NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11182: MERCER CO – WILLIS – McGEE, Willis, McGee, Lillard, Boice, Garrett, Walker, McGee, Starns, Irvin, Lyen, Beadles, Starnes, Turpen, Smith, Finnell #11182: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Mercer Co. Henry Clinton Willis was born February 20, 1831, in Mercer County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and has always resided. His father, Joseph Willis, a native of Mercer County, was a farmer and slave-holder, a reformer, a Whig, and died in 1`854, aged about sixty-six years. He first married a Miss Lillard, and their children were James, William, Joseph, Elizabeth (Boice) and Mary (Garrett). His second wife was Margaret Walker, and their offspring are Henry C. and Samuel. Henry C. married December 31, 1868, Mrs. Amanda H., widow of John J. McGee, and daughter of James B. and Lucretia (Starns) Irvin of Mercer County (born May 14, 1884) and from their union sprang Dora E and Benna L. John J. McGee, was born March 17, 1816, and died August 7, 1864. He was a farmer and hotel-keeper, and lost twenty-five slaves as a result of the late war. He was the son of Joseph McGee, born in 1778, reared in Mercer County, and died in 1853. His father was John McGee a real pioneer in Mercer County. In 1800 Joseph married Nancy Lyen, and their children were Harvey, James, David (deceased), Thely (Beadles) and John J. November 2, 1854, John J. married Miss Amanda H. Irvin, and to them were born Joseph I., December 18, 1858 (died in 1862), William Henry, September 12, 1862, and John J., December 14, 1864. James B. Irvin was born July 2, 1802, in Madison County, Ky. He married Lucretia Starnes, and their children were Mary J. (Turpen), Eliza A. (Smith), Amanda H. (McGee and Willis), James F., Henry C. (died in the army), Sallie E. (Finnell), Manta D. (Allen), Samuel W. and Benjamin B. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGPublishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/