Alexander Bills

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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Family Time Line

Alexander Bills
1857–1930
Emily Bathsheba Beckstead
1859–1937
Marriage: 27 September 1875
William Henry Bills
1876–1922
Alexander Bills
1878–1879
Royal Bills
1879–1965
Ressy Arabella Bills
1882–1882
Ella Myrtle Bills
1883–1883
Emily Bills
1885–1887
Emeline Bills
1885–1969
Exilo Rue Bills
1887–1888
Rose Bathsheba Granger
1889–1982
Pearl Bills
1891–1989
Lonetta Bills
1894–1939
Daisy Viola Bills
1896–1918
Guy Bills
1897–1963

Sources (119)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Alexander Bills, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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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