Mearl F BillingsleyAge: 92 years1897–1989
- Name
- Mearl F Billingsley
- Given names
- Mearl F
- Surname
- Billingsley
 Birth | June 1897 25 21 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a brother | George Dewey Billingsley April 18, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Miles Dave Billingsley September 22, 1903 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley October 24, 1906 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bonnie Lee Billingsley March 15, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Doc Edward Billingsley March 10, 1913 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Martis Billingsley February 5, 1916 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Sam Nealy Billingsley March 11, 1918 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 20 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Alvin Owie Billingsley May 28, 1921 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 3, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | George Franklin Billingsley March 27, 1950 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley June 7, 1955 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Major Earl Billingsley June 1, 1961 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Dewey Billingsley February 1968 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Colonel Henry Billingsley July 11, 1970 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Doc Edward Billingsley February 9, 1972 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a wife | Della Matt Whitehead July 16, 1980 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a brother | Miles Dave Billingsley May 3, 1982 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | November 1, 1989 (Age 92 years) |
 Last change | July 29, 2019 – 15:36:34 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Franklin Billingsley Birth: January 1872 52 40 — Alabama, United States Death: March 27, 1950 — Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
| mother |
Tempie Ann “Annie” O'Neal Birth: October 1875 — Alabama, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about August 1890 — |
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9 months elder brother |
Colonel Henry Billingsley Birth: April 22, 1891 19 15 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: July 11, 1970 — Inyo, California, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Major Earl Billingsley Birth: October 14, 1893 21 18 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: June 1, 1961 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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4 years himself |
Mearl F Billingsley Birth: June 1897 25 21 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: November 1, 1989 — Floyd, Georgia, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
George Dewey Billingsley Birth: April 18, 1900 28 24 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: February 1968 — Cobb, Georgia, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Miles Dave Billingsley Birth: September 22, 1903 31 27 — Georgia, United States Death: May 3, 1982 — Troup, Georgia, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley Birth: October 24, 1906 34 31 — Alabama, United States Death: June 7, 1955 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Bonnie Lee Billingsley Birth: March 15, 1910 38 34 — Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, United States Death: July 19, 1991 — Inyo, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Doc Edward Billingsley Birth: March 10, 1913 41 37 — Cedar Town, Polk, Georgia, United States Death: February 9, 1972 — Chambers, Alabama, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
John Martis Billingsley Birth: February 5, 1916 44 40 — Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, United States Death: April 29, 1998 — Riverside, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Sam Nealy Billingsley Birth: March 11, 1918 46 42 — Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States Death: June 30, 1998 — Troup, Georgia, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Birth: May 28, 1921 49 45 — Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States Death: May 28, 1997 — Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States |
| Family with Della Matt Whitehead |
| himself |
Mearl F Billingsley Birth: June 1897 25 21 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: November 1, 1989 — Floyd, Georgia, United States |
| wife |
Della Matt Whitehead Birth: July 5, 1910 — Georgia, United States Death: July 16, 1980 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
| son |
Private |
Mearl F Billingsley has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents George Alfred + Barbara Billingsley
Parents George Lee Sloan Sr. + Laura A Billingsley
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Franklin Billingsley - Household
3rd Precinct Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Franklin Billingsley - Household
Dist. 1079 Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, USA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Franklin Billingsley - Household
Bryant Street Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Sloan Sr. - Household
327 Jones Street Cedartown, Polk, Georgia
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Mearl F Billingsley - Household
Rockmart Road Cedartown, Polk, Georgia
Wife's name not listed -b |