Capt Daniel S WILLS

1829 - 1910  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Daniel S WILLS  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	Oct 1829	, , Missouri, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	10 Dec 1848	, , Texas, USA   [4]
  	Bell's Reg't Texas Mounted Vols, Capt Ross' 4th Service
  Property	28 Apr 1856	, Bell, Texas, USA
  (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   [5]
  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	13 Oct 1904	, Cochise, Arizona, USA   [6]
  Voters List
  He was a 75 year old rancher and lived at Douglas.
  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.
  Death	20 Oct 1910	Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, USA   [7]
  	Cause: epithe??? of the face
  Burial	22 Oct 1910	, Cochise, Arizona, USA
  	Address: Queen Addition Arizona Cochise County
  Person ID	I3681	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James B WILLS,   b. 1798, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1872, , , Texas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Amy W SHACKELFORD,   b. 1800, , , Virginia, USA d. Bef 1871, , , Texas, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1816	, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA   [8, 9]
  	married by Benjamin W. Lane.
  Family ID	F1339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Permelia Elizabeth BLACK,   b. Feb 1840, , , Alabama, USA d. Bef 1911, , , Arizona, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	1855	, , Texas, USA   [10, 11]
  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)
  Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Oct 1829 - , , Missouri, USA Military - Bell's Reg't Texas Mounted Vols, Capt Ross' 4th Service - 10 Dec 1848 - , , Texas, USA Marriage - 1855 - , , Texas, USA Property - (bought) 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, TX, from James B Wills - 28 Apr 1856 - , Bell, Texas, USA Census - pg 10 - 18 Aug 1860 - , Mason, Texas, USA Census - 2 Aug 1870 - , Mason, Texas, USA Census - ED 14, pg 8 - 1885 - , Lincoln, New Mexico, USA Residence - 1893 - , , New Mexico, USA Pension - Mexican War - 1899 - , , Arizona, USA Census - ED 22, pg 4A - 1900 - , Graham, Arizona, USA Census - Voters List - 13 Oct 1904 - , Cochise, Arizona, USA Census - ED 20, pg 39B - 16 May 1910 - Pirtleville, Cochise, Arizona, USA Death - Cause: epithe??? of the face - 20 Oct 1910 - Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, USA Burial - Address: Queen Addition Arizona Cochise County - 22 Oct 1910 - , Cochise, Arizona, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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 (Medical):skin cancer?

  
  

• Sources

  [S680] 1900 Graham, AZ, ED 22, pg 4A. Daniel S Wills [S513] Senn, Ima Holder, Capt. Daniel Shackleford Wills. [S680] 1900 Graham, AZ, ED 22, pg 4A. age 70, Oct 1829, Missouri [S2567] Mexican War Index, (FamilySearch.org), Pvt Daniel Wills, age 19. [S352] History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company; 1893), 716-717. [S2827] Cochise County, Voting Records, 1882-1932, (FamillySearch.org), Wills, Dan S. [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