Obit from IL Genealogy Trails website:
FRANCIS (PARRISH) BILLS, passed away at her home Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock after a long illness with consumption of the bowels. Her death, though not a surprise, has cast a gloom over many Milledgeville homes. She had been in delicate health for some time, but was taken seriously ill the day before Decoration Day and has since grown gradually weaker until the end.
Miss Francis M. Parrish was born in Genesee, Whiteside county, April 9th, 1854, therefore was 46 years, 2 months and 29 days old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Watson and Nancy Broadwell Parrish. She attended the Liberty school when a girl. September 2, 1874, she was united in marriage to Kendrick E. Bills, and they had lived together for twenty-six years. Their union was blessed with one son, Henry, who is engaged in the hardware business in this place with his father. Shortly after her marriage she was converted at a revival at the Hickory Grove M. E. church. For years she lived at Hickory Grove, and in 1888 the family moved to Coleta, where they resided until 1895 when they became residents of Milledgeville, where they have since resided. After moving to Coleta Mrs. Bills united with the United Brethren church and has remained so, being an earnest, conscientious christian woman.
In the Parrish family there were fifteen children four having preceded her in death. They were Mary and Clara, who died in infancy; William who died in the army, and Mrs. Hattie Johnston, who died at Rippey, Iowa. The brothers and sisters living are as follows: Mrs. Sarah Cummings, Mrs. B. T. St. John and L. S. Parrish, of Sterling,; Mrs. Emma Stanley, of Coleta; Elias Parrish of Vesta, Nebraska; Augustin, of Chico, California; Sampson, of Milford, Iowa; Watson, of San Diego, California; H. Harrison, of Archer Grove, Iowa, and John B., of Luverne, Minn.
The funeral was held from the residence at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, Rev. F. L. Baldwin, of Lockport officiating. The remains were taken to Sterling and were buried at Riverside cemetery, the cortege arriving there at about three o'clock. Mrs. Bills was a member of the Mystic Workers of the World and the W. R. C. She was possessed of that disposition which made friends of all who knew her. She had a smile and a pleasant word for every one and was generally beloved. During her last long illness her husband and son remained by her side almost constantly. The floral tributes from friends were most beautiful. During her illness, Mrs. Bills was patient, never complaining. A lovely woman has been taken from our midst. -- Contributed by Karen Fyock - July 8, (?) 1900
FRANCIS (PARRISH) BILLS, passed away at her home Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock after a long illness with consumption of the bowels. Her death, though not a surprise, has cast a gloom over many Milledgeville homes. She had been in delicate health for some time, but was taken seriously ill the day before Decoration Day and has since grown gradually weaker until the end.
Miss Francis M. Parrish was born in Genesee, Whiteside county, April 9th, 1854, therefore was 46 years, 2 months and 29 days old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Watson and Nancy Broadwell Parrish. She attended the Liberty school when a girl. September 2, 1874, she was united in marriage to Kendrick E. Bills, and they had lived together for twenty-six years. Their union was blessed with one son, Henry, who is engaged in the hardware business in this place with his father. Shortly after her marriage she was converted at a revival at the Hickory Grove M. E. church. For years she lived at Hickory Grove, and in 1888 the family moved to Coleta, where they resided until 1895 when they became residents of Milledgeville, where they have since resided. After moving to Coleta Mrs. Bills united with the United Brethren church and has remained so, being an earnest, conscientious christian woman.
In the Parrish family there were fifteen children four having preceded her in death. They were Mary and Clara, who died in infancy; William who died in the army, and Mrs. Hattie Johnston, who died at Rippey, Iowa. The brothers and sisters living are as follows: Mrs. Sarah Cummings, Mrs. B. T. St. John and L. S. Parrish, of Sterling,; Mrs. Emma Stanley, of Coleta; Elias Parrish of Vesta, Nebraska; Augustin, of Chico, California; Sampson, of Milford, Iowa; Watson, of San Diego, California; H. Harrison, of Archer Grove, Iowa, and John B., of Luverne, Minn.
The funeral was held from the residence at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, Rev. F. L. Baldwin, of Lockport officiating. The remains were taken to Sterling and were buried at Riverside cemetery, the cortege arriving there at about three o'clock. Mrs. Bills was a member of the Mystic Workers of the World and the W. R. C. She was possessed of that disposition which made friends of all who knew her. She had a smile and a pleasant word for every one and was generally beloved. During her last long illness her husband and son remained by her side almost constantly. The floral tributes from friends were most beautiful. During her illness, Mrs. Bills was patient, never complaining. A lovely woman has been taken from our midst. -- Contributed by Karen Fyock - July 8, (?) 1900
Obit from IL Genealogy Trails website:
FRANCIS (PARRISH) BILLS, passed away at her home Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock after a long illness with consumption of the bowels. Her death, though not a surprise, has cast a gloom over many Milledgeville homes. She had been in delicate health for some time, but was taken seriously ill the day before Decoration Day and has since grown gradually weaker until the end.
Miss Francis M. Parrish was born in Genesee, Whiteside county, April 9th, 1854, therefore was 46 years, 2 months and 29 days old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Watson and Nancy Broadwell Parrish. She attended the Liberty school when a girl. September 2, 1874, she was united in marriage to Kendrick E. Bills, and they had lived together for twenty-six years. Their union was blessed with one son, Henry, who is engaged in the hardware business in this place with his father. Shortly after her marriage she was converted at a revival at the Hickory Grove M. E. church. For years she lived at Hickory Grove, and in 1888 the family moved to Coleta, where they resided until 1895 when they became residents of Milledgeville, where they have since resided. After moving to Coleta Mrs. Bills united with the United Brethren church and has remained so, being an earnest, conscientious christian woman.
In the Parrish family there were fifteen children four having preceded her in death. They were Mary and Clara, who died in infancy; William who died in the army, and Mrs. Hattie Johnston, who died at Rippey, Iowa. The brothers and sisters living are as follows: Mrs. Sarah Cummings, Mrs. B. T. St. John and L. S. Parrish, of Sterling,; Mrs. Emma Stanley, of Coleta; Elias Parrish of Vesta, Nebraska; Augustin, of Chico, California; Sampson, of Milford, Iowa; Watson, of San Diego, California; H. Harrison, of Archer Grove, Iowa, and John B., of Luverne, Minn.
The funeral was held from the residence at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, Rev. F. L. Baldwin, of Lockport officiating. The remains were taken to Sterling and were buried at Riverside cemetery, the cortege arriving there at about three o'clock. Mrs. Bills was a member of the Mystic Workers of the World and the W. R. C. She was possessed of that disposition which made friends of all who knew her. She had a smile and a pleasant word for every one and was generally beloved. During her last long illness her husband and son remained by her side almost constantly. The floral tributes from friends were most beautiful. During her illness, Mrs. Bills was patient, never complaining. A lovely woman has been taken from our midst. -- Contributed by Karen Fyock - July 8, (?) 1900
FRANCIS (PARRISH) BILLS, passed away at her home Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock after a long illness with consumption of the bowels. Her death, though not a surprise, has cast a gloom over many Milledgeville homes. She had been in delicate health for some time, but was taken seriously ill the day before Decoration Day and has since grown gradually weaker until the end.
Miss Francis M. Parrish was born in Genesee, Whiteside county, April 9th, 1854, therefore was 46 years, 2 months and 29 days old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Watson and Nancy Broadwell Parrish. She attended the Liberty school when a girl. September 2, 1874, she was united in marriage to Kendrick E. Bills, and they had lived together for twenty-six years. Their union was blessed with one son, Henry, who is engaged in the hardware business in this place with his father. Shortly after her marriage she was converted at a revival at the Hickory Grove M. E. church. For years she lived at Hickory Grove, and in 1888 the family moved to Coleta, where they resided until 1895 when they became residents of Milledgeville, where they have since resided. After moving to Coleta Mrs. Bills united with the United Brethren church and has remained so, being an earnest, conscientious christian woman.
In the Parrish family there were fifteen children four having preceded her in death. They were Mary and Clara, who died in infancy; William who died in the army, and Mrs. Hattie Johnston, who died at Rippey, Iowa. The brothers and sisters living are as follows: Mrs. Sarah Cummings, Mrs. B. T. St. John and L. S. Parrish, of Sterling,; Mrs. Emma Stanley, of Coleta; Elias Parrish of Vesta, Nebraska; Augustin, of Chico, California; Sampson, of Milford, Iowa; Watson, of San Diego, California; H. Harrison, of Archer Grove, Iowa, and John B., of Luverne, Minn.
The funeral was held from the residence at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, Rev. F. L. Baldwin, of Lockport officiating. The remains were taken to Sterling and were buried at Riverside cemetery, the cortege arriving there at about three o'clock. Mrs. Bills was a member of the Mystic Workers of the World and the W. R. C. She was possessed of that disposition which made friends of all who knew her. She had a smile and a pleasant word for every one and was generally beloved. During her last long illness her husband and son remained by her side almost constantly. The floral tributes from friends were most beautiful. During her illness, Mrs. Bills was patient, never complaining. A lovely woman has been taken from our midst. -- Contributed by Karen Fyock - July 8, (?) 1900
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