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    1. Re: [ERATH] Re: JACKSONS/WILLIS
    2. Charles A. Wyly
    3. Hi, Driskill, Turley, Stephens, Willis- all in Erath County Roy Driskill lived in the Pony Creek area in 1940-50's, at least in Three Way School Dist. of today. I remember the Turleys being there, but dad knew them personally better than I- can remember no details except one was named Bill Turley. Several families of Jacksons county wide. Check census film at your library. Willis- "Hub" Willis was a Stephenville cabinet maker on Huckaby highway in 1930-40's . Grandmother had him to make her a kitchen cabinet and a quilt box- the latter was made from ceiling board and so snug that mice and bugs never got in it. Manete Willis worked in Hillsboro - Hill County Courthouse tax office with my wife Jeannie. She was from Abbott and in addition to her kids she raised 2 more you may know of- her kin- Willie Nelson and Sister, when they used to play for Methodist and Babtist Churches in Abbott. Willie also played with Rejcek Bros. Polka Band. A few miles down I-35 in Bellmead, McLennan County was another Willis family who had a daughter who became the Texas Governor Ann Richards. Ann's former husband had a home with pool in Hillsboro. Willis , Wylly, Wyllys, Wyly, Wylie, Wiley are all dimunitives of William and the spellings seem to have become consistent with King William the Conqueror. Before tht father and son did not always have the last name spelled the same. Willie Blount of Tennessee pronounced his name Wyly Blount. If you search Georgia Land records and census, one would think there would be a slew of Wylly in the U.S. 200 years later, but I have net met a living one or seen it in a phone book travelling. Did the name run out due to no male heirs? some branches of the Wyly family have done just that- in some branches there were no male heirs- in others 2 or 3 out of 10 might have been boys. Take care, Charles Wyly

    10/14/1999 08:08:48