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Re: Boone Helm and the Willis's

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:51PM GMT
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Thanks !!!!

Now if I'm right, Grandpa Fike was born in 1889. Brother Harry and Jean, Jim, Fred, were all in about that time. Now, your Grandpa Harry Willis, that was born in 1924, about the the same time, that mother was born - 1920, so I know that great granpa Robert, was the father to them all. As far as Bruce Willis, he does look like the Willis's. Some would say that he's a typical Willis, A good set of clothes, a good bottle of booze, and not worth a good G** D***! Francis Willis who was killed in WWII looked like the actor Gary Cooper, and he was the glue to the whole families out there in Montana. That was south of Havre, and north of Fort Benton, near Big Sandy on a homestead. After Francis was killed, mother's brother Stanley -(Buck)-who was a couple of years younger than Francis never recovered from his death. When he left to go over seas on the train, from Fort Benton Francis smiled to everyone, waved and then turned to Stanley and said, They'll going to get me, I won't be back. My ropes, saddle, spurs, are all yours. Then he got on the train, and a few months later was killed in Tunisa.
Mother and grandmother used to say that Stanley turned cold, and hard. It was because of the loss of Francis. Many times they said they used to see him by himself looking down at the ground, and they could tell he was thinking of Francis. He would say that he lost his only brother in the war..It was forbidden to even talk about him among all the relatives. Francis was something else. He'd walk into a room, and it would lite up, and then everyone would just want to be near him. I once read a letter from his mother Aunt Ida who was married to Jean Willis, and it was so touching what she said about him, that I couldn't even finish it. They where just lost without him. Take care and keep in touch -- Cousin Tom. Boone Helm, they say was a uncle to the Willis's, I think on great grandma's Willis's side. I heard it once, but that was years ago...
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
twcrowell1 30 Jun 2009 6:51PM GMT 
terwert1 1 Jul 2009 3:11AM GMT 
twcrowell1 30 Jun 2009 6:51PM GMT 
KenRockwell86 9 Mar 2009 8:55PM GMT 
terwert 24 Jun 2009 11:49PM GMT 
bajakm46 11 Aug 2009 3:45AM GMT 
blanketblazer 4 Sep 2010 4:30AM GMT 
grtadman2000 30 Sep 2010 3:22PM GMT 
MeridethHelm 10 Jul 2011 8:48PM GMT 
jgildog 17 Aug 2012 1:47AM GMT 
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