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Surnames: Billings, Davis, Miller, Tyre
Classification: Biography
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Jesse Billings was born in Lawrence County, Ind.,August 19, 1831, of English and Welsh
descent, and son of William and Mary (Davis) Billings, of Tennessee and Wales,
respectively. they were married in Tennessee in 1820, and two years later moved to
Lawrence county, Ind., where they purchased 200 acres of land near Mitchell. When Jesse
was about eight years old his mother died, and he remained with his father, assisting him
on the farm until nineteen years of age. February 7, 1850, he was married to Sarah
Miller, born November 22, 1833, daughter of John and Susannah(Tyre) Miller, and moved to
Ill.,where he purchased land and lived for about four years. He then came to Daviess
County, Ind., and bought 135 acres of land, which he has since, increased to 560 acres,460
acres being under cultivation. His land is all underlaid with a good quality of coal. At
a depth of 190 feet they found a six-foot vein, and at fifty feet an eighteen- inch vein,
and at ninety feet a four-f!
oot vein, all of which was analyzed and found to be first class. He and his wife are
parents of these children: John W., Abram R., Mary S., George W., Annie A., Airnetta B.,
Morton E., Charles S., Lillie M., Louis S. and Jessie F. Mr. Billings is a Republican and
cast his first vote for Fillmore. He has been a member of the Masonic Lodge twenty-seven
years, and a member of the Christian Church twenty years. Mr. Billings was not in the
late war, but his sympathies were with the Union soldiers. He had three brothers who
served, and all were wounded, but returned home in safety.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishing;Chicago;1886
Pages 750-751