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George Pierce Billings, 18561931 (aged 74 years)

Name
George Pierce /Billings/
Surname
Billings
Given names
George Pierce
Family with parents
father
18251883
Birth: 23 August 1825 32 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Death: 12 March 1883
mother
18301902
Birth: 11 April 1830 Fairplay, Green County, In., USA
Death: 18 June 1902Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
Marriage Marriage9 December 1851Manti, Sanpete, Ut
1 year
elder brother
18521926
Birth: 21 November 1852 27 22 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 9 February 1926Vernal, Uintah., Ut.
23 months
elder sister
18541946
Birth: 28 September 1854 29 24 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 18 August 1946Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca., USA
2 years
himself
18561931
Birth: 4 December 1856 31 26 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 10 April 1931Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
23 months
younger brother
18581931
Birth: 28 October 1858 33 28 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 7 January 1931Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca., USA
3 years
younger sister
18611894
Birth: 4 May 1861 35 31 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 8 June 1894Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
3 years
younger brother
18641945
Birth: 20 January 1864 38 33 Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
Death: 28 December 1945Grand Junction, County, USA
5 years
younger sister
18691921
Birth: 23 January 1869 43 38 Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
Death: 8 August 1921
3 years
younger brother
18721955
Birth: 28 January 1872 46 41 Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
Death: 14 July 1955Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
3 years
younger sister
18751881
Birth: 4 April 1875 49 44 Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
Death: 8 April 1881Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
-11 years
younger sister
18641892
Birth: 2 October 1864 39 34 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: 13 September 1892Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Family with Lydia Anna Young
himself
18561931
Birth: 4 December 1856 31 26 Manti, Sanpete, Ut
Death: 10 April 1931Provo, Ut., Utah, USA
wife
18581928
Birth: 24 January 1858 23 23 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: 5 December 1928Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage Marriage27 December 1878Provo, Ut., Ut., USA
daughter
son
18801964
Birth: 29 November 1880 23 22 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: 24 July 1964Orem, Utah, Utah, USA
daughter
son
daughter
son
1946
Birth: Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: 4 July 1946Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
son
19031929
Birth: 1903 46 44 Utah, USA
Death: 11 February 1929Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
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Unique identifier
01FC5B5146E828429DBE6EF4C4DEE4E064D1
Last change
29 August 201100:00:00
Note

Ordained an Elder by John P. R. Johnson 31 mar 1883 Provo
Ordained a High Priest & Bishop of the Jensen Ward 7 aug 1894, J
ensen,Uintah
Ordn Bishop of theBonNeville Ward 19 feb 1918 BonNeville Ward
Billings, George Pierce, LDS Biographical Encyclopeida, Andrew J
enson, Vol 3, p 318
Billings, George Pierce, Bishop of the BonNeville Ward in Provo
, (Utah Stake), Utah county, Utah, was born Dec 4, 1856, at Mant
i, Sanpete county, Utah, the son of Alfred Nelson Billings and D
eborah Patten. He removed with his parents to Provo in 1862. H
ere he received good schooling and was baptized in 1866 by Cha
s D. Miller. In 1878 (Dec. 27th) he married Lydia Anna Young, w
ho bore him seven children,namely Winnie L., George Victor, emi
ly Deborah, Leon Young, Florence Laura, Alfred Vivian, and Kenne
th Patten. All these are married, except the youngest, and Bro
. and Sister Billings have already twenty-eight grandchildren
. In1885 Bro. Billings moved to Jensen, Uintah County where h
e engaged in general mercantile business. After being ordaine
d an Elder by John P. r. Johnson March 31, 1883, at Provo, he wa
s ordained a High Priest Aug 7, 1894, by Abraham H. Cannon and s
et apart to as a Bishop of the Jensen Ward in the Uintah Stake
. He held this position until August, 1908, when he was honorab
ly released, because of his return to Provo. While a resident o
f Uintah county he served as justice of the peace and a county c
ommissioner, and was elected a member of the Utah State Legislat
ure in 1901-02 from Uintah county. He acted aschaplain in th
e State Legislature in 1916. After his return to Provo in 190
8 he again became a diligent Church worker and was set apart a
s Bishop of the BonNeville Ward, Feb. 19, 1918. since he becam
e Bishop of that Ward a finechapel has been erected at a cost o
f about $25,000. As far back as he can remember Bro. Billings h
as had a testimony of the truth of the gospel and hasalways res
Ponded willingly to any call made upon him to labor in the Pries
tHood. He has an abiding faith int he great Latter-Day Work an
d has placed his Church duties above everything else in life. T
he Bishop is a farmer and stock raiser by avocation.
Utah Cemetery Inventory. Ancestry.Com
Billings, George Pierce, male Birth date 00 1857
Birth Place Utah Death Date 10 April 1931Provo,Utah, Burial dat
e 10 April 1931 Provo City Cemetery. Source: Sexton. Grave Locat
ion Block 1 Lot 84