Brief Life History of Jarvis C.
When Jarvis C. Billings was born in May 1840, in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Silas Billings, was 40 and his mother, Abigail Kilgore, was 33. He married Sarah Frances Kilgore on 27 March 1861, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States in 1860 and Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 13 August 1913, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Jarvis Billings in household of Ira Kilgore, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jervis C. Bellings, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Jarvis C. Billings, "Find A Grave Index"
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1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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