Hillis Families  

Hillis Family Index

Connecting the Hillis Families and allied families of Lake Maxinkuckee; NOTE: I took only the direct line connections to make it simple... there are more siblings for some.

1.Hiram Hillis was born on 01 Jan 1811 in Indiana. He died on 05 Jan 1876 in Jefferson County, Indiana son of Matthew Hillis & Rebecca McClanahan He married Louisa "Eliza" Etheron on 19 May 1831 in Jefferson county Indiana. She was born on 19 Jan 1813 in Culpeper County, Virginia,. She died on 28 Sep 1877 in Jefferson County, Indiana. daughter of Joseph Etherton & Elizabeth Simms

Hiram Hillis and Louisa / Eliza Etheron had the following children:

2. i. Harrison Napoleon Hillis
3 ii. Hiram F Hillis

Generation 2

2. Harrison Napoleon Hillis was born on 18 Aug 1848 in Jefferson county . Ind.. He died on 08 Feb 1927 in Center twp, Howard county, Indiana. He married Sarah Stevenson on 05 Dec 1878 in Jefferson county Indiana. She was born in 1855. She died on 09 May 1940.

Both buried Kokomo Memorial Park Cemetery Kokomo Howard County Indiana

Harrison Napoleon Hillis and Sarah Stevenson had the following children:

4. i. Jospeh Ellsworth Hillis
5. ii. GLEN RAYMOND HILLI S

3. Hiram Franklin Hillis was born in Oct 14 1850 in Indiana died 4 May 1950 . He married Mary Ellen "Mollie E. S." Smith she was born on 14 Apr 1851 in Indiana. She died on 07 Apr 1927 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana.

Both buried Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport Cass County Indiana

Hiram F Hillis and Mary Ellen "Mollie E. S." Smith had the following child:

6. i. Robert Calvin Hillis

Generation 3

4. Joseph Ellsworth Hillis was born on 27 Jan 1882 in Jefferson County, Indiana. He died on 27 Jun 1946 in Howard county Indiana. He married ALICE YOST.

Both buried Saint Johns Cemetery Logansport Cass County Indiana

Joseph Ellsworth HIllis and Alice Yost had the following child:

7. i. LOWELL JOSEPH HILLIS

5. GLEN RAYMOND HILLIS was born on 09 Dec 1891 in Miami County, Indiana . He died on 19 Oct 1965 in Kokomo, Howard, Indiana.

He married BERNICE HAYNES, daughter of Elwood Haynes and Bertha B. Lanterman, on 11 Nov 1921. Sister to MARCH WILLIAM HAYNES who had a cottage at 1930 E Shore Dr.

Both buried Kokomo Memorial Park Cemetery Kokomo Howard County Indiana

They had the cottage at 1880 East Shore Drive

GLEN RAYMOND HILLIS and BERNICE HAYNES had the following child:

i. 'BUD' ELWOOD HAYNES HILLIS was born born 06 Mar 1926 in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind He married CAROL HOYNE daughter of Blanchard and Faith (Suter) Hoyne They had the cottage at 176 S Shore.

6. Robert Calvin Hillis was born on 30 May 1878 in Madison Indiana. He died on 02 Mar 1962 in - Logansport, Cass, Indiana. He married Ida Mae Owen on 25 Dec 1931 in Logansport, Cass county Indiana

Robert Calvin HIllis and Ida Mae Owen had the following children:

8 HASTON FRANKLIN HILLIS was born on 31 Aug 1907 in Logansport Cass County Indiana. He died on 21 Apr 1996 in Roachdale Indiana. He married DORIS BARNES, 25 Dec 1931 in Logansport Cass County Indiana She was born on 12 Dec 1906 in Logansport. She died on 17 Nov 2009 in Switzerland County Indiana. daughter of JAMES I BARNES and EMILY ENGLEBRECHT Barnes Cottage at 704 W. Shore Dr.. They had a cottage at 866 W. Shore Dr.

9 John T. Hillis
10 daughter

Generation 4

7. LOWELL JOSEPH HILLIS was born on 19 Oct 1911 in Logansport Cass county Indiana. He died on 18 Nov 1982 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana. He married HELEN KUNKEL on 22 Oct 1936 in Indianapolis, Marion county Indiana. She was born on 31 Oct 1913 in Owensboro, Ky. She died on 15 Oct 2012 in Logansport Cass County Indiana.

Both buried Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport Cass County ndiana

They had the cottage at 374 S shore

LOWELL JOSEPH HILLIS and HELEN KUNKEL had the following child:

i. DR. FREDERICK A HILLIS. He married SHELLEY MORRIS daughter of Frank Theodore "Ted" Morris Jr. and Jeanne D. Douglas



They also had the cottage at 374 S shore

9 John T. Hillis Bith Aug 10 1912 Logansport, Indiana Death Jul 10, 1989 Logansport, Indiana

married May 5, 1940 Monticello, White county, Indiana Elizabeth R. "Libby" Rice Death Nov. 3, 2007 Dalls, Texas.

Their children:

John Robert Hillis marrtied Anita Wolpers has a Condo unit at 1004 W. Shore Dr., Chadwick Shores
J. Stanley Hillis married Alice Gettlefinger
Mark B. Hillis married Patricia Aldrich
Jodi T. Hillis married Bruce McGrevy