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Alanson Billings

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Alanson Billings

Birth
Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Dec 1864 (aged 69)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
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Billings was a bookseller in Kentucky, Middle Tennessee and North Alabama. In 1846, in Columbia, Tennessee., he was arrested and accused of breaking the state's law against spreading abolitionist literature. A jury found him not guilty of the charge. Billings remained in the South during the Civil War and died in 1864.

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Billings was a bookseller in Kentucky, Middle Tennessee and North Alabama. In 1846, in Columbia, Tennessee., he was arrested and accused of breaking the state's law against spreading abolitionist literature. A jury found him not guilty of the charge. Billings remained in the South during the Civil War and died in 1864.

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Born in Mass. 13 Sep 1795

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  • Maintained by: BB
  • Originally Created by: L.M.L.
  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42174752/alanson-billings: accessed ), memorial page for Alanson Billings (13 Sep 1795–1 Dec 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42174752, citing Carmack Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by BB (contributor 47395133).