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| BILLINGS, Edward D.
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BILLINGS, Edward D. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Edward married Octavia A. CRARY, daughter of Christopher Gore CRARY and Aurelia MORSE, on 28 Oct 1868 in Lake County, Ohio. (Octavia A. CRARY was born in 1841 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio, died in 1922 in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio and was buried in 1922 in South Kirtland Cemetery, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio 9.) |
1 1870 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Edward D. Billings (age 27, b. OH) and wife, Octavia [Crary] (age 29, b. OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Also in the household is Edward's mother, Mary Billings (age 70, b. MA). Edward is listed as a "farmer."
2 1880 US Census (District 82, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Edward D. Billings (age 36, b. OH), wife Octavia [Crary] (age 38, b. OH) and children Virginia A. (age 7, b. OH) and Samuel C. (age 4, b. OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Also in the household is Edward's mother, Mary Billings (age 80, b. MA). Edward is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that both his parents were born in Massachusetts. Both Octavia and Mary Billings also indicate that both their parents were born in Massachusetts.
3 1900 US Census (District 59, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Edward Billings (age 57, b. May 1843, OH), wife Octavia [Crary] (age 58, b. Jul 1841, OH) and son, Jay (age 16, b. Oct 1888, OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Edward is listed as a "farmer," and indicates that both his parents were born in Massachusetts. Octavia also indicates that both her parents were born in Massachusetts. The couple indicate that they have been married for 32 years, and have had 4 children, 3 of whom are still living.
4 1910 US Census (District 70, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Surety: 4. Lists Edward D. Billings (age 66, b. OH), wife Octavia A. [Crary] (age 67, b. OH) and daughter Virginia A. (age 37, b. OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Also in the household is Octavia's sister, Marion A. Crary (age 74, b. OH). Edward is listed as a "farmer, general farm," and indicates that both his parents were born in Massachusetts. Octavia and Marion also indicate that both their parents were born in Massachusetts. The couple indicate that they have been married for 41 years, and have had 4 children, 3 of whom are still living.
5 1860 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Billings (age 69, b. MA), wife Mary (age 60, b. MA) and children Samuel (age 19, b. OH) and Edward (age 17, b. OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Samuel Sr. is listed as a "farmer."
6 1850 US Census (Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Billings (age 59, b. MA), wife Mary (age 59, b. MA) and children Lucy (age 25, b. VT), Olive (age 24, b. VT), Samuel (age 9, b. OH) and Edward (age 7, b. OH), living in Kirtland, Ohio. Samuel Sr. is listed as a "farmer." The age difference between the female and male children indicates that Mary is likely Samuel's second wife and the two girls are from his first marriage.
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Morse, J. Howard & Leavitt, Emily W., Morse Genealogy: Comprising the Descendants of Samuel Anthony, William, and Joseph Morse, and John Moss: Being a Revision of the Memorial of the Morses Published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850. (The Morse Society: New York, 1903.), p. 221-222. Surety: 4. 1632: Captain John6 Morse, son of John5 (Issac4, Captain Joseph3, Joseph2, Samuel1) Morse, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., January 7, 1771. He removed to Kirtland, Ohio. He married March 4, 1799, Temperance, daughter of Isaac and Damaris (Grummon) Hamlin, who was born October 4, 1771. He was the first captain who refused to allow his company to use intoxicating drinks; he died at Kirtland, June 5, 1852; she died there January 23, 18---.
They had children:
I. Clarissa, born January 1, 1800; she was a mute and became a skilled musician; was trained at a school in Hartford, Conn.
II. John Flavel, born in October, 1801, married October 16, 1824, Mary, daughter of John Granger; resided at Painesville, O.; she was his cousin.
III. (Captain) Harvey H., born October 15, 1805, married October 16, 1834, Ann Holbrock; resided at Kirtland.
IV. Aurelia, born April 10, 1807, married, November 9, 1834, Christopher G. Crary, a farmer of Kirtland, born in Becket, Mass., January 22, 1806; he was county commissioner; they resided for a while at Marshalltown, Iowa; she died in Kirtland, August 5, 1843; he died there March 13, 1895; they had Children:
(1) Marion Amira Crary, born October 22, 1835,
(2) Virginia Crary, born August 23, 1837, married, May 6, 1882, W.P. Whelpel [Whelpley],
(3) Octavia Crary, born July 29, 1841, married October 28, 1868, Edward D. Billings.
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South Kirtland Cemetery Inscriptions (Section DA, Row 8, Stone 11). Surety: 4. [W side]Edward D. Billings/ 1843-1918
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Ibid. Surety: 4. Billings: Octavia A./ 1841-1922
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