John Andrew Calvin Billingsley (1865 - 1898)

Born 28 Oct 1865 in Pikeville TN

Husband of Jessie Boone (Morgan) Billingsley — married 30 Dec 1890 in Moore, Tennessee, United States

Died 17 Aug 1898 at age 32 in Lynchburg TN

Biography

J C Billingsley & Co was a livery company in Lynchburg TN ^[1]. He and his family were residents on Mechanics Street in Lynchburg until his untimely death ^[2].

“Appendicitis was the direct cause of his death.”^[3]

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Sources

"The Billingsley Family in America", Harry Alexander Davis, 1936 Tuttle Antiquarinan Books, Rutland, VT, p 400-401 [1]

"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-7VG3 : accessed 2 May 2015), John C Billingsley, 1898; Burial, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States of America, Lynchburg City Cemetery; citing record ID 100683221, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCK-W2Z : accessed 2 May 2015), John C Billingsley and Jessie Morgan, 31 Dec 1890; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 272, Moore, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8N-3CH : accessed 9 May 2015), J A C Billingsly in household of J D Billingsly, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 9, family 67, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,014.

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWN-VYS : accessed 9 May 2015), John C Billingsley in household of M B Billingsley, Spencer, Van Buren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 127, sheet 252B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,255,283.

1. ↑ Moore County Heritage Book, Moore County Historical Society, Lynchburg TN, Walsworth Publishing, Jun 2005, Pages 19-20
2. ↑ Proceedings of the Moore County Court, Book 5, Pages 326-327, Moore County Archives, Lynchburg TN, 22 Aug 1898
3. ↑ The Nashville American, Nashville TN, 19 Aug 1898.

Notes

My original file had Andrew (unsourced) as middle name. 1870 census shows J A C Billingsley. All subsequent reference deletes/omits the A. Larry Snyder [2]