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Ira BILLS

Ira BILLS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1809 - 1896  (87 years)

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  • Name Ira BILLS 
    Born 1809  Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Gender Male 
    AFN 94QC-8Q 
    FamilySearch ID LHFC-XK6 
    _UID F6148003EC004F0F96FE9E6C6FA647CC9DDA 
    Died 24 Dec 1896  Inkster, Michagan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Buried Union Chapel Cemetary, Inkster, Michagan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I16384  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2022 

    Father Samuel BILL,   b. 1777, Bennington, Bennington, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1840, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Eunice WOODWORTH,   b. 1784, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1800  , , Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6
    Family ID F8162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann HAYWOOD,   b. 1845, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Jan 1839  Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Children 
     1. John Marshall BILLS,   b. 1843,   d. 15 Nov 1864  (Age 21 years)
     2. Emily BILLS,   b. 1844,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Edmond B. BILLS,   b. 10 Jun 1847, Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1933, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Mary E. BILLS,   b. 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F8155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [Hugh6.FTW]

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
      Alt Death: Dead Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan[wrecknervous.ged]

      Notes for IRA BILLS:

      In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846

      1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
      Males Females
      1 30-40 1 20-30

      1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
      Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
      Mary Ann, 29, f, England
      Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, an
      d Mary, 1, f,MI.
      Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.

      1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
      Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer,MI;
      Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI

      1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
      398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
      foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.

      1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
      Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: RhodeIsland
      with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
      parents born Vermont.

      John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577,3/17/1882:

      Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
      MI, 1872-1879.

      In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) ofInkster,
      and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in1893.
      The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
      and maybe Lyman, 1818- .

      Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father SamuelBills,
      1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
      sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.

      Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.

      Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
      Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
      of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
      resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.

      Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
      aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
      dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domesticrelationships
      unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
      tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
      Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
      Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
      but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.

      Land Records:

      7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
      quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
      Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
      Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton

      2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
      County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in WayneCounty
      Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
      Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.

      5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
      Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
      40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
      Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.

      11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
      Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp2,
      s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
      Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.

      Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
      [gabrielli.FTW]


      In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846

      1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
      Males Females
      1 30-40 1 20-30

      1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
      Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
      Mary Ann, 29, f, England
      Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, and Mary, 1, f,MI.
      Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.

      1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
      Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer,MI;
      Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI

      1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
      398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
      foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.

      1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
      Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: RhodeIsland
      with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
      parents born Vermont.

      John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577,3/17/1882:

      Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
      MI, 1872-1879.

      In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) ofInkster,
      and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in1893.
      The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
      and maybe Lyman, 1818- .

      Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father SamuelBills,
      1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
      sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.

      Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.

      Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
      Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
      of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
      resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.

      Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
      aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
      dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domesticrelationships
      unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
      tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
      Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
      Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
      but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.

      Land Records:

      7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
      quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
      Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
      Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton

      2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
      County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in WayneCounty
      Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
      Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.

      5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
      Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
      40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
      Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.

      11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
      Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp2,
      s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
      Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.

      Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
      [gabrielli.FTW]


      In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846

      1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
      Males Females
      1 30-40 1 20-30

      1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
      Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
      Mary Ann, 29, f, England
      Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, and Mary, 1, f,MI.
      Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.

      1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
      Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer,MI;
      Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI

      1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
      398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
      foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.

      1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
      Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: RhodeIsland
      with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
      parents born Vermont.

      John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577,3/17/1882:

      Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
      MI, 1872-1879.

      In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) ofInkster,
      and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in1893.
      The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
      and maybe Lyman, 1818- .

      Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father SamuelBills,
      1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
      sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.

      Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.

      Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
      Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
      of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
      resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.

      Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
      aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
      dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domesticrelationships
      unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
      tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
      Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
      Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
      but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.

      Land Records:

      7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
      quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
      Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
      Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton

      2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
      County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in WayneCounty
      Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
      Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.

      5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
      Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
      40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
      Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.

      11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
      Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp2,
      s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
      Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.

      Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
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  • Sources 
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    2. [S268] Hugh6.FTW.

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    4. [S266] wrecknervous.ged.

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    6. [S154] Sergent2.ged.