Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Bills was born on 7 June 1814, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Bills, was 37 and his mother, Eunice Woodworth, was 29. He married Phebe Fillmore in 1832, in Swanton, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1854 and Raymond, Racine, Wisconsin, United States for about 15 years. He died on 11 December 1896, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Sam Bills, "Wisconsin State Census, 1855"
- Samuel Bills, "BillionGraves Index"
- Samuel Bills, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Milwaukee, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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