Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Temperance Pickett
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: 1861
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: wife
Home in 1880: Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: keeping house
Census place: Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota; Roll: T9_618; Family History Film: 1254618; Page: 495.4000; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 0676
Date: 4 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Temperance Pickett
Age at last birthday: 39
Date of birth: Sep 1860
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Home in 1900: Shell Lake, Washburn, Wisconsin
Relationship to head-of-house: wife
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 23
Number of children: 9
Number of children living: 7
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Shell Lake, Washburn, Wisconsin; Roll: T623 1821; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 166
Date: 2 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Temperance Willis
Age in 1910: 49
Estimated birth year: 1861
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of family: wife
Home in 1910: Gillford Township, Wabasha, Minnesota
Marital status: married
Number of years of present marriage: 8
Number of children: 8
Number of children now living: 8
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Gillford Township, Wabasha, Minnesota; Series: T624; Roll: 728; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 142; Part: 2; Line: 4
Date: 3 May 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Temperence Willis
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: 1862
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: wife
Home in 1920: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: married
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Minneola, Goodhue, Minnesota; Roll: T625_831; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 308
Date: 12 Feb 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Temperance O Willis
Age: 68
Estimated birth year: 1862
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: mother
Living with: Granville L Pickett, age 38
Home in 1930: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Address: 421 61 Street
Marital status: widow
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Fathers' birthplace: New York
Mothers' birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; Roll: 2511; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 149; Image: 904.0
Date: 11 Apr 1930

Extract from Washington Death Certificate:
Name: Temperence Willis
Age at death: 69 years 9 months 13 days
Birth date: 3 Sep 1860
Birth place: New York
Gender: female
Race: white
Marital status: widow
Residence: 3740 South Cushman Street, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Father: Lewis Payson
Birth place: New York
Mother: Eliza Peltis
Birth place: New York
Occupation: housewife
Death date: 16 Jun 1930
Death place: 3740 South Cushman Street, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Cause of death: advanced cardiovascular disease
Contributing cause: chronic myocarditis, senility
Burial, cremation, removal: burial 19 Jun 1930
Cemetery: Mountain View
Informant: Earl Pickett, Tacoma, Washington
Certificate number: 669
Certificate date: 19 Jun 1930

She married (1) Hiram Pickett 1 Apr 1877 in Richardson, Polk, Wisconsin.
She married (2) Adelbert Frank Willis 9 Apr 1903 in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Children:
(1) Earl Abbott Pickett
(2) Charles Leroy Pickett
(3) Joseph Casper Pickett
(4) Minnie Pickett
(5) Leander Pickett
(6) Lewis Granville Pickett
(7) Lucinda Pickett
(8) Delbert Willis
(9) Elizabeth Willis.