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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           JOHN WILLS, farmer, section 9, Hume Township, was born Dec. 28,
        1823, in County Mayo, Ireland. His parents removed to Canada in
        1833, where they were farmers and passed the remainder of their
        lives. They have been dead about 35 years.  MR. WILLS remained
        under the roof of his parents until his first marriage in 1844,
        to MARGERY WILLS.  Four children were born of their union, —
        WILLIAM, ELENOR, ELIZABETH (deceased) and JAMES. Those who survive
        are married and settled in life. In the winter of 1852-3, while Mr.
        and Mrs. WILLS were making a little trip on the ice, on Lake
        Ontario, MR. WILLS skating and drawing his wife on a hand-sled,
        they found themselves unexpectedly in an air-hole. They went under,
        and MRS. WILLS was drowned!  Help came, but too late to save her,
        and MR. WILLS was insensible and recovered only after the most
        strenuous efforts to recall his life. He was again married, in
        1854, to BESSIE WILLS. She was born in Ontario, of Irish parentage,
        and died about one year after her marriage.  MR. WILLS was married
        a third time, March 9, 1859, at Port Huron, to RACHEL WRISK, and of
        this union seven children have been born, one of whom is deceased.
        They are ELIZABETH, JENNIE, ROBERT J., JOSEPH, MAGGIE, MINNIE
        (deceased) and JAMES.  MRS. WILLS is the eldest daughter, and one
        of nine children that were born to her parents, WILLIAM and LUCINDA
        (SMITH) WRISK. The latter were born respectively in Ireland and
        Ontario. They are now residents of Kent Co., Ont., the former being
        80 and the latter 68 years of age at the present time.  MRS. WILLS
        was born in Raleigh, Ont., Feb. 17, 1836.
           In 1859 MR. WILLS came to Huron County and located on the lake-
        side in Hume Township. After a residence three years, he entered a
        claim of 80 acres where he has since resided, and nearly all of
        which is now cleared and improved.
           MR. WILLS enlisted in the military service of the United States
        Aug. 23, 1863, enrolling in Co. F, 23d Mich. Vol. Inf. The regiment
        was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, and MR. WILLS while in
        the service did picket duty, chiefly on account of impaired health.
        He is a Republican in political persuasion. He was brought up in
        the English Church, and his wife was reared in the tenets of the
        Methodist Church.

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