Mary A (Wells) Billings (1824 - 1910)

Born 20 Feb 1824 in Ohio, United States

Wife of Marcus Billings — married 1849 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1910 at age 86 in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Mary A. Wells was born in about 1825 in Unknown. She is the daughter of Unknown Wells and Martha Thompson.

Mary weds to Marcus Billings in about 1848/49 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan. Marcus was born in October of 1812 in New York City, the son of James Billings and Thedocia Spencer. Marcus was a Farmer.

Marcus had previously been married to Mary "Polly" Perkins, the daughter of Alma Spencer, (his sister), and Luke Perkins. Mary died on December 26, 1847 in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan.

Marcus Billings dies on April 14, 1867, Mary Wells dies on September 20, 1910 both in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.

Children of Marcus Billings and Mary Wells are:

1. Jenny Billings was born in about 1848 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan.

2. Inez Billings was born on March 15, 1849 in Dryden. Inez marries on November 5, 1879 to Horace A. Tripp in Dryden. Horace was born in about 1838. He is the son of Unknown Father and Unknown Mother. Inez dies on May 22, 1930 in Dryden.

3. Milton John Billings was born in about 1850 in Dryden. Milton marries to Charlotte R. Warner. Charlotte was born in about 1855 in New York.

4. Harriet Billings was born on April 28, 1852 in Dryden. Harriet marries to David Wever on August 18, 1868 in Dryden. Harriet dies on May 26, 1906 at Olivet Village, Eaton County, Michigan.

5. Edgar Billings was born on March 18, 1855 in Dryden. Edgar died August 8, 1859 in Dryden.

6. Marcus Billings Jr. was born in about 1860 in Dryden. Marcus marries to Lucy Hall on November 13, 1875 in Dryden. Marcus dies in about 1936 in Dryden.

7. Nellie "Lottie" Billings was born on July 16, 1862 in Dryden. Marries to Unknown McCluskey. Nellie dies on March 26, 1938 in Vienna, Genesee, Michigan.

8. Clarence E. Billings was born on November 5, 1864 in Dryden. Clarence dies on December 29, 1865 in Dryden.

Source Transcriptions

Death

"Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920"

County: Lapeer

City/village/township: Dryden

Last Name: Billings

Given Name: Mary Ann

Birth Year: 1824

Age: 86

Death Day: 20

Death Month: Sep

Death Year: 1910

Father's Given Name: Theola

Father's Last Name: Wells

Sources

• Death - "Death Records, 1897-1920," Seeking Michigan.

• Census - "1900 United States Census," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 7 February 2019, Mary Billings, Dryden township Dryden village, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 4B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,724.

• Census - "1880 United States Census, ," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 22 Sep 2014), Mark Billings in household of Mary A Billings, Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 193D, NARA microfilm publication T9.

• Census - - "1870 United States Census," index and images, FamilySearch : accessed 20 Aug 2014), Marcus Billings in household of Mary A Billings, Michigan, United States; citing p. 14, family 127, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552183.

• Census - "1860 United States Census," index, FamilySearch: accessed 20 Aug 2014), Marcus Billings, The Township Of Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 160, household ID 1176, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803549.

• Census - "1850 United States Census," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 21 Sep 2014), Marcus Billings, Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing family 396, NARA microfilm publication M432.

"Michigan State Census, 1894", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKH-ZM8 : Mon Mar 11 01:25:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Billings, 1894.

"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH85-6F7 : 29 November 2023), Mary Ann Billings, 1910.

• Publications "Early Marriages in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan".