Joseph Billings

b. 9 July 1824, d. 22 October 1898
Joseph Billings|b. 9 Jul 1824\nd. 22 Oct 1898|p1805.htm|George Billings|b. abt. 1 Oct 1795\nd. 21 Apr 1861|p1798.htm|Elizabeth Towner|b. 8 Dec 1801\nd. 21 Jun 1838|p1799.htm|||||||Elijah Towner|b. 20 Aug 1759\nd. 7 Oct 1840|p2773.htm|Mary Knapp|b. 3 Jul 1760\nd. 21 Feb 1841|p2764.htm|
Father*George Billings1 b. abt. 1 Oct 1795, d. 21 Apr 1861
Mother*Elizabeth Towner1 b. 8 Dec 1801, d. 21 Jun 1838
ChartsAncestors of Wilford Ervie Billings
Elisha Towner to Wilford Ervie Billings
Rutherford Birchard Hayes - Wilford Ervie Billings
Richard Milhous Nixon - Wilford Ervie Billings
Gerald R. Ford - Wilford Ervie Billings
George H. W. & George W. Bush - Wilford Ervie Billings
Joseph Billings was born 9 July 1824 at Sheshequin, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania.2,3,4,5,6 He married Jane Eliza Towner, daughter of Leonard Towner and Julia Dewey, 2 November 1845 at La Salle Co., Illinois.7 He died 22 October 1898 at Randall, Jewell Co., Kansas.6 He was buried at Randall Cemetery, Randall, Jewell Co., Kansas.6

At one time it was thought Joseph had served in the Civil War in the Iowa Regiment, however, that individual was Joseph M. Billings of Mahaska Co., Iowa, age 21 when he enlisted in 1862. He mustered out in 1865. Our Joseph was buying and selling land in Mills Co., Iowa from about 1852 through 1864. The last transaction was made from LaSalle Co., Illinois in 1864.

Joseph was a farmer, buying and selling several pieces of land in and around LaSalle Co, Ill. During the first town meeting of Ophir Township, he was elected as the Highway Commissioner. Joseph and his wife were among the nine original members of the United Brethren Church established in Mendota in 1875.8,9,10,11,12

Family

Jane Eliza Towner b. 31 May 1827, d. 22 Jan 1905
Marriage*He married Jane Eliza Towner, daughter of Leonard Towner and Julia Dewey, 2 November 1845 at La Salle Co.7 
Children

Citations

  1. [S13] James W. Towner, A Genealogy of the Towner Family: the Descendants of Richard Towner, who came from Sussex County, Eng., to Guilford, Conn., before 1685 (Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House, 1910), 75-76. Hereafter cited as Towner Family.
  2. [S457] Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Ophir, LaSalle County, Illinois, population schedule, sheet 300/599, dwelling 1815, family 1858, Joseph Billings household, age 26, born in Pennsylvania and a farmer with $600 in real estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, roll 115.
  3. [S458] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, White Cloud Township, Mills County, Iowa, population schedule, sheet 118, dwelling 886, family 828, Joseph Billings household, age 36, born in Pennsylvania, a farmer with $3000 in real estate and $1000 in personal estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M653, roll 336.
  4. [S459] Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Town of Ophir, Earlville Post Office, LaSalle County, Illinois, population schedule, sheet 9/480, dwelling 58, family 55, Joseph Billings household, age 45, born in Pennsylvania, a farmer with $5800 in real estate, $1600 in personal estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M593, roll 244.
  5. [S460] Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Logan Township, Dickinson County, Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 6, dwelling 46, family 48, Joseph Billings household, age 55, a farmer born in Pennsylvania, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T9, roll 379.
  6. [S623] North Central Kansas Genealogical Society and Library, Kansas, Jewell County Cemeteries Volume 5 Contains Townships: Calvin, Buffalo, Vicksburg, Browns Creek, Prairie & Allen, (Cawker City, Kansas: p.p., 2004, second printing), 145. Hereafter cited as Kansas, Jewell County Cemeteries Volume 5 Contains Townships: Calvin, Buffalo, Vicksburg, Browns Creek, Prairie & Allen.
  7. [S474] La Salle Co., Illinois, La Salle County, Illinois Marriage Licenses, 1831-1925, A:823A, FHL microfilm 1683304 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as La Salle Co., IL Marriage Licenses.
  8. [S103] U. J. Hoffman, History of La Salle County, Ill together with Biographical Sketches of Many of it's Prominent and Leading Cititzens and Illustrious Dead, (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1906). Hereafter cited as Hoffman, La Salle Co. History.
  9. [S1123] The American Civil War Research Database, online http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/tinyurl/tinyurl.resolver.aspx?tinyurl=180, Joseph M. Billings. Hereafter cited as Civil War Research Database.
  10. [S1117] Mills Co. Courthouse, Glenwood, Iowa, Deeds, 1852-1972, K:319, FHL microfilm 1502631 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Mills Co. Deeds.
  11. [S1117] Mills Co. Deeds, A:226,288,301; FHL #1502628.
  12. [S1117] Mills Co. Deeds, E:355,394,596;G:343; FHL #1502630.
  13. [S457] 1850 US Census, Ophir, LaSalle County, Illinois, pop. sch., sheet 300/599, dwelling 1815, family 1858, Joseph Billings hshld.
  14. [S459] 1870 US Census, Town of Ophir, Earlville Post Office, LaSalle County, Illinois, pop. sch., sheet 9/480, dwelling 58, family 55, Joseph Billings hshld.
  15. [S458] 1860 US Census, White Cloud Township, Mills County, Iowa, pop. sch., sheet 118, dwelling 886, family 828, Joseph Billings hshld.
  16. [S460] 1880 US Census, Logan Township, Dickinson County, Kansas, pop. sch., ED 65, sheet 6, dwelling 46, family 48, Joseph Billings hshld.
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