Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Bills was born on 4 September 1857, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Andrew Bills Sr, was 22 and his mother, Emeline Beckstead, was 20. He married Emily Bathsheba Beckstead on 27 September 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States in 1920 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 20 February 1930, in Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alexander Bills, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Bill 1 and 2, with, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dutch: from bijl ‘axe’, used to denote someone who made or used axes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Poems by Alexander Bills
POEM In letter dated 8th Dec 1882. Sigmanburg, Burke co., N.C. Well Rachel, I came to you in summer, not many years ago. And while your arms were entwined around me, your sweet lips Whispered, “Mothe …
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