NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11333 CHRISTIAN CO JOHN C. WILLIS Willis, Holland, Anderson, Clark 11333 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke District. JOHN C. WILLIS is a native of Christian County, Ky., having been born in 1845, and this has been his home all his life. His father, Clarke Willis, was born in 1804 in Orange County, Va., and with his parents removed to Grayson County, Ky., at the age of two years, where he continued to reside until he arrived at the estate of manhood; removed about 1830 to Christian County, Ky., where he died in 1867. The family are of old Virginia descent, and his grandfather, Lewis Willis, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Subjects mother, Louisa A., daughter of Richard Holland, was born in Fluvanna County, Va., in 1814, and came with her parents to Christian County in 1835; she is still living. Her father served in the war of 1812; her children are: Nancy V. (Anderson), Lewis R. and John C. Willis. On December 1, 1881, Mr. John C. Willis was united in marriage to Miss Willie, daughter of Mr. Ruben Clark of Memphis, Tenn., and to them one child, Morine, has been born. Mr. Willis vocation has always been that of a farmer, and he now has 400 acres of valuable and very productive land, which he is successfully cultivating in wheat, tobacco and stock, realizing a handsome remuneration for the investment, under judicious management. On his farm may be seen some fine specimens of cattle of the short-horn grade; he also has a track for training fast trotting-horses, and some animals now in his possession have already attained a speed that, a few years since, was not greatly surpassed by the celebrated trotters of the world. Mr. Willis, in politics, affiliates with the Democratic party. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx