Robert Graham & Ruth Smith (Four of his daughters married four of Rev. Daniel H. Willis, Sr.'s sons) Robert Graham: b. August 20, 1818; d. February 10, 1890 Married Ruth Smith (b. December 5, 1813 d. June 2, 1869) Both are buried at the Graham Cemetery - Forest Hill, Louisiana. Ruth had told Robert that wished to be buried at the top of a hill on their land near Forest Hill, La. She was and that hill is known today as the Graham Cemetery. Four of their daughters married four of Rev. Daniel H. Willis, Sr's sons: Julia Ann Graham married Daniel H. Willis, Jr., Demerius Graham married Calvin Willis, Annie Graham married Robert Willis and Maggie Graham married Dempsey Willis. Additional daughters of Robert and Ruth were: Elizabeth Graham who married Joel Merchant, Katherine Graham who married a Sermons, Emily Graham who married William Butter, Ruth Graham who married James Moore. Robert and Ruth also had two sons: William Graham who married Laura Dyer and Lorenzo Dow Graham who married Victoria Pickren. They had a total of 10 children. See Willis Ancestors at http://www.randywillis.org/ for Robert GRAHAM and Ruth SMITH Randy Willis [email protected] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 8:38 AM Subject: [LARAPIDE] re: Daniel Hubbard Willis > Daniel Herbert or Hubbard WILLIS Jr. and Julia Ann GRAHAM's marriage is > recorded in Rapides Parish, La. in Marriage Book W-23, page 53 and they were > married 5 Jan 1867. They had at least 11 children born 1867-1886. They are > buried in the Graham Family Cemetery in Rapides Parish. Daniel H. WILLIS Jr. > is the eldest child of 9 known children and son of Daniel H. WILLIS born 27 > December 1817 on Bayou Boeuf and was married 15 Mar 1838 in Rapides Parish to > Anna SLAUGHTER, according to "A History of the Baptists of Louisiana" > published in 1888 by Rev. Willism E. Paxton, D.D. > Daniel H. WILLIS was the son of Agerton WILLIS, eldest son of Rev. Joseph > WILLIS known as the Apostle of Opelousas in Paxton's book. > Daniel began to preach in 1847 was ordained a Bapitst minister in 1849 by > Elders Joseph WILLIS, B.C. ROBERT and John O'QUIN at the residence of Elder > Joseph WILLIS on Spring Creek in Rapides Parish. > Daniel's family was enumerated on Page 398 of the 1850 U.S. Census of > Calcasieu Parish, La. which puts him living somewhere south of Bayou Cocodrie > or west of the Calcasieu River. > Oral history says he went blind, while a resident of Babb's Bridge on Spring > Creek in Rapides Parish. > >