Hiram BILLS b. 14 Apr 1824 Bennington, Bennington, Vermont d. 9 Apr 1872 Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan: Carney and Wehofer Family History

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Name	Hiram BILLS
Born	14 Apr 1824	Bennington, Bennington, Vermont [2, 5, 6, 7]
Gender	Male
AFN	94QC-DF
Alt. Burial	9 Apr 1872	Maple Grove Cemetery, Westland, Wayne, Michigan [9]
FamilySearch ID	KV2K-V8Z
Name	Hirum BILLS [9]
_UID	BB005D88904540958E8E1568EC8CB7BBCD77
Died	9 Apr 1872	Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan [6, 7]
Buried	Maplegrove Cemetery [6, 7]
Person ID	I16375	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

Father	Samuel BILL, b. 1777, Bennington, Bennington, Vermont , d. 3 May 1840, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (Age 63 years)
Mother	Eunice WOODWORTH, b. 1784, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont , d. Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
Married	1800	, , Vermont [2, 5, 6, 7]
Family ID	F8162	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family SABRINA, d. Yes, date unknown

Married Bef 1860 [5, 6, 7]

Children

	1. Hiram BILLS, b. 1854, d. 1873 (Age 19 years)
	2. Hanna J. BILLS, b. 4 Jul 1854, Nankin, Wayne, Michigan , d. 1 Dec 1935, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (Age 81 years)

Last Modified 29 Aug 2016

Family ID F8144 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

[Hugh6.FTW]

Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Alt Birth: 1824 Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
Alt Death: Dead Royalton, Windsor, Vermont

Hiram Bills Family Research of Beatrice (Mary Van Allen) Bills
Hiram has been only briefly mentioned in our family memoirs so far. He was not notorious nor a combat veteran. Instead, Hiram is felt strongly in the background watching as a guardian over the affairs of his family members. He strikes us as being one of few, but meaningful words.

Hiram was one of the youngest children of Samuel Bills (1777-1840). He was born between 1824 and 1828 in the state of New York. (The 1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Michigan, states he was 45 years old 1824/1825) and his death certificate in 1872 shows age 44 (1827/1828).) We don't know the accurate identity of his mother at his time, except that an "Annie" is listed on his death certificate. His older brothers were (Ira (1809-1895), Alvah (1812-1900) and William (1819-1900). Other brothers were Albert and Samuel, and possible brothers (or uncles) Syman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Marvin of Grand Rapids. He had two sisters--Sally, of Branch County, and Eunice of Milwaukee. (Samuel Bill Will, Wayne County Probate Records, Volume 3, Record 2190)

Hiram married Sabrina sometime before1860. (Wayne County Land Records, Volume 36, P. 15) Again, we do not know much about his marriage, except that in 1860 he had a daughter named Hannah J. Who was five years old. Not listed is Hiram Bills who is buried in Maplegrove Cemetery in Nankin Township. This Hiram died at age 19 in April, 1873, and could have been a son.

Hiram, as his brother Ira, was also a land buyer. Before 1848, he had over 65 acres of land in what is not Nankin Township. He purchased some from his brother William in 1844, and 65 acres in 1848 from a Nehimiah F. Prudden.(Wayne County Land Records,and Volume 14, P. 19, and Vol 18, p. 21) He had a small estate.

Just before his death in Nankin on Aril 9, 1872, at age 44, Hiram was worth $3,300 in real estate and $850 in personal estate.(1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne Co., Michigan) He was pretty well off for a person in the period. He died a young man; it seems too bad, particularly for some family members such as Ira and his son, Edmond. They relied on Hiram for stability. It was he to whom Marshall and Edmond gave their bounties for enlistment for use for nursing services for their sick father. They could trust Uncle Hiram to take good care of their father.

Another testimony to Hiram's respectability was his witness as best man to the marriage of Francis L. Strong and Laura E. Guest of Nankin on July 1, 1869. They were not relatives, but friends and neighbors who respected him enough to ask him to perform this favor for them.

We close this brief study of Hiram hoping that we car learn more about him in time. He was probably very quiet but steady. His land transactions and personal wealth impress us. We will break the silence of this man soon, we hope."

Reference 1870 US Census Nankin, Wayne, Michigan
Samuel Bills Will, Wayne County Probate vol. 3 #2190
Wayne Co. Land Records vol. 18 pg. 15

Sources

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[S955] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 NS0541073).
[S954] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 NS0540483).
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[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for Hiram BILLS, person ID KV2K-V8Z. (Reliability: 3).

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