Obrien-Osceola-Plymouth County IA Archives Biographies.....Billings, John D. 1838 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 4, 2006, 2:57 am Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Billings, John D. Resides at LeMars, Iowa; born May 26, 1838, at Allegan, Mich.; father, John H. Billings, and mother, Mary Barrager Billings (both born in New York state). Married to Alma E. Moore, October 26, 1865; children: Morton D., John S., Finly C., Charles H., Perry A., Mary A., Carrie L., Emma C., Jessie M., Franklin, George K. Enlisted at Laporte, Ind., September 5, 1861; Company F, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth and Twentieth Corps, Army of Cumberland; engagements of Green River, Buffalo Mountain, Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Danville, Stone River, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw. Mountain, Siege of Atlanta; discharged September 6, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Settled in O'Brien County, October, 1879; homesteaded on section 18-98-42 Osceola County, in November, 1871; later resided at Sheldon. Member Mower Post, G. A. R., LeMars, Iowa. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa COMPILED BY Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/obrien/bios/billings45nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb