David Keyes Bill (1836 - 1912)

Born 24 Feb 1836 in Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Aug 1912 at age 76 in Oregon, United States

Biography

David was born in 1836 in Vermont, the son of Rufus Bill and Betsey Fisk.

spouse: Harriet M Bolser - no marriage record found. Gill-3793 20:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Children

Freddie G. Bill, b. 1872, Minnesota

Leroy Alexander Bill, b. 1874 in Minnesota

David Lester Bill, b. 1876, Minnesota

Delight M. Bill, b. 1879, Minnesota

Hotel Bill

The Hotel Bill was named after someone named Bill, but it was his last name - not his first name. It was constructed by George Bill in 1904, from logs that washed ashore from one of Simon Benson's cigar-shaped log rafts. Later purchased by D. A. and Edna Osburn, it was operated as the Cannon Beach Hotel. In 1944 it was sold to the McNeills who created the Cannon Beach Conference Center. This link leads to a photo of the hotel, circa 1907. ^[1]

Civil War Soldiers

Private David Bill, age 22, induction 26 Sep 1861, B 3rd, born Vermont, residence Waterford, Dakota, Minnesota. Re-enlisted 2 Feb 1864, Pro. Corp. & Sgt.; discharge date: 2 Sep 1865. ^[2]

Grand Army of the Republic

David was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.* His GAR record has age 59, born in Vermont, living in Gladstone, Oregon. A carpenter by trade, he joined 10 October 1861 as a Private in Co. B, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. He was discharged 2 September 1865, a Sargeant in Co. B, 3rd Minnesota.^[3]

• GAR was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois.

VA Pension

David's VA pension lists him as "Army Invalid," sergeant, Co B, 3rd Minn. Vol. Inf. Pension in Parkplace, Oregon.

1. Inc Rate 12, 14 Nov 1906 to 8 Jan 1907
2. Reis, rate 15, 3 Mar 1909 to 31 Mar 1909
3. Reis, rate 25, 28 May 1912 to 24 January 1913.^[4][5]

Remarried Widow*

Harriet M. Bill, wife of David K Bill who served in Co. B, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. Date of filing: 13 September 1920. ^[6]

• This collection consists of two card indexes to widows who had applied for a pension renewal. The first covers service between 1812-1860 and is NARA microfilm publication M1784. The second covers service in the Civil War and later and is NARA microfilm publication M1785. Both indexes are part of RG 15 Records of the Veterans Administration. The files are located at the National Archives.

Will & Probate

David K Bill died intestate. Probate Court appointed John W Loder administrator of the estate on 17 September 1912 in Clackamas County. ^[7] BURIAL
Mountain View Cemetery
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.oldoregonphotos.com/location/oregoncounties/clatsop-county/hotel-bill-cannon-beach-c-1907.html
2. ↑ Dalby, John. Minnesota Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
3. ↑ *"Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1870-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S1-XCS5 : 16 March 2018), David K Bill, 1870-1930; citing Military Service, Oregon, United States, Oregon Historical Society, Portland.; FHL microfilm 2,167,206. 17:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
4. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WR-Y1T : 20 August 2019), David K Bill, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,207.
5. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288
6. ↑ "United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ79-MT5 : 8 August 2017), David K Bill, 1920; citing Pension, NARA microfilm publication M1784 and M1785 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,155,463.
7. ↑ Oregon, Wills and Probate Records, 1849-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. [1]

• Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. 1875 Minnesota state census 20:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Sharon, Le Sueur, Minnesota; Roll: T132_7; Page: 532; Family History Library Film: 830427. 1870 census 20:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

David K Bill 32, farmer, birth place illegible

Hattie Bill 25, indiana

• "Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKN8-HN5 : 30 July 2017), Fred Bill in household of David Bill, Waterford, Dakota, Minnesota; citing p. 672, line 18, volume Dakota County, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565719. 21:46, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

David Bill Male Vermont

Hattie Bill Female Indiana

Fred Bill Male Minnesota

Leroy Bill Male Minnesota

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Livonia, Sherburne, Minnesota; Roll: 633; Page: 173C; Enumeration District: 064. 1880 census 18:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

David K. Bill 41, farmer, Vermont

Hattie Bill 31, Indiana

Freddie G. Bill 8, Minnesota

Leroy Bill 7, Minnesota

David L. Bill 4, Minnesota

Delight M. Bill 1, Minnesota

George E. Bill 25, nephew, farmer, Illinois

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon; Roll: T624_1278; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1375291. 1910 census 20:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Lester E Bill 33, married 9 years, Minnesota, proprietor Bill Hotel

Margurite A Bills 53, married 9 years, 2 children, 2 living, Canada, hotel assistant

Lucile M Bills 6, Oregon

Harold L Bills 4, California

David K Bills 71, father, Vermont, own income

• Book Title: History of the Bill family. Source Information: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. page 251 18:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 June 2020), memorial page for Sgt David K Bill (unknown–29 Aug 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #32135100, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Carolyn Farnum (contributor 10411580).

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49463411/person/20473367504/facts