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George Pierce Billings



Birth25 July 1827Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for George Pierce Billings (1827-1896), memorial #27738437.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for George Pierce Billings, ID: KWJ4-LC7.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 166.

    Manti Messenger, Manti Messenger (Manti, Utah: Manti Print. And Pub. Co., 1893-1973), "Obituary," 4 December 1896, p. 1, column 5.

Death2 December 1896Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for George Pierce Billings (1827-1896), memorial #27738437.

    Manti Messenger, Manti Messenger (Manti, Utah: Manti Print. And Pub. Co., 1893-1973), "Obituary," 4 December 1896, p. 1, column 5.

Burial5 December 1896Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for George Pierce Billings (1827-1896), memorial #27738437.

    Manti Messenger, Manti Messenger (Manti, Utah: Manti Print. And Pub. Co., 1893-1973), "Obituary," 4 December 1896, p. 1, column 5.

FatherTitus Billings
MotherDiantha Morley

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   • Edith Patten
Married27 May 1851Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
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    Brigham Young University-Idaho, Western States Marriage Index (Rexburg, Idaho: Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, 2005), database, Abish.byu, entry for George Billings and Edith Patten (27 May 1851); citing UGA, "Deseret News" Marriage by Lundberg and Hansen, vol. 4, p. 2..

    Judith Woolstenhulme Hansen, Marriages in Utah Territory, 1850-1884 : from the Deseret News, 1850-1872, and the Elias Smith journals, 1850-1884 (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States: Utah Genealogical Association, 1998), entry for George Billings and Edith Patten (27 May 1851); p. 2.

          Children:
               Hannah Billings
               Titus Billings
               Edith Georgianna Billings
               Louisa Billings
               George Pierce Billings
               Leonard Billings
               John A Billings
               Orson Billings
               Heber Billings


   • Jerusha Lois Shomaker
Married21 February 1888Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), database, Abish.byu, entry for George P Billings and Jerusha Shomaker (21 February 1888); citing p. 678.

          Children:
               Marion Billings
               Nancy Ruth Billings
               Clara Isabella Billings
               Luella Shomaker Billings
               Ezra Golden Billings
               Diantha Billings
               Eunice Billings
               LaPriel Billings


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Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
San Pete, San Pete, Utah Territory, United States
Manti City, Manti, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusManti, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusManti City, Manti, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusManti City 2nd Ward, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusManti City 1st Ward, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusManti City, Manti precinct, SanPete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Brigham Young Vanguard CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
Heber C. Kimball CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848


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