Shelah Willis b 20 June 1805 NC m Phebe Nye 28 Aug 1829 d 04 May 1885 MI Phebe Nye b abt 1809 OH d abt 1846/7 MI Children: Emily b 06 Jan 1830 Warren Co., OH d 21 Jan 1915 Dowagiac, Cass Co., MI Cynthia A. b 1831 Berrien Co., MI Jasper F. b 1837 Berrien Co., MI d 24 May 1861 AL William E. b 1841 Berrien Co., MI d April 1862 Amanda b 1840 Berrien Co., MI Shelah married a second wife, Amerette Webster, on 19 Mar 1848 in Berrien Co., MI Amerette Webster b 18 Jan 1825 VA d 13 Sept 1887 Berrien Co., MI Children: John b 1849 d 31 May 1901 Pipstone Twp., Berrien Co., MI Elmira b 1849 m Harry Bowerman d 25 Mar 1905 Berrien Twp., Berrien Co., MI David b 1851 Jane b 1853 Ira b 15 June 1855 m Amelia Tuttle d 14 July 1910 Phebe 26 July 1858 Charles b 1860 Shelah is in the 1830 Fed Census for Franklin Twp., Warren Co., OH . Other Willis' listed are: James A., William, Elijah E. and Billy. Oral history has Shelah and Billy as children of James (John) Willis and Nancy Hite. James born on MD and Nancy in VA. Barbara