When Joseph Samuel Bills was born on 30 January 1850, in Raymond, Racine, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Samuel Bills, was 35 and his mother, Phebe Fillmore, was 33. He married Sophronia Adeline Stewart on 23 June 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 23 March 1937, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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.
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Possible Related NamesA very successful outing and reunion was held on Sunday Aug, 4th 1935 at Geneva Resort. Total attendance 65. A gavel was made from the old Porter apple tree, was presented boyk Mr. J. S. Bills, Sr. …
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