Capt Daniel Shackleford WILLS

1829 - 1910  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Daniel Shackleford WILLS  [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	Oct 1829	, , Missouri, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Property	28 Apr 1856
  (bought) 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, TX, from James B Wills
  Census	18 Aug 1860	, Mason, Texas, USA
  pg 10
  Fort Mason Daniel B Wills M 24 Missouri Elizabeth Wills F 19 Alabama John Wills M 2 Texas Louisa Wills F 1 Texas
  Census	2 Aug 1870	, Mason, Texas, USA
  Fort Mason 3rd image of 5 The left side of the page containing the names is torn off but Daniel is listed on the Agricultural Schedule.
  Occupation	Abt 1880
  	Indian hunter
  Census	1885	, Lincoln, New Mexico, USA
  ED 14, pg 8
  Penasco, Precinct 9, hh #39 Danl Wills Head M 59 Missouri E Wills Wife F 48 Alabama Alice Wills Dau F 19 Texas Wm Wills Son M 16 Texas James Wills Son M 13 Texas Marian Wills Dau F 13 Texas Alvin Wills Son M 8 Texas Daniel's occupation is ranchman
  Residence	1893	, , New Mexico, USA   [3]
  Pension	1899	, , Arizona, USA
  Mexican War
  Census	1900	, Graham, Arizona, USA
  ED 22, pg 4A
  Fort Grant Daniel S Wills Head M 70 Oct 1829 Missouri m. 45 yrs. Pimelia E Wills Wife F 60 Feb 1840 Alabama 10/7 children Seda Marsh G-dau F 14 Aug 1885 New Mexico Kirby Marsh G-son M 15 1884 New Mexico
  Census	16 May 1910	Pirtleville, Cochise, Arizona, USA
  ED 20, pg 39B
  John Wills Head M 54 Texas Anna J Wills Wife F 58 Mississippi Etta Wills Dau F 25 New Mexico Daniel Wills Father M 80 Missouri
  Obituary	Oct 1910
  newspaper
  Funeral of Daniel S Wills The funeral of Daniel S Wills, who died Thursday, will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The masons will have charge of the services. There is no newspaper name or date on the scan I saw.
  Died	20 Oct 1910	Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, USA   [4]
  	Cause: epithe??? of the face
  Buried	22 Oct 1910	, Cochise, Arizona, USA
  	Address: Queen Addition Cochise County Cochise County, Arizona
  Person ID	I3681	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	James B WILLS,   b. 1798, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1872, , , Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Amy W SHACKELFORD,   b. 1800, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef 1871, , , Texas, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1816	, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA   [5, 6]
  	married by Benjamin W. Lane.
  Family ID	F1339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Permelia Elizabeth BLACK,   b. Feb 1840, , , Alabama, USA ,   d. Bef 1901, , , Arizona, USA  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	1855	, , Texas, USA   [7, 8]
  Children	1. John Alexander WILLS,   b. 25 Dec 1856, , McCulloch, Texas, USA ,   d. 21 Nov 1939, Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA  (Age 82 years)   2. Louisa J WILLS,   b. 1859, , McCulloch, Texas, USA ,   d. Bef 1899  (Age 39 years)   3. Amanda Elizabeth WILLS,   b. 28 Dec 1866, , McCulloch, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1945, , Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. Mary Alice WILLS,   b. 10 Dec 1866, , McCulloch, Texas, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1933, Coleman, Coleman, Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)   5. William Albert WILLS,   b. 22 Jun 1869, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1936, Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, USA  (Age 67 years)   6. James Wilson WILLS,   b. 19 Nov 1871, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1955, Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA  (Age 83 years)   7. Marion Francis WILLS,   b. 19 Nov 1873, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 22 Feb 1925, Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, USA  (Age 51 years)   8. Forrest Alvin WILLS,   b. 13 Aug 1877, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 3 May 1923, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I am unsure of everything about Captain Dan after he left Texas. Mamaw said "one of them went off to New Mexico and was never heard from again". There is an article in Frontier Times Magazine called "Lost Creek and Voca in McCulloch County" by Clarence Snider, Vol 23, No 11, dated August 1946. It discusses the early settlers of the area and Dan Wills is mentioned. There is a similar article in Frontier Times Magazine, Vol 11, No 10. Vol 6 No 3, December 1928, also mentions Dan. Another article, a history of Camp San Saba, mentions Dan in Vol 10, No 6, plus several other articles. I believe the family was in New Mexico in 1880 and out of reach of the Federal Census Bureau; there were only 12 counties in 1880. He homesteaded 160 acres in Otero. The southeast corner is in the general area of the intersection of Hwy 82 and Rio Penasco - east of Alamagordo in what is now the Lincoln National Forest and included Mayhill. It's pretty much just dry desert canyons. NM0130__.172 Patentee WILLS, DANIEL S 1/30/1892 797 NM New Mexico PM 016S - 014E NE¼NW¼ 35 Otero 016S - 014E S½SW¼ 26 Otero 016S - 014E SW¼SE¼ 26 Otero NMNMAA 010189 Patentee WILLS, DANIEL S --- NM New Mexico PM 016S - 014E S½SW¼ 26 Otero 016S - 014E SW¼SE¼ 26 Otero 016S - 014E NE¼NW¼ 35 Otero (Medical):skin cancer?

  
  

• Sources

  [S680] 1900 Graham, AZ, ED 22, pg 4A. Daniel S Wills [S680] 1900 Graham, AZ, ED 22, pg 4A. age 70, Oct 1829, Missouri [S352] History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company; 1893), 716-717. [S275] Death Certificate, Willis, Daniel #236. This certificate actually names Daniel Willis but the informant is William E Wills. [S795] Rutherford Co, TN, Marriage Book, (TNGenWeb.org). James B Wills to Amy W Shackleford [She has 1810 but it may be 1816.] [S1328] Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002, (FamilySearch.org), Wills, James B. to Amy W Shackleford, 3 Jan 1810, Rutherford County [S1037] 1860 Mason, TX, pg 76. [S680] 1900 Graham, AZ, ED 22, pg 4A. married 45 years