John R BillingsleyAge: 87 years1854–1941
- Name
- John R Billingsley
- Given names
- John R
- Surname
- Billingsley
 Birth | 1854 34 32 |
 Marriage | Angeline … — View this family unknown |
 Death of a mother | Ann Collins 1854 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Tennessee Billingsley 1857 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary L Billingsley about 1859 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Barbara Billingsley March 16, 1861 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a half-sister | Laura A Billingsley April 7, 1866 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Bohaney Billingsley before 1870 (Age 16 years) |
 Census | September 25, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | George Franklin Billingsley January 1872 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Rosela Billingsley 1874 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Minerva Billingsley 1876 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #3 | Hugh Ginshaw Billingsley 1879 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Hugh Billingsley about 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 years)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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 64 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 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 |
 Death | 1941 (Age 87 years) |
 Last change | March 9, 2022 – 18:33:41 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Hugh Billingsley Birth: about 1820 27 23 — Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Death: about 1882 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States |
| mother |
Ann Collins Birth: estimated 1822 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1854 — South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
James N Billingsley Birth: estimated 1844 24 22 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Andrew Billingsley Birth: estimated 1845 25 23 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years elder sister |
Sarah J Billingsley Birth: estimated 1849 29 27 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Ann Billingsley Birth: estimated 1852 32 30 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
John R Billingsley Birth: 1854 34 32 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1941 |
| Father’s family with Mary Minerva Bradford |
| father |
Henry Hugh Billingsley Birth: about 1820 27 23 — Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Death: about 1882 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Minerva Bradford Birth: April 1831 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 8, 1844 — South Carolina, United States |
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14 years half-sister |
Tennessee Billingsley Birth: 1857 37 25 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Mary L Billingsley Birth: about 1859 39 27 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 years half-sister |
Barbara Billingsley Birth: March 16, 1861 41 29 — South Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1944 — Polk, Georgia, United States |
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5 years half-sister |
Birth: April 7, 1866 46 35 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: March 19, 1961 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
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6 years half-brother |
George Franklin Billingsley Birth: January 1872 52 40 — Alabama, United States Death: March 27, 1950 — Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
| Family with Angeline … |
| himself |
John R Billingsley Birth: 1854 34 32 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1941 |
| wife |
Angeline … Birth: 1855 — Alabama, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Rosela Billingsley Birth: 1874 20 19 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Minerva Billingsley Birth: 1876 22 21 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
Hugh Ginshaw Billingsley Birth: 1879 25 24 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: |
John R Billingsley has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents James Bohaney Billingsley Jr. + Elizabeth Jane Alexander
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Hugh Billingsley - Household
Cherokee, Alabama
Barbary is listed as male? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John R Billingsley - Household
Cherokee, Alabama
FBP for kids should be SC? -b |