I think I started something that I like very much. Now, cousins, lets keep it up, we have enough family to ask about someone almost daily, certainly weekly, Here is my line starting with me: Estelle Marie Willis, born in Chilton Co. Alabama to Edgar Clifton Willis (Chilton)and Emma Lee Ellison, of Shelby Co Al. They had four children, I was the youngest, I really have only one or two memories of my father, he died at age 37. His father was Joseph Yerby Willis (Chilton Co) His Mother was Elenor Loutish Robinson who had been married for very short time before to a Benson, and they had one daughter, Lillian, who was my fathers half sister. There were five other siblings. My grandfather was called Joe, and was killed on the railroad on Chrismas Eve, in 1908. My grandmother had died in childbirth in 1902, my father was born in 1900, so he was an orphan very young, but the famiy all stayed together, Joe's oldest brother "Uncle Billy" helped rear them.My grgrandfather was Joseph Yerby Willis (Sr) born in N.C. and came to Alabama in the 1830'safter several years in TN. He married in 1842 in Coosa Co Al to Lettice Ann (Lettie) Williams, they had nine children.Most have stayed in the Alabama area, living around Shelby, where there was a booming iron works, and thriving towns, that are no more. His father was William Willis, from N.C.I spend most of my time looking for his family. All I have is the marriage to Cicily Coats in Rowan Co N.C. in 1812, and first child born there was James Wilburn in 1812. Two other children, born in Tn, Mary Margaret, ( Polly) who married James William Usrey in Shelby Co in 1850.John Wesley Willis,TN married Winifred (Winnie) Williams, sister to Lettie, in 1852 in Shelby Co Al. He was killed at chattanooga Tn in Civil War. So lets spend pleasant winter moments talking to each other, this way, Stella