Miles Jerry Theodore Billings

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Pedigree
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Miles Jerry Theodore Billings, son of Joseph Billings and Jane Eliza Towner, was born at Mendota, La Salle Co., Illinois, 25 January 1872.1,2,3,4,5,6 He died at Garden City, Finney Co., Kansas, 31 October 1934. Both he and his wife were buried at Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Finney Co., Kansas.7,8

Miles married Ada Myrtle Price, daughter of Euclid Roland Price and Mary Ella Payne, at Kansas 15 December 1898.9,10,11

An excerpt from his obituary:

"In the winter of 1879, Miles came with his parents to Kansas, locating on a farm east of Abilene. After several years, they moved to a farm north of that city, later locating in Randell, Jewell Co, where the parents died. His brothers and sisters have since passed away. He was married in 1899 at the age of 27 to Miss Ada M. Price of Hollis, Cloud County. To this union was born seven children, five boys and two girls, one of the girls dying in infancy.

"He and his family lived for several years on his farm south of the city, during which time he became a member of the Baptist Church. Besides his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barrie Snyder of Canon City, Colo., five sons, Wilford, Floyd, Ralph, La Verne, and Alva of the home and nine grandchildren.

"Mr. Billings had been in declining health for several years and had expressed himself as ready to go."12

Family

Ada Myrtle Price b. 17 Apr 1881, d. 16 Sep 1962
Children
  • Bessie Billings13,14 b. 26 Nov 1899, d. 1960
  • Wilford Ervie Billings+15,13,16,17 b. 5 Mar 1905, d. 17 Jan 1980
  • Clara Elva Billings12 b. 25 Mar 1908, d. young
  • Floyd Cleo Billings16,13 b. 18 Mar 1910, d. Aug 1977
  • Ralph T. Billings18,16 b. 24 Aug 1913, d. 14 Jul 1980
  • LaVerne Joyce Billings18,16 b. 7 Sep 1915, d. 18 May 2001
  • Alva Price Billings18,16 b. 5 Dec 1918, d. 12 Feb 1991
This person was last edited on19 Sep 2020

Citations

  1. [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 8, born in Illinois; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #379.
  2. [S461] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Lawrence Township, Cloud Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet #5A, dwelling #92, family #93, Miles Billings household, age 28, born Jan 1872 in Illinois, a farm [laborer?]; original data: NARA micropublication T623, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1854 rolls, roll #475.
  3. [S462] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Lawrence Township, Hollis Village, Cloud Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet #4A, family #75, Miles Billings household, age 38, born in Kansas, a laborer doing odd jobs; original data: NARA micropublication T624, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1784 rolls, roll #435.
  4. [S463] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Penn Township, Osborne Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet #1B, dwelling #20, family #20, Miles J. T. Billings household, age 47, a farmer born in Illinois; original data: NARA micropublication T625, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 2076 rolls, roll #544.
  5. [S464] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Pierceville Township, Finney Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 28-7, sheet #6B, dwelling #122, family #136, Miles J. T. Billings household, age 58, a farmer born in Illinois, living on a farm without a radio; original data: NARA micropublication T626, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 2668 rolls, roll #702.
  6. [S1021] Miles Jerry Theodore Billings, Death Certificates, File No. 228-804 (1934), Kansas State Department of Health and Environment; Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
  7. [S1021] Ada Myrtle Billings, Death Certificates.
  8. [S2323] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed Sep 2020), memorial page for Miles T. Billings & Ada Myrtle Billings, Find a Grave memorial #11038758 & 11038753, maintained by Cookie, further cited as Find A Grave.
  9. [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.
  10. [S461] 1900 United States Census, Lawrence Township, Cloud Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 21, sheet #5A, dwelling #92, family #93, Miles Billings household, married one year.
  11. [S462] 1910 United States Census, Lawrence Township, Hollis Village, Cloud Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 24, sheet #4A, family #75, Miles Billings household, married 11 years.
  12. [S110] Jo Benear. Billings-Logan Family Records, Clippings and Family Group Sheets, 1988, Compiler's genealogy files, Clarkdale, Arizona.
  13. [S462] 1910 United States Census, Lawrence Township, Hollis Village, Cloud Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 24, sheet #4A, family #75, Miles Billings household.
  14. [S461] 1900 United States Census, Lawrence Township, Cloud Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 21, sheet #5A, dwelling #92, family #93, Miles Billings household.
  15. [S961] Wilford Ervie Billings, SS no. 509-10-0380, 3 Dec 1936, Social Security Administration, Application for Account Number (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
  16. [S463] 1920 United States Census, Penn Township, Osborne Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 138, sheet #1B, dwelling #20, family #20, Miles J. T. Billings household.
  17. [S1021] Wilford Ervie Billings, Death Certificates.
  18. [S464] 1930 United States Census, Pierceville Township, Finney Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 28-7, sheet #6B, dwelling #122, family #136, Miles J. T. Billings household.