Billingsley, Samuel K.

BILLINGSLEY

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 11/17/2002 at 21:54:01

From the FAIRFIELD LEDGER, Sept. 7, 1871, Page 3, col. 5.

DIED. BILLINGSLEY - - Aug. 26, 1871, at this residence in Round Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, Samuel K. Billingsley, of accidental injuries received in the chest, on the 22d ult. The deceased was born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 29, 1819, and continued a resident of his native State until May, 1866, when he removed to Iowa and located near Glasgow, Jefferson County. Early in the rebellion at the advanced age of forty-three years, he enlisted in the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service of this country for two years, when he was discharged by reason of disease. He leaves an afflicted wife and six children to mourn their loss.