John W. Wills (St. Louis, Missouri, bank president and director)
b. 1829?
St. Louis, Missouri, bank president and director. Kentucky native. Married to E. H. Wills. Father of Betty Wills, John Wills, and Edward Wills. Bank President in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860. Employed Annie Carey, Ellen McKay, and Jane Milton as servants in St. Louis in 1860. President of Mechanic's Bank in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863. Director of Mutual Life Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863.
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- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 6, p. 437.
“St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company,” Daily Missouri Republican, (St. Louis, Missouri), February 3, 1863.
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Wills, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202875 (November 12, 2026).
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