--Occupation: Tinner (Tinsmith). He manufactured plates and other items from tin.
--He married #1 Sarah Propst in Cabarrus County on January 2, 1839. She died after just a few years; if there were children of this marriage, they did not survive.
--Willis married #2 Margaret McKinley on May 21, 1844. This marriage produced 3 children: William Franklin, John R., and Margaret "Maggie" Elkins.
--He married #3 Susannah Houston in 1853. From this marriage was born daughter Elizabeth "Bettie" Elkins.
--He married #4 Mary L. Stoker in 1858. This marriage produced daughters Anarah and Mary Elkins.
--Willis married #5 Martha Misenheimer on May 12, 1863. This marriage produced 3 children: Florence, Isabella, and Millard Elkins.
--Willis Elkins' headstone has apparently not survived.
(Sources: cemetery reading by the Lore sisters, census of 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, NC Marriage Records)
--Occupation: Tinner (Tinsmith). He manufactured plates and other items from tin.
--He married #1 Sarah Propst in Cabarrus County on January 2, 1839. She died after just a few years; if there were children of this marriage, they did not survive.
--Willis married #2 Margaret McKinley on May 21, 1844. This marriage produced 3 children: William Franklin, John R., and Margaret "Maggie" Elkins.
--He married #3 Susannah Houston in 1853. From this marriage was born daughter Elizabeth "Bettie" Elkins.
--He married #4 Mary L. Stoker in 1858. This marriage produced daughters Anarah and Mary Elkins.
--Willis married #5 Martha Misenheimer on May 12, 1863. This marriage produced 3 children: Florence, Isabella, and Millard Elkins.
--Willis Elkins' headstone has apparently not survived.
(Sources: cemetery reading by the Lore sisters, census of 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, NC Marriage Records)
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