James Franklin Billingsley
b. 9 April 1878, d. 30 September 1953
- Father: Edward Council Billingsley b. 16 January 1848, d. 18 April 1918
- Mother: Delilah Elizabeth Landrum b. 22 April 1851, d. 22 August 1918
- James Franklin Billingsley was born on 9 April 1878 in Texas.
- No success thus far locating this family in the 1880 census (?)
- Edward Council Billingsley and Delilah Elizabeth Landrum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Blanco County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Franklin Billingsley, Edward C. Billingsley, Lucius Monroe Billingsley and Martha Landrum.
- He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
- James Franklin Billingsley appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Weinert, Haskell County, Texas, at Haskell & Throckmorton Road living as a hired man in the household of farmer Walter Kirkpatrick.
- He married Burreneus Hunt, daughter of William Robert Hunt and Mary L. Marsh, on 15 January 1912.
- He officially witnessed the death of Edward Council Billingsley on 18 April 1918 in Blanco, Blanco County, Texas.
- James Franklin Billingsley registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Jackson County, Oklahoma, while living with his wife Burreneus in Altus, and employed there farming.
- James Franklin Billingsley and Burreneus Hunt appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Baucum Township, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Juanita Billingsley, Muriel Billingsley, Marie Billingsley and Ralph Frank Billingsley.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
- James Franklin Billingsley and Burreneus Hunt appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Red Bluff Township, Tehama County, California, at South Form Road living next to Bea's brother William.. Other members of the household included Juanita Billingsley, Muriel Billingsley, Marie Billingsley, Ralph Frank Billingsley and Dorothy Billingsley.
- He was a ranch foreman, according to the 1930 census.
- James Franklin Billingsley died on 30 September 1953 at age 75 in Los Angeles County, California.
- Last Edited: 16 Apr 2013
Family: Burreneus Hunt b. 22 February 1891, d. 19 September 1963
- Juanita Billingsley b. 15 August 1913, d. 1 March 1996
- Muriel Billingsley+ b. 12 August 1915, d. 9 February 2002
- Marie Billingsley b. 27 September 1917, d. 4 August 1990
- Ralph Frank Billingsley b. 13 December 1919, d. 29 December 1996
- Dorothy Billingsley b. 17 December 1921, d. 19 June 2002