This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/3385.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I don't know who his parents were. I wish I did. I would guess he might be the son of Iredell C. Willis or Melvin P. WIllis. He was likely a descendant of James Willis (b. 1800) or one of his siblings. The old James Willis is one of my ancestors.