Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Billings was born on 4 October 1876, in Purdin, Linn, Missouri, United States, her father, Andrew Thomas Billings, was 18 and her mother, Mary Mahala Jane Chrisman, was 18. She married John William Bloss on 3 February 1895, in Wheeling, Livingston, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Linn, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 11 May 1926, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary E Billings in household of Thomas Billings, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizabeth Mary Billings Bloss, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lizzie M Billings in entry for John W Bloss, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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