Brief Life History of Elijah Randolph
When Elijah Randolph Billingsley was born on 20 November 1806, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jeptha Preston Billingsley, was 26 and his mother, Miriam Ann Randolph, was 20. He married Emaline Lavina Northcott on 21 February 1828, in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 28 September 1888, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Orderville Cemetery, Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Elijah Bilingsly, "United States Census, 1870"
- Birth: 206 Elijah (7) Billingsley - Born in Knox County Tennessee - Digital Copy of THE BILLINGSLEY FAMILY IN AMERICA p 390
- Marriage Certificate: Elijah Billingsley and Emaline L Northcott "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
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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