Miriam Jane Billingsley

Brief Life History of Miriam Jane

When Miriam Jane Billingsley was born on 31 January 1829, in Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elijah Randolph Billingsley, was 22 and her mother, Emaline Lavina Northcott, was 22. She married George Washington Adair on 6 May 1846, in Tioga, Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 May 1912, in Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Adair
1818–1897
Miriam Jane Billingsley
1829–1912
Marriage: 6 May 1846
Emeline Rebecca Adair
1847–1927
Sarah Adair
1849–1849
George Washington Adair
1850–1851
Miriam Josephine Adair
1851–1873
Lanah Tabitha Adair
1854–1859
Elijah Thomas Adair
1856–1927
Jedediah Grant Adair
1859–1937
William Wallace Adair
1862–1943
Edwin Ruthfin Adair
1864–1942
Ruhamah Victoria Adair
1869–1898
Eliza Estella Adair
1874–1915

Sources (65)

  • Minilus Adair in household of Joshua Twitchell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Billingsley, from Old English Billingeslēah ‘clearing (Old English lēah) near a sword-shaped hill’ (billing). See Bill 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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George Washington Adair

GEORGE WASHINGTON ADAIR Written by his son, William Wallas Adair, April 1940. (written by Calvin Andrus and contributed by Ben Parkinson) A pioneer of 1847, George Washington Adair was born Ma …

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