of Fayette County, Ohio · from Boston, Massachusetts · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Nathaniel Willis
Nathaniel Willis⚭ Mary Parker
childrenFannie Fern · Nathaniel Parker Willis
Source: History of Fayette County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Came from Boston to Ross County, Ohio, in an early day.
Founder of the Youth's Companion and the Scioto Gazette (said to be the first newspaper in Ohio).
Buried near Bainbridge.
Wife Mary Parker.
Two children (Fannie Fern the novelist and Nathaniel Parker Willis the poet) were by a former marriage.
Grandfather of Mrs. Humphrey Jones.
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