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Daniel Eckis
(1808-1888)
Mary Lovinia Orr
(1815-1898)
Henry Hartzell
(1801-1895)
Jane Smart
(1806-1844)
John Orr Eckis
(1835-1901)
Lucy Hartzell
(1841-After 1910)
Willis H. Eckis
(1864-1948)

 

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Willis H. Eckis 1 2 3

  • Born: 14 November 1864, Ohio 1 4
  • Died: 29 December 1948, Denver, CO at age 84 4
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1866 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He appeared on the 1875 Kansas State Census in Rock Creek Township, Cowley County, KS on 1 March 1875. 1

1875 Kansas State Census
Page 1, Family 6
Rock Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, United States
W. H. Eckis..9..Ohio..coming from Missouri

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liberty Township, Daviess County, MO on June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 35A, Roll 0684
Liberty Township, Daviess County, Missouri
Willis H. Eckis..Son..14..OH..Works On The Farm
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Nov 1864, then his age should have been 15 instead of 14. His parents were married in 1864 in Kansas so his birth location was probably Kansas instead of Ohio.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wallace Township, Wallace County, KS on 2 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 193, Family 21
Wallace Township, Wallace, Kansas, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Willis H. Eckis..Son..Nov 1865..34..Ohio..Farm Laborer

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Nov 1864, then his age should have been 35 instead of 34.
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Sources

1 1875 Kansas State Census, Rock Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, United States, p. 1, family 6, John Orr Eckis and Lucy Hartzell.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Liberty Township, Daviess County, Missouri, p. 35A, John Orr Eckis and Lucy Hartzell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0684.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Wallace Township, Wallace, Kansas, United States, enumeration district (ED) 193, sheet 1B, family 21, John Orr Eckis and Lucy Hartzell; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 March 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).

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