When William Harvey Billings was born on 20 September 1852, in Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, his father, John Billings, was 33 and his mother, Lucy York, was 31. He married Mildred Amelia Meyers on 1 January 1878, in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Granville, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1930. He died on 4 April 1933, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 80.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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