Joseph Billings

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Pedigree
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Joseph Billings, son of George Billings and Elizabeth Towner, was born at Sheshequin, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, 9 July 1824.1,2,3,4,5 He died at Randall, Jewell Co., Kansas, 22 October 1898,5 and was buried at Randall Cemetery, Randall, Jewell Co., Kansas.5

Joseph married Jane Eliza Towner, daughter of Leonard Towner and Julia Dewey, at La Salle Co., Illinois, 2 November 1845.6

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 1875.7,8,9,10,11

Family

Jane Eliza Towner b. 31 May 1827, d. 22 Jan 1905
Children
  • Emily D. Billings12 b. 23 May 1849, d. 1850
  • Matilda Billings13,14 b. 4 Jan 1851, d. 1901
  • Mary E. Billings13,14 b. 24 Sep 1853, d. 1916
  • Harriet Elizabeth Billings15,13,14 b. 24 Mar 1857, d. 1891
  • John H. Billings15,13 b. 20 Oct 1861, d. 1909
  • Miles Jerry Theodore Billings+16,15 b. 25 Jan 1872, d. 31 Oct 1934
This person was last edited on8 Jan 2020

Citations

  1. [S457] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Ophir, LaSalle Co., 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; original data: NARA micropublication M432, Seventh Census of the United States, 1009 rolls, roll #115.
  2. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), White Cloud Township, Mills Co., 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; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #336.
  3. [S459] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Town of Ophir, Earlville Post Office, LaSalle Co., 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; original data: NARA micropublication M593, Ninth Census of the United States, 1748 rolls, roll #244.
  4. [S460] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Logan Township, Dickinson Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet #6, dwelling #46, family #48, Joseph Billings household, age 55, a farmer born in Pennsylvania; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #379.
  5. [S623] , Kansas, Jewell County Cemeteries: Volume 5: Townships: Calvin, Buffalo, Vicksburg, Browns Creek, Prairie & Allen (Cawker City, Kansas: North Central Kansas Genealogical Society and Library, 2004, second printing), 145, further cited as Jewell County Cemeteries: Vol 5.
  6. [S474] La Salle Co., Illinois, La Salle County, Illinois Marriage Licenses, 1831-1925, A:823A, FHL microfilm 1683304, further cited as La Salle Co., IL Marriage Licenses.
  7. [S103] U. J. Hoffman, History of La Salle County, Illinois Together with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1906), further cited as Hoffman, La Salle Co. History.
  8. [S1123] The American Civil War Research Database, online http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/tinyurl/tinyurl.resolver.aspx?tinyurl=180, Joseph M. Billings, further cited as Civil War Research Database.
  9. [S1117] Millis County, Iowa, Deeds, K:319; County Recorder, Glenwood; FHL microfilm 1502631.
  10. [S1117] Mills Co., IA, Deeds, A:226,288,301.
  11. [S1117] Mills Co., IA, Deeds, E:355,394,596;G:343.
  12. [S457] 1850 United States Census, Ophir, LaSalle Co., Illinois, pop. sch., sheet 300/599, dwelling 1815, family 1858, Joseph Billings hshld.
  13. [S459] 1870 United States Census, Town of Ophir, Earlville Post Office, LaSalle Co., Illinois, pop. sched., sheet #9/480, dwelling #58, family #55, Joseph Billings household.
  14. [S458] 1860 United States Census, White Cloud Township, Mills Co., Iowa, pop. sched., sheet #118, dwelling #886, family #828, Joseph Billings household.
  15. [S460] 1880 United States Census, Logan Township, Dickinson Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 65, sheet #6, dwelling #46, family #48, Joseph Billings household.
  16. [S2154] Marilyn Johnston, Early Cloud County KS Marriages: Vol. I Jan 1886 - Jan 1902 (Concordia, Kansas: Cloud County Genealogical Society, 1989), 48, further cited as Johnston, Cloud Co. Marriages.