James Strong Billingsley 1856-1917

BILLINGSLEY, STRONG, SCHNERINGER

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 2/28/2006 at 18:49:33

Lockridge Times; Friday, February 16, 1917

James Strong Billingsley.

The following was taken from the Republic County Democrat, published at Belleville, Kan., and will be read with interest, as Mr. Billingsley was well known here.

James Strong Billingsley, son of Elijah and Prudence Strong Billingsley, was born near Glasgow, Iowa, August 20, 1856. He received his early education in the district school and in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Afterwards he taught in the public school for several years.

October 30, 1879 he was married to Mercy Jane Schneringer, and to this union two children, Mary Prudence and William Hall, were born. He studied medicine in Rush Medical College, from which college he graduated in 1883.

In October, 1885, he came to Belleville where he has since resided. For more than twenty-five years he was actively engaged in the practice of medicine.

He was appointed local surgeon of the Rock Island Railroad at the time it was built through Belleville.

On December 2nd he was taken ill, his condition becoming serious on Wednesday, December 13th. On December 27th he was taken to Stormont hospital in Topeka. At first he seemed to be recovering but his troubles were complicated and his death, due to endocarditis took place Friday afternoon at 4:30, January 26, 1917.