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James Billings Veteran

Birth: 27 Sep 1836
Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Death: 27 Aug 1918 (aged 81)
Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial: New Home Cemetery

Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 262051297 View Source

James Billings was born 27 Sep 1836 in Lawrence County, IN, to William Billings and Mary Davis. He moved to Richland County, IL, when young and served in the 8th IL Infantry, USA, in the Civil War, fighting under General Grant at Fort Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg. He was wounded on a mortar barge in the river at Vicksburg and was awarded a pension. He married Darkis Tolliver in 1855, and after her death married Cora Anada Pearson. He moved west from IL to Bates County MO and then to Crawford County, KS, then south to Benton County, AR, to Joplin, Jasper County, MO, and finally to Cherokee County OK to live with his son James Starling Billings. He died there on 27th August 1918.

James Billings was born 27 Sep 1836 in Lawrence County, IN, to William Billings and Mary Davis. He moved to Richland County, IL, when young and served in the 8th IL Infantry, USA, in the Civil War, fighting under General Grant at Fort Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg. He was wounded on a mortar barge in the river at Vicksburg and was awarded a pension. He married Darkis Tolliver in 1855, and after her death married Cora Anada Pearson. He moved west from IL to Bates County MO and then to Crawford County, KS, then south to Benton County, AR, to Joplin, Jasper County, MO, and finally to Cherokee County OK to live with his son James Starling Billings. He died there on 27th August 1918.

Gravesite Details

His son filed an application for reimbursement from the pension bureau for a tombstone on the 6th of March 1919, and indicated his father was buried in New Home Cemetery in Cherokee County. The stone is not now evident in New Home Cemetery, however.

Family Members

Parents

William Billings

1801–1880

Spouse

Darcas Toliver Billings

1835–1910 (m. 1855)

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Created by: James Klumpp
Added: Dec 5, 2023
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262051297/james-billings: accessed ), memorial page for James Billings (27 Sep 1836–27 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262051297, citing New Home Cemetery, Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by James Klumpp (contributor 49477057).

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