Willis ROCKWELL

1. Moved from Kentucky to Clinton county, Missouri about 1853.

2. Owned land in Clinton county (Sec 3 in Atchison twp.) near the town

of Gower.

3. Reverend Josiah and Elizabeth F. Braly were located in the 1880 Brown

county, Kansas census, Irving twp. After Elizabeth's death, Josiah

married secondly Rhoda E. who was born in Alabama in 1844.

4. Shadrick and Louisa C. Braly were in Oregon in 1869 and were located

in the 1880 census of Contra Costa county, California. They were not

located in the Soundex for OR or CA in 1900.

5. Tazwell and Wealthy Parr were in Doniphan county, KS in 1869.

6. Richard H. Rockwell was in the 1880 and 1900 census of Clinton county,

MO in Lafayette twp. He owned 80 acres of land in the W 1/2 of the SW

qtr of Sec 9-56-32.

7. Marion and Mary A. or J. Riggs were in the 1880 Johnson county, MO

census, page 501, Grover twp.

8. John M. Rockwell was a liveryman in Gower, MO.

9. Stephen W. Rockwell (RIN 1741) was in Texas in 1869.

10. Copied from page 198 of the History of Clinton County, MO (1881):

"WILLIS ROCKWELL (deceased) Among the pioneers of Clinton County, the

subject of this sketch is worthy of more than a passing notice. He was

a native of Kentucky, and was born June 14, 1804. He there married,

July 15, 1824, Miss E.B. Brockman. She was born January 21, 1809.

They came to Clinton County, in 1855, locating in close proximity to

where the town of Grower now stands. Mr. R. and his good wife were

recognized as the most industrious and progressive of people in the

neighborhood, for many years, and took an active part in the working

for the welfare of their adopted county. Like a core of other early

settlers, they have passed away from this earth, but not from the

memory of the people. Mrs. Rockwell's death occurred August 20, 1874,

and on the 14th of September, 1878, she was joined, in her heavenly

home, by her husband. They had a family of twelve children. A number

of the sons are sterling and prominent agriculturists of Clinton

County. The names of the children are: Elizabeth F., born February

22, 1826 (wife of Josiah Braly); Clifton T., born in 1828; Francis M..,

born May 5, 1830, and died in 1869; Louisa C., born May 9, 1832

(married S. Braly November 3, 1853); Wealthy A., born January 13, 1834,

and died January 8, 1872 (married Tazwell Parr); Richard H.L., born

July 13, 1836 (married Miss L. Saulsbury); Mary A., born May 7, 1839

(wife of Marion Riggs); Stephen W., born December 26, 1841 (married

Josephine Davis); Lucy E., born October 30, 1844; John M., born May 6,

1847; William C., born January 30, 1850 (married Octavia Young, April

17, 1876); Isaac N., born July 15, 1852. The Rockwell estate is located

on section 3."

11. The heirs of Willis Rockwell listed in his Administrator's Bond, 23

September, 1878, are:

Elizabeth F. Braley Richard Rockwell

Stephen W. Rockwell Mary A. Riggs

Lucy E. Rockwell John M. Rockwell

William C. Rockwell Isaac N. Rockwell

(all of the above of Clinton co., MO)

Louisa C. Braley of California

John F. Parr of Doniphan county, Kansas

SOURCES INCLUDE: Marriage bonds of Clark county, KY.

1850 Henry county, KY census, #955, District 1.

1860 & 1870 Clinton county, MO census, Lafayette twp.

History of Clinton county, MO, (1881), page 198.

Wills and Administrations, Clinton county, MO, pages

291-292.

Probate records of Clinton county, MO

Marriage Records, Clinton county, MO, 1833-1870.

Clinton county, MO births (1883-1889).

Death Register of Clinton county, MO, 1883-1887.

Cemetery inscriptions of Clinton county, MO, Vol. 1 and 2.

Mt. Carmel Cemetery (located about 1 1/2 miles south of

Gower, MO; west of Hwy 169 on Route V).

LDS-IGI, Missouri, Apr 1988 version.

WFT 44:162, 53:344.

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