Dr. P. A. Willis
Dr. P. A. Willis was a native of Delaware County, and was the oldest son of a family of many children. He received his education in the district school and the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine in the office of Dr. J. W. Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated at the Starling Medical College in 1862. He entered the army as contract surgeon, and was soon promoted to assistant surgeon of the Forty-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., and in 1863 to a full surgeon of the regiment. At the close of the war he was made medical director of an army corps under General Andrews. Upon his return home, he engaged in farming and country practice at Bellpoint, Delaware County, Ohio. He died in 1876. His widow is now a resident of the city of Delaware. Ohio.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908