Bill, Mark, and others on this thread.
I believe that I have just found my link to your Feis/Fees families.
My Grandfather was Benjamin Franklin Willis, born in Ohio in 1872 to Joseph Willis and Sarah Curtis. Sarah and Joseph were married in Shelby County Ohio in 1871. Sarah was born 1853 to Solomom Curtis and Susan Fies/Fees in Miami County, Ohio. Susan and Solomon were married in 1849 in Miami County, Ohio. Susan was daughter of Peter Fies/Fees and Sarah ?. I have seen some documents listing her as Sarah Babb. Will be researching that soon. She was listed as being born in Ashe County, NC
Being born in Ashe County, NC, do you feel that she could be Native American. Ashe county was in or near the Cherokee Nation during the time of her birth. (about 1775).
I have always been told that there was Cherokee blood in our family, and always thought to be through GGma Sarah Curtis.
At one time, Sarah Curtis and her second husband lived on the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma ( 1900 U.S. Census) along with my grandfather, Benjamin.