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- Excerpt from Autobiography of Isaac Newton Bassett
My Mother's Family:
My Mother's sister Nancy was married to Samuel Willets. She was his third wife and somewhat advanced in age before she was married - over forty I think.
Shortly after the marriage Samuel Willits moved to Mercer Co Ill. - about 1839-1840 and settled near New Boston on a farm. Sam L. Willets had six children by his former wives but my Aunt Nancy never had any children.
Charles Willets, another son married Rachel Thornton a sister of Hiram W. Thornton of Millersburg, Illinois and Aunt of GeorgeThornton. He had several children who are mostly living in Iowa. Rachel died and he was married a second time, and has several children by his second wife. Charles was a prosperous farmer here in Illinois, afterwards in Iowa. He is now living at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and at this writing April 11th he is expected to live but a few days (he died in April 1897).
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