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William Andrew Bills


Birth5 August 1835Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Andrew Bills (1835-1915), memorial #16670968.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), index and images, FamilySearch, William Andrew Bills, 20 April 1915; citing South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 617, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL microfilm 2229571.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wm Bills, folder "Third 100, schedules, circa 1847 November" (#63), image 5, line 10.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Bishop Bill's Body is Found in Jordan," 21 April 2019, p. 3, column 5.
Death20 April 1915South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Andrew Bills (1835-1915), memorial #16670968.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), index and images, FamilySearch, William Andrew Bills, 20 April 1915; citing South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 617, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL microfilm 2229571.

    Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake Telegram (Salt Lake City, Utah: Telegram Pub. Co., 1902-1952), "Bishop Bills Funeral," 21 April 2019, p. 2, column 4.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Bishop Bill's Body is Found in Jordan," 21 April 2019, p. 3, column 5.
Burial22 April 1915South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Andrew Bills (1835-1915), memorial #16670968.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), index and images, FamilySearch, William Andrew Bills, 20 April 1915; citing South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 617, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL microfilm 2229571.

    Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake Telegram (Salt Lake City, Utah: Telegram Pub. Co., 1902-1952), "Bishop Bills Funeral," 21 April 2019, p. 2, column 4.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Bishop Bill's Body is Found in Jordan," 21 April 2019, p. 3, column 5.
FatherJohn Bills
MotherElizabeth Scott
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   • Emeline Beckstead
Married4 July 1852South Jordan, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Andrew Bills and Emeline Beckstead, ID: KWC4-351 and ID: KWJC-BTV.
          Children:
               Gordon Silas Bills
               William Andrew Bills Jr
               Alexander Bills
               Catherine Emeline Bills
               Harriet Elizabeth Bills
               John Alma Bills
               George Wellington Bills
               Mary Ellen Bills
               Martha Ann Bills
               Henry Locell Bills
               Daniel Wallace Bills
               David Bills


   • Petrine Amelia Amundsen
Married1 March 1869Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Andrew Bills and Petrina Amelia Amundsen, ID: KWC4-351 and ID: KWJC-574.
          Children:
               Orson Bills
               Samuel Andrew Bills
               Homer Lafayette Bills


   • Marthine Matilda Amundson
Married1 March 1869Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Andrew Bills and Marthine Matilda Amundsen, ID: KWC4-351 and ID: KWC4-3R9.
          Children:
               Parley Bills
               Mary Amelia Bills
               Luther Martin Bills
               Ole Bills
               William Riley Bills
               Olive A Bills
               Norman Scott Bills
               Marth Jane Bills
               Iva Patrenia Amundson Bills


   • Annie Eastwood
Married6 February 1879Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Andrew Bills and Annie Eastwood, ID: KWC4-351 and ID: KWNL-XFX.
          Children:
               Anna Burnett Bills
               Sarah Romania Bills
               William Leroy Bills
               Lorenzo Robert Bills
               Heber Loutellous Bills
               Wilford Lester Bills
               Byron E Bills

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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1910Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusPrecinct 4, Schuyler, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusWest Jordan Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSouth Jordan Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusSouth Jordan, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusPrecinct 1, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusPart of Election District 16, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young 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)
       Departure5 Jun 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848

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