Frederick Billings was the son of George and Mary Billings
of Mecklenburg, Germany. Source information from 2nd marriage to Hattie Maxwell, Pension Application papers and 1880 Federal Census. Other source says born in Buffalo, New York. He came to United States 1842-1860 time frame into New York or Philadelphia. He was farmer in Buffalo, Erie Co., N.Y., on first enlistment paper says: "born Kingdom of Germany". Second enlistment says: "born in Buffalo, N.Y." Obituary says born in Cashton, Monroe Co., WI. I think he probably was a farmer in Cashton vicinity, Monroe Co., WI., before the Civil War and 2nd wife Hattie or daughter gave that information which is in error should be Mecklenburg, Germany.
Joined the Union Army during Civil War possibly to obtain automatic United States citizenship. The Union Army desperate for men to serve the Union made automatic citizenship for anyone serving that was foreign born and wanted United States Citizenship. They did this with many Irish men just getting off the boats from Ireland at the docks in New York and Philidelphia.
TIME LINE:
Prior to 1860 Buffalo, Erie Co., New York and Cashton, Monroe Co., WI.
1860 Living Cashton-Sparta area, Monroe Co., WI.
1860-1863 marriage to Tillie Viola Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman
Pope and Nancy Jane Brown of Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Dane Co., Wi., Linn Co., KS., Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Had daughter Nellie Belle Billings in 1863.
1864 Living Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI., when enlisted
a 2nd time in Madison, Dane Co., WI., Feb. 19, 1864.
1864 Fort Scott, Arkansas, Sept. and Oct 1864 to Nov and
Dec. 1865 in hospital from gun shot wound to
his thigh. Mustered out June 28, 1865 Fort Leavenworth
Kansas.
1870 Federal Census La Crosse, WI., Frederick Billings
2nd Ward, living single, Hotel of Nicholas Hintgen
1873 Marriage to Hattie Maxwell in La Crosse, WI.
1880 Federal Census Nininger, Dakota Co., MN.
Fred Billings age 34, farmer born Mecklenberg,
wife Hattie age 34 born WI., John P. Wells family
farm laborer. (Frederick Billings age wrong
on this census. He was much older from enlistment
papers.
1882 Frederick Billings 17 March 1882 Hastings, Dakota Co.,
Minnesota:
Declaration for Original Invalid Pension.
States when in Co. A. 3rd WI. Cav., he was in train wreck,
on the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
2nd enlistment Co. K. 3rd WI., Cav. was wounded in
thigh by sharp shooter in Vernon Co., Missouri near
Nevada, MO.
Frederick Billings states: age is 42 years old.
1882 Frederick Billings living Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
might have been in Veterans Hospital for Civil War Soldiers.
Oct. 20th, 1882 claimant on file before Pension Office.
He was brakeman on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
Had to quit job because of lameness of right leg
caused by gunshot wound during service in Civil War.
William F. McMillan affidavit knowing Frederick
Billings for last 20 years since enlisting in
Co. A., 3 Reg., Wisconsin Cavalry. William F. McMillan
Conductor on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
1887 Frederick Billings, 9th Dec. 1887 Sparta, Monroe Co.
Wisconsin Proof of Disability as result of being
in train wreck 26 March 1862 while in service Pvt.
Company A, 3rd Wis. Cav. near Chicago, Illinois.
1890 Birth of Maud Frances Billings 22 Mar 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI. Parents living
Jefferson Co., WI.
1898 Jan. 15 confined in West Salem Mental Asylum,
Kenosha Co., WI. Confined as result of severe depression, Guardian Mrs. Hattie Billings.
1898-1910 in mental hospitals. Cause: Severe Depression.
1900 Fred Billings Town of Hamilton, La Crosse Co., WI.
Inmate in County Asylum for Chronic Insane.
age 61 years b. America, married 1899 (wrong 1873)
1900 Hattie Billings La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI.
1905 Wisconsin State Census Fred Billings, La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI., in Insane Asylum. Hattie and daughter Maude living in La Crosse, WI.
1910 Federal Census Hattie Billings La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI.. widow with daughter Frances Maude Billings.
Hattie Maxwell Billings dies in Canada 12 Dec. 1938
Ottawa, Carlton County, Ontario Province, Canada age 82. Information provided by daughter Mrs. Maude Frances Billings, Kennedy of 243 Brugchel Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Burial Beechwood Cemetery. Hard to read off Canadian Death Certificate.
Frederick Billings married 1/wife Tilla-Tillie-Matilda Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 1860-1863 in Sparta, Monroe Co., WI., Janesville, Rock Co., WI., or Dane Co., WI., or State of Kansas. They might have been married by her uncle Anson Waterman Pope in Janesville who was Justice of Peace and marriage not recorded at Rock Co., WI., Courthouse.
They had daughter Nellie Belle Billings b. 25 Aug. 1863 Janesville, Rock Co., WI. Nellie Belle Billings marries Milton Britton in Newaygo Co., MI. Britton family rumor was that Frederick Billings returned to Germany after Civil War? Doubt that. Frederick and Tillie Billings divorced when or where and Tillie Pope Billings marries Henry Truman Babcock 4 Mar 1866 Janesville, Rock Co., WI., by Justice of Peace Elial Babcock (Henry Truman Babcock's father). Marriage Record Janesville, Rock Co., WI., says: "Truman H. Babcock to Tillie Billings on certificate". After Civil War the Babcock's leave Janesville, WI., for Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan to be near Dake family relatives of Elial Babcock's wife Lydia Colby (Dake) Babcock.
Frederick Billings married 2/wife Hattie Maxwell 15 Sep. 1873 La Crosse, WI., by Justice of Peace H. E. Hubbard,
witnesses: Mr. J. C. Miller and John Scharpf. She was from
La Crescent, Houston Co., Minnesota.(across river from La Crosse, Wisconsin).
They had daughter Maud-Maude Frances Billings born March 22, 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin. She marries George Kennedy probably in Canada. They are buried with her mother in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada, and their two sons. Maud Frances Billings and George Kennedy were 1st cousins, he being son of Margaret Maxwell Kennedy sister to Hattie Maxwell Billings.
Name: Frederick Billings
Residence: Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin
Born: Kingdom of Germany
Age: 20 years
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 October 1861 in Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 14 Oct 1861.
Mustered in at Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 May 1862. Hip contusion resulting from train wreck. Regiment leaving via train from Janesville, WI., in route to Fort Douglas, Chicago, IL. Train wreck and hip severally contused. Rested up and re-enlisted in Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 2 May 1864. Residence Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI.
Mustered Out Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 Jun 1865 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
"The Daily Gazette" Janesville, WI
Sat. Evening March 28, 1862
The Railroad Disaster
Mentions Frederick Billings, contusion, not serious near Chicago. (It was much more serious than reported), train wreckage on top of him hurting his left hip mentioned in Civil War Pension Papers of 2/wife Hattie Maxwell Billings. He could have had head contusion which resulted in Mental illness later in life. dwebb
OBITUARY
"La Crosse Tribune" Jan. 18, 1910
NORTH SIDE MAN DIES AT SALEM
Fred Billings of Caledonia street one of the pioneer settlers of the North side, died this morning at West Salem (Kenosha Co.) death being due to old age.
He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Miss Maud Billings.
Undertaker Dwyer will bring the remains to this city tomorrow and interment will be made in the Oak Grove cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Billings was born in the vicinity of Cashton and removed to the North side about seven years before the Civil War. When the war broke out, he went to Sparta where he enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry; which served with distinction during the war. He participated in some of the most important engagements of the war. After the war, Mr. Billings returned to the city resuming his residence on the North side. He was a member of the Colwell Post of the G.A.R.
Frederick "Fred" Billings was married 1st to my great grandmother Tilla Viola Pope and later
divorced in Wisconsin. Where and date seeking. dwebb
of Mecklenburg, Germany. Source information from 2nd marriage to Hattie Maxwell, Pension Application papers and 1880 Federal Census. Other source says born in Buffalo, New York. He came to United States 1842-1860 time frame into New York or Philadelphia. He was farmer in Buffalo, Erie Co., N.Y., on first enlistment paper says: "born Kingdom of Germany". Second enlistment says: "born in Buffalo, N.Y." Obituary says born in Cashton, Monroe Co., WI. I think he probably was a farmer in Cashton vicinity, Monroe Co., WI., before the Civil War and 2nd wife Hattie or daughter gave that information which is in error should be Mecklenburg, Germany.
Joined the Union Army during Civil War possibly to obtain automatic United States citizenship. The Union Army desperate for men to serve the Union made automatic citizenship for anyone serving that was foreign born and wanted United States Citizenship. They did this with many Irish men just getting off the boats from Ireland at the docks in New York and Philidelphia.
TIME LINE:
Prior to 1860 Buffalo, Erie Co., New York and Cashton, Monroe Co., WI.
1860 Living Cashton-Sparta area, Monroe Co., WI.
1860-1863 marriage to Tillie Viola Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman
Pope and Nancy Jane Brown of Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Dane Co., Wi., Linn Co., KS., Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Had daughter Nellie Belle Billings in 1863.
1864 Living Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI., when enlisted
a 2nd time in Madison, Dane Co., WI., Feb. 19, 1864.
1864 Fort Scott, Arkansas, Sept. and Oct 1864 to Nov and
Dec. 1865 in hospital from gun shot wound to
his thigh. Mustered out June 28, 1865 Fort Leavenworth
Kansas.
1870 Federal Census La Crosse, WI., Frederick Billings
2nd Ward, living single, Hotel of Nicholas Hintgen
1873 Marriage to Hattie Maxwell in La Crosse, WI.
1880 Federal Census Nininger, Dakota Co., MN.
Fred Billings age 34, farmer born Mecklenberg,
wife Hattie age 34 born WI., John P. Wells family
farm laborer. (Frederick Billings age wrong
on this census. He was much older from enlistment
papers.
1882 Frederick Billings 17 March 1882 Hastings, Dakota Co.,
Minnesota:
Declaration for Original Invalid Pension.
States when in Co. A. 3rd WI. Cav., he was in train wreck,
on the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
2nd enlistment Co. K. 3rd WI., Cav. was wounded in
thigh by sharp shooter in Vernon Co., Missouri near
Nevada, MO.
Frederick Billings states: age is 42 years old.
1882 Frederick Billings living Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
might have been in Veterans Hospital for Civil War Soldiers.
Oct. 20th, 1882 claimant on file before Pension Office.
He was brakeman on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
Had to quit job because of lameness of right leg
caused by gunshot wound during service in Civil War.
William F. McMillan affidavit knowing Frederick
Billings for last 20 years since enlisting in
Co. A., 3 Reg., Wisconsin Cavalry. William F. McMillan
Conductor on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
1887 Frederick Billings, 9th Dec. 1887 Sparta, Monroe Co.
Wisconsin Proof of Disability as result of being
in train wreck 26 March 1862 while in service Pvt.
Company A, 3rd Wis. Cav. near Chicago, Illinois.
1890 Birth of Maud Frances Billings 22 Mar 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI. Parents living
Jefferson Co., WI.
1898 Jan. 15 confined in West Salem Mental Asylum,
Kenosha Co., WI. Confined as result of severe depression, Guardian Mrs. Hattie Billings.
1898-1910 in mental hospitals. Cause: Severe Depression.
1900 Fred Billings Town of Hamilton, La Crosse Co., WI.
Inmate in County Asylum for Chronic Insane.
age 61 years b. America, married 1899 (wrong 1873)
1900 Hattie Billings La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI.
1905 Wisconsin State Census Fred Billings, La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI., in Insane Asylum. Hattie and daughter Maude living in La Crosse, WI.
1910 Federal Census Hattie Billings La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI.. widow with daughter Frances Maude Billings.
Hattie Maxwell Billings dies in Canada 12 Dec. 1938
Ottawa, Carlton County, Ontario Province, Canada age 82. Information provided by daughter Mrs. Maude Frances Billings, Kennedy of 243 Brugchel Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Burial Beechwood Cemetery. Hard to read off Canadian Death Certificate.
Frederick Billings married 1/wife Tilla-Tillie-Matilda Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 1860-1863 in Sparta, Monroe Co., WI., Janesville, Rock Co., WI., or Dane Co., WI., or State of Kansas. They might have been married by her uncle Anson Waterman Pope in Janesville who was Justice of Peace and marriage not recorded at Rock Co., WI., Courthouse.
They had daughter Nellie Belle Billings b. 25 Aug. 1863 Janesville, Rock Co., WI. Nellie Belle Billings marries Milton Britton in Newaygo Co., MI. Britton family rumor was that Frederick Billings returned to Germany after Civil War? Doubt that. Frederick and Tillie Billings divorced when or where and Tillie Pope Billings marries Henry Truman Babcock 4 Mar 1866 Janesville, Rock Co., WI., by Justice of Peace Elial Babcock (Henry Truman Babcock's father). Marriage Record Janesville, Rock Co., WI., says: "Truman H. Babcock to Tillie Billings on certificate". After Civil War the Babcock's leave Janesville, WI., for Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan to be near Dake family relatives of Elial Babcock's wife Lydia Colby (Dake) Babcock.
Frederick Billings married 2/wife Hattie Maxwell 15 Sep. 1873 La Crosse, WI., by Justice of Peace H. E. Hubbard,
witnesses: Mr. J. C. Miller and John Scharpf. She was from
La Crescent, Houston Co., Minnesota.(across river from La Crosse, Wisconsin).
They had daughter Maud-Maude Frances Billings born March 22, 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin. She marries George Kennedy probably in Canada. They are buried with her mother in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada, and their two sons. Maud Frances Billings and George Kennedy were 1st cousins, he being son of Margaret Maxwell Kennedy sister to Hattie Maxwell Billings.
Name: Frederick Billings
Residence: Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin
Born: Kingdom of Germany
Age: 20 years
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 October 1861 in Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 14 Oct 1861.
Mustered in at Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 May 1862. Hip contusion resulting from train wreck. Regiment leaving via train from Janesville, WI., in route to Fort Douglas, Chicago, IL. Train wreck and hip severally contused. Rested up and re-enlisted in Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 2 May 1864. Residence Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI.
Mustered Out Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 Jun 1865 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
"The Daily Gazette" Janesville, WI
Sat. Evening March 28, 1862
The Railroad Disaster
Mentions Frederick Billings, contusion, not serious near Chicago. (It was much more serious than reported), train wreckage on top of him hurting his left hip mentioned in Civil War Pension Papers of 2/wife Hattie Maxwell Billings. He could have had head contusion which resulted in Mental illness later in life. dwebb
OBITUARY
"La Crosse Tribune" Jan. 18, 1910
NORTH SIDE MAN DIES AT SALEM
Fred Billings of Caledonia street one of the pioneer settlers of the North side, died this morning at West Salem (Kenosha Co.) death being due to old age.
He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Miss Maud Billings.
Undertaker Dwyer will bring the remains to this city tomorrow and interment will be made in the Oak Grove cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Billings was born in the vicinity of Cashton and removed to the North side about seven years before the Civil War. When the war broke out, he went to Sparta where he enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry; which served with distinction during the war. He participated in some of the most important engagements of the war. After the war, Mr. Billings returned to the city resuming his residence on the North side. He was a member of the Colwell Post of the G.A.R.
Frederick "Fred" Billings was married 1st to my great grandmother Tilla Viola Pope and later
divorced in Wisconsin. Where and date seeking. dwebb
Frederick Billings was the son of George and Mary Billings
of Mecklenburg, Germany. Source information from 2nd marriage to Hattie Maxwell, Pension Application papers and 1880 Federal Census. Other source says born in Buffalo, New York. He came to United States 1842-1860 time frame into New York or Philadelphia. He was farmer in Buffalo, Erie Co., N.Y., on first enlistment paper says: "born Kingdom of Germany". Second enlistment says: "born in Buffalo, N.Y." Obituary says born in Cashton, Monroe Co., WI. I think he probably was a farmer in Cashton vicinity, Monroe Co., WI., before the Civil War and 2nd wife Hattie or daughter gave that information which is in error should be Mecklenburg, Germany.
Joined the Union Army during Civil War possibly to obtain automatic United States citizenship. The Union Army desperate for men to serve the Union made automatic citizenship for anyone serving that was foreign born and wanted United States Citizenship. They did this with many Irish men just getting off the boats from Ireland at the docks in New York and Philidelphia.
TIME LINE:
Prior to 1860 Buffalo, Erie Co., New York and Cashton, Monroe Co., WI.
1860 Living Cashton-Sparta area, Monroe Co., WI.
1860-1863 marriage to Tillie Viola Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman
Pope and Nancy Jane Brown of Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Dane Co., Wi., Linn Co., KS., Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Had daughter Nellie Belle Billings in 1863.
1864 Living Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI., when enlisted
a 2nd time in Madison, Dane Co., WI., Feb. 19, 1864.
1864 Fort Scott, Arkansas, Sept. and Oct 1864 to Nov and
Dec. 1865 in hospital from gun shot wound to
his thigh. Mustered out June 28, 1865 Fort Leavenworth
Kansas.
1870 Federal Census La Crosse, WI., Frederick Billings
2nd Ward, living single, Hotel of Nicholas Hintgen
1873 Marriage to Hattie Maxwell in La Crosse, WI.
1880 Federal Census Nininger, Dakota Co., MN.
Fred Billings age 34, farmer born Mecklenberg,
wife Hattie age 34 born WI., John P. Wells family
farm laborer. (Frederick Billings age wrong
on this census. He was much older from enlistment
papers.
1882 Frederick Billings 17 March 1882 Hastings, Dakota Co.,
Minnesota:
Declaration for Original Invalid Pension.
States when in Co. A. 3rd WI. Cav., he was in train wreck,
on the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
2nd enlistment Co. K. 3rd WI., Cav. was wounded in
thigh by sharp shooter in Vernon Co., Missouri near
Nevada, MO.
Frederick Billings states: age is 42 years old.
1882 Frederick Billings living Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
might have been in Veterans Hospital for Civil War Soldiers.
Oct. 20th, 1882 claimant on file before Pension Office.
He was brakeman on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
Had to quit job because of lameness of right leg
caused by gunshot wound during service in Civil War.
William F. McMillan affidavit knowing Frederick
Billings for last 20 years since enlisting in
Co. A., 3 Reg., Wisconsin Cavalry. William F. McMillan
Conductor on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
1887 Frederick Billings, 9th Dec. 1887 Sparta, Monroe Co.
Wisconsin Proof of Disability as result of being
in train wreck 26 March 1862 while in service Pvt.
Company A, 3rd Wis. Cav. near Chicago, Illinois.
1890 Birth of Maud Frances Billings 22 Mar 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI. Parents living
Jefferson Co., WI.
1898 Jan. 15 confined in West Salem Mental Asylum,
Kenosha Co., WI. Confined as result of severe depression, Guardian Mrs. Hattie Billings.
1898-1910 in mental hospitals. Cause: Severe Depression.
1900 Fred Billings Town of Hamilton, La Crosse Co., WI.
Inmate in County Asylum for Chronic Insane.
age 61 years b. America, married 1899 (wrong 1873)
1900 Hattie Billings La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI.
1905 Wisconsin State Census Fred Billings, La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI., in Insane Asylum. Hattie and daughter Maude living in La Crosse, WI.
1910 Federal Census Hattie Billings La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI.. widow with daughter Frances Maude Billings.
Hattie Maxwell Billings dies in Canada 12 Dec. 1938
Ottawa, Carlton County, Ontario Province, Canada age 82. Information provided by daughter Mrs. Maude Frances Billings, Kennedy of 243 Brugchel Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Burial Beechwood Cemetery. Hard to read off Canadian Death Certificate.
Frederick Billings married 1/wife Tilla-Tillie-Matilda Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 1860-1863 in Sparta, Monroe Co., WI., Janesville, Rock Co., WI., or Dane Co., WI., or State of Kansas. They might have been married by her uncle Anson Waterman Pope in Janesville who was Justice of Peace and marriage not recorded at Rock Co., WI., Courthouse.
They had daughter Nellie Belle Billings b. 25 Aug. 1863 Janesville, Rock Co., WI. Nellie Belle Billings marries Milton Britton in Newaygo Co., MI. Britton family rumor was that Frederick Billings returned to Germany after Civil War? Doubt that. Frederick and Tillie Billings divorced when or where and Tillie Pope Billings marries Henry Truman Babcock 4 Mar 1866 Janesville, Rock Co., WI., by Justice of Peace Elial Babcock (Henry Truman Babcock's father). Marriage Record Janesville, Rock Co., WI., says: "Truman H. Babcock to Tillie Billings on certificate". After Civil War the Babcock's leave Janesville, WI., for Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan to be near Dake family relatives of Elial Babcock's wife Lydia Colby (Dake) Babcock.
Frederick Billings married 2/wife Hattie Maxwell 15 Sep. 1873 La Crosse, WI., by Justice of Peace H. E. Hubbard,
witnesses: Mr. J. C. Miller and John Scharpf. She was from
La Crescent, Houston Co., Minnesota.(across river from La Crosse, Wisconsin).
They had daughter Maud-Maude Frances Billings born March 22, 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin. She marries George Kennedy probably in Canada. They are buried with her mother in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada, and their two sons. Maud Frances Billings and George Kennedy were 1st cousins, he being son of Margaret Maxwell Kennedy sister to Hattie Maxwell Billings.
Name: Frederick Billings
Residence: Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin
Born: Kingdom of Germany
Age: 20 years
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 October 1861 in Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 14 Oct 1861.
Mustered in at Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 May 1862. Hip contusion resulting from train wreck. Regiment leaving via train from Janesville, WI., in route to Fort Douglas, Chicago, IL. Train wreck and hip severally contused. Rested up and re-enlisted in Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 2 May 1864. Residence Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI.
Mustered Out Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 Jun 1865 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
"The Daily Gazette" Janesville, WI
Sat. Evening March 28, 1862
The Railroad Disaster
Mentions Frederick Billings, contusion, not serious near Chicago. (It was much more serious than reported), train wreckage on top of him hurting his left hip mentioned in Civil War Pension Papers of 2/wife Hattie Maxwell Billings. He could have had head contusion which resulted in Mental illness later in life. dwebb
OBITUARY
"La Crosse Tribune" Jan. 18, 1910
NORTH SIDE MAN DIES AT SALEM
Fred Billings of Caledonia street one of the pioneer settlers of the North side, died this morning at West Salem (Kenosha Co.) death being due to old age.
He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Miss Maud Billings.
Undertaker Dwyer will bring the remains to this city tomorrow and interment will be made in the Oak Grove cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Billings was born in the vicinity of Cashton and removed to the North side about seven years before the Civil War. When the war broke out, he went to Sparta where he enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry; which served with distinction during the war. He participated in some of the most important engagements of the war. After the war, Mr. Billings returned to the city resuming his residence on the North side. He was a member of the Colwell Post of the G.A.R.
Frederick "Fred" Billings was married 1st to my great grandmother Tilla Viola Pope and later
divorced in Wisconsin. Where and date seeking. dwebb
of Mecklenburg, Germany. Source information from 2nd marriage to Hattie Maxwell, Pension Application papers and 1880 Federal Census. Other source says born in Buffalo, New York. He came to United States 1842-1860 time frame into New York or Philadelphia. He was farmer in Buffalo, Erie Co., N.Y., on first enlistment paper says: "born Kingdom of Germany". Second enlistment says: "born in Buffalo, N.Y." Obituary says born in Cashton, Monroe Co., WI. I think he probably was a farmer in Cashton vicinity, Monroe Co., WI., before the Civil War and 2nd wife Hattie or daughter gave that information which is in error should be Mecklenburg, Germany.
Joined the Union Army during Civil War possibly to obtain automatic United States citizenship. The Union Army desperate for men to serve the Union made automatic citizenship for anyone serving that was foreign born and wanted United States Citizenship. They did this with many Irish men just getting off the boats from Ireland at the docks in New York and Philidelphia.
TIME LINE:
Prior to 1860 Buffalo, Erie Co., New York and Cashton, Monroe Co., WI.
1860 Living Cashton-Sparta area, Monroe Co., WI.
1860-1863 marriage to Tillie Viola Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman
Pope and Nancy Jane Brown of Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Dane Co., Wi., Linn Co., KS., Sparta, Monroe Co., WI.
Had daughter Nellie Belle Billings in 1863.
1864 Living Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI., when enlisted
a 2nd time in Madison, Dane Co., WI., Feb. 19, 1864.
1864 Fort Scott, Arkansas, Sept. and Oct 1864 to Nov and
Dec. 1865 in hospital from gun shot wound to
his thigh. Mustered out June 28, 1865 Fort Leavenworth
Kansas.
1870 Federal Census La Crosse, WI., Frederick Billings
2nd Ward, living single, Hotel of Nicholas Hintgen
1873 Marriage to Hattie Maxwell in La Crosse, WI.
1880 Federal Census Nininger, Dakota Co., MN.
Fred Billings age 34, farmer born Mecklenberg,
wife Hattie age 34 born WI., John P. Wells family
farm laborer. (Frederick Billings age wrong
on this census. He was much older from enlistment
papers.
1882 Frederick Billings 17 March 1882 Hastings, Dakota Co.,
Minnesota:
Declaration for Original Invalid Pension.
States when in Co. A. 3rd WI. Cav., he was in train wreck,
on the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
2nd enlistment Co. K. 3rd WI., Cav. was wounded in
thigh by sharp shooter in Vernon Co., Missouri near
Nevada, MO.
Frederick Billings states: age is 42 years old.
1882 Frederick Billings living Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
might have been in Veterans Hospital for Civil War Soldiers.
Oct. 20th, 1882 claimant on file before Pension Office.
He was brakeman on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
Had to quit job because of lameness of right leg
caused by gunshot wound during service in Civil War.
William F. McMillan affidavit knowing Frederick
Billings for last 20 years since enlisting in
Co. A., 3 Reg., Wisconsin Cavalry. William F. McMillan
Conductor on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Road.
1887 Frederick Billings, 9th Dec. 1887 Sparta, Monroe Co.
Wisconsin Proof of Disability as result of being
in train wreck 26 March 1862 while in service Pvt.
Company A, 3rd Wis. Cav. near Chicago, Illinois.
1890 Birth of Maud Frances Billings 22 Mar 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI. Parents living
Jefferson Co., WI.
1898 Jan. 15 confined in West Salem Mental Asylum,
Kenosha Co., WI. Confined as result of severe depression, Guardian Mrs. Hattie Billings.
1898-1910 in mental hospitals. Cause: Severe Depression.
1900 Fred Billings Town of Hamilton, La Crosse Co., WI.
Inmate in County Asylum for Chronic Insane.
age 61 years b. America, married 1899 (wrong 1873)
1900 Hattie Billings La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI.
1905 Wisconsin State Census Fred Billings, La Crosse Ward 20, La Crosse Co., WI., in Insane Asylum. Hattie and daughter Maude living in La Crosse, WI.
1910 Federal Census Hattie Billings La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI.. widow with daughter Frances Maude Billings.
Hattie Maxwell Billings dies in Canada 12 Dec. 1938
Ottawa, Carlton County, Ontario Province, Canada age 82. Information provided by daughter Mrs. Maude Frances Billings, Kennedy of 243 Brugchel Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Burial Beechwood Cemetery. Hard to read off Canadian Death Certificate.
Frederick Billings married 1/wife Tilla-Tillie-Matilda Pope d/o Cyrus Waterman Pope and Nancy Jane Brown 1860-1863 in Sparta, Monroe Co., WI., Janesville, Rock Co., WI., or Dane Co., WI., or State of Kansas. They might have been married by her uncle Anson Waterman Pope in Janesville who was Justice of Peace and marriage not recorded at Rock Co., WI., Courthouse.
They had daughter Nellie Belle Billings b. 25 Aug. 1863 Janesville, Rock Co., WI. Nellie Belle Billings marries Milton Britton in Newaygo Co., MI. Britton family rumor was that Frederick Billings returned to Germany after Civil War? Doubt that. Frederick and Tillie Billings divorced when or where and Tillie Pope Billings marries Henry Truman Babcock 4 Mar 1866 Janesville, Rock Co., WI., by Justice of Peace Elial Babcock (Henry Truman Babcock's father). Marriage Record Janesville, Rock Co., WI., says: "Truman H. Babcock to Tillie Billings on certificate". After Civil War the Babcock's leave Janesville, WI., for Denver Twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan to be near Dake family relatives of Elial Babcock's wife Lydia Colby (Dake) Babcock.
Frederick Billings married 2/wife Hattie Maxwell 15 Sep. 1873 La Crosse, WI., by Justice of Peace H. E. Hubbard,
witnesses: Mr. J. C. Miller and John Scharpf. She was from
La Crescent, Houston Co., Minnesota.(across river from La Crosse, Wisconsin).
They had daughter Maud-Maude Frances Billings born March 22, 1890
La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin. She marries George Kennedy probably in Canada. They are buried with her mother in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada, and their two sons. Maud Frances Billings and George Kennedy were 1st cousins, he being son of Margaret Maxwell Kennedy sister to Hattie Maxwell Billings.
Name: Frederick Billings
Residence: Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin
Born: Kingdom of Germany
Age: 20 years
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 October 1861 in Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 14 Oct 1861.
Mustered in at Janesville, Rock Co., WI.
Received a disability discharge from Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 May 1862. Hip contusion resulting from train wreck. Regiment leaving via train from Janesville, WI., in route to Fort Douglas, Chicago, IL. Train wreck and hip severally contused. Rested up and re-enlisted in Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 2 May 1864. Residence Vineland, Winnebago Co., WI.
Mustered Out Company K, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 Jun 1865 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
"The Daily Gazette" Janesville, WI
Sat. Evening March 28, 1862
The Railroad Disaster
Mentions Frederick Billings, contusion, not serious near Chicago. (It was much more serious than reported), train wreckage on top of him hurting his left hip mentioned in Civil War Pension Papers of 2/wife Hattie Maxwell Billings. He could have had head contusion which resulted in Mental illness later in life. dwebb
OBITUARY
"La Crosse Tribune" Jan. 18, 1910
NORTH SIDE MAN DIES AT SALEM
Fred Billings of Caledonia street one of the pioneer settlers of the North side, died this morning at West Salem (Kenosha Co.) death being due to old age.
He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Miss Maud Billings.
Undertaker Dwyer will bring the remains to this city tomorrow and interment will be made in the Oak Grove cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Billings was born in the vicinity of Cashton and removed to the North side about seven years before the Civil War. When the war broke out, he went to Sparta where he enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry; which served with distinction during the war. He participated in some of the most important engagements of the war. After the war, Mr. Billings returned to the city resuming his residence on the North side. He was a member of the Colwell Post of the G.A.R.
Frederick "Fred" Billings was married 1st to my great grandmother Tilla Viola Pope and later
divorced in Wisconsin. Where and date seeking. dwebb
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