960; bur. Oak Hill Cem. Grover Myrick was b. Dec 10, 1893; d. Aug 20, 1980. No children.
2. Melmouth Wilson Wallis, b. July 6, 1897, OK; d. May 22, 1972, Bakersfield CA; m. Pauline Buch. No children.
3. William Musick Wallis, b. 1899, OK
4. Schyler Jack Wallis, b. Oct 12, 1900, OK; d. Apr 30, 1942, San Francisco, CA; never married
5. Amy Lucille Wallis, b. 1904, Pittsburg Co, OK