 And to Edith Gillespie (1855 - 1914), they had one son Jonathan Spencer Willis, jr (1892 - 1957).He taught school seven years and then entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving charges in Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York City, and Stamford, Connecticut.He retired from the ministry in 1884 and settled on a farm near Milford, Delaware and engaged in fruit growing.