U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis, Nathaniel (1780-1870) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia by F. Vernon Aler, 1888 Printed for the Author by The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD. CHAPTER VIII. Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner. Page 129 NATHANIEL WILLIS Was born in Boston, June 1780. When twenty-one years of age he established the first newspaper in Martinsburg, which was called the Berkeley Intelligencer. He continued to edit that paper until 1803, when he sold out to John Alburtis, left Martinsburg, removed to Portland, Maine, where he established the Eastern Argus. He was an active journalist for many years. He finally moved to Boston and died there May 26, 1870, nearly ninety years of age. It has been supposed by some that his distinguished son, N. P. Willis, the poet and journalist, was born whilst his father resided in Martinsburg, but this is an error. N. P. Willis was born in Portland, Maine, Jan. 20, 1806. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Berkeley County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/berkeley/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------