Titus Billings,second counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge from 1837 to 1840, was the son of Ebeneezer Billings and Esther Joyce] Titus learned the trade of a carpenter. On February 16, 1817 he married Diantha Morley, the sister of Isaac Morley. He later practice plural marriage and fathered a total of nineteen children of record.
He was the second person baptized (LDS) in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830 by missionaries to the Lamanites. He was ordained a Deacon by October 1831. On March 10, 1832 he was ordained an Elder by Thomas B. Marsh. He was appointed by revelation to move to Missouri and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1833), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county.
He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, his brother-in-law.
He participated in the Battle of Crooked River and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill.
Bishop Billings was released at the death of Bishop Partridge on May 27, 1840.
Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county, Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo he received his Endowment in the Nauvoo Temple on December 13,1845 and was sealed to Diantha Morley January 30, 1846.
In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete Valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti.
Subsequently he located in Provo, Utah County, where he resided until his death... (See, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, compiled and edited by Andrew Jenson, Volume 1, page 242).
Children from Diantha Morley Billings:
Samuel Dwight Billings
Thomas Billings
Ebenezer Billings
Emily Billings
Martha Billings
Alfred Nelson Billings
George Pierce Billings
Eunice Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Children from Mary Ann Tuttle:
Emily Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Teresa Billings
Alonzo Billings
He was the second person baptized (LDS) in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830 by missionaries to the Lamanites. He was ordained a Deacon by October 1831. On March 10, 1832 he was ordained an Elder by Thomas B. Marsh. He was appointed by revelation to move to Missouri and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1833), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county.
He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, his brother-in-law.
He participated in the Battle of Crooked River and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill.
Bishop Billings was released at the death of Bishop Partridge on May 27, 1840.
Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county, Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo he received his Endowment in the Nauvoo Temple on December 13,1845 and was sealed to Diantha Morley January 30, 1846.
In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete Valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti.
Subsequently he located in Provo, Utah County, where he resided until his death... (See, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, compiled and edited by Andrew Jenson, Volume 1, page 242).
Children from Diantha Morley Billings:
Samuel Dwight Billings
Thomas Billings
Ebenezer Billings
Emily Billings
Martha Billings
Alfred Nelson Billings
George Pierce Billings
Eunice Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Children from Mary Ann Tuttle:
Emily Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Teresa Billings
Alonzo Billings
Titus Billings,second counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge from 1837 to 1840, was the son of Ebeneezer Billings and Esther Joyce] Titus learned the trade of a carpenter. On February 16, 1817 he married Diantha Morley, the sister of Isaac Morley. He later practice plural marriage and fathered a total of nineteen children of record.
He was the second person baptized (LDS) in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830 by missionaries to the Lamanites. He was ordained a Deacon by October 1831. On March 10, 1832 he was ordained an Elder by Thomas B. Marsh. He was appointed by revelation to move to Missouri and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1833), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county.
He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, his brother-in-law.
He participated in the Battle of Crooked River and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill.
Bishop Billings was released at the death of Bishop Partridge on May 27, 1840.
Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county, Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo he received his Endowment in the Nauvoo Temple on December 13,1845 and was sealed to Diantha Morley January 30, 1846.
In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete Valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti.
Subsequently he located in Provo, Utah County, where he resided until his death... (See, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, compiled and edited by Andrew Jenson, Volume 1, page 242).
Children from Diantha Morley Billings:
Samuel Dwight Billings
Thomas Billings
Ebenezer Billings
Emily Billings
Martha Billings
Alfred Nelson Billings
George Pierce Billings
Eunice Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Children from Mary Ann Tuttle:
Emily Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Teresa Billings
Alonzo Billings
He was the second person baptized (LDS) in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830 by missionaries to the Lamanites. He was ordained a Deacon by October 1831. On March 10, 1832 he was ordained an Elder by Thomas B. Marsh. He was appointed by revelation to move to Missouri and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1833), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county.
He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, his brother-in-law.
He participated in the Battle of Crooked River and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill.
Bishop Billings was released at the death of Bishop Partridge on May 27, 1840.
Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county, Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo he received his Endowment in the Nauvoo Temple on December 13,1845 and was sealed to Diantha Morley January 30, 1846.
In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete Valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti.
Subsequently he located in Provo, Utah County, where he resided until his death... (See, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, compiled and edited by Andrew Jenson, Volume 1, page 242).
Children from Diantha Morley Billings:
Samuel Dwight Billings
Thomas Billings
Ebenezer Billings
Emily Billings
Martha Billings
Alfred Nelson Billings
George Pierce Billings
Eunice Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Children from Mary Ann Tuttle:
Emily Billings
Titus Billings (Jr.)
Teresa Billings
Alonzo Billings
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