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24 December 1859 Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA

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son of Hopestill Willis and Olive Smith
m. Doras Peterson

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BirthBirth — 1778
4 October 1778
Sudbury, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Name: Zenas Willis
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 24 Dec 1859
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Place: Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 81
Birth Date: 1778
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01051-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 1887660
Reference ID: 19

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHRJ-FXB : 10 December 2014), Zenas Willis, 24 Dec 1859; citing Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference 19; FHL microfilm 1,887,660.'
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Colrain West Branch Cemetery Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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Colrain West Branch Cemetery Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
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Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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