Samuel A. Billings

Samuel A. Billings

• Father: Jonas Billings b. circa 1780

• Samuel A. Billings was born on 31 July 1806 in Charleston, South Carolina.
• He married Eliza (?)
• Samuel A. Billings became a widower at the May 1850 death of his wife Eliza (?)
• He married Ann Eliza Alexander on 7 August 1855 in Muscogee County, Georgia.
• Samuel A. Billings and Ann Eliza Alexander appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Mary Billings, Martha Billings, Jonas Billings and Duncan McDougald. Also in the household is Fay Mack, age 14, whose origins are not yet known.
• He was a physician, according to the 1860 census.
• Sarah Juliet Evelina Mitchell Cook wrote on 12 June 1864, in a letter to her son Conrad Evelyn Cook, "I wrote to Fannie & Dr. Billing last week. My son, don't join in laughing at your aunt Billings ailments - always show her respect & attentions. . . . Remember me to Mrs. Chapman, Uncle & Aunt Billings, Fannie & family."
• The following appeared on 21 February 1865 in the Macon Daily Telegraph & Confederate: On Thursday afternoon, two youths, Mack Billing and Conrad Cook, taking with them a negro of Dr. Billings, named Andrew, started down the river from Columbus on a fishing excursion. In passing the steamer "Mist" that was lying at the wharf, the Sun says their row boat struck her wheel and capsized, throwing all into the river. The negro only rose once. Cook could swim and by his exertions he enabled Billing to catch hold of the batteau and both were rescued. The body of the negro has not yet been found. Three guns were lost in the river.
• Samuel A. Billings and Ann Eliza Alexander appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
• He was a physician, according to the 1870 census.
• Samuel A. Billings died on 11 March 1872 at age 65 in Muscogee County, Georgia.
• He was interred at Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.

• Last Edited: 28 May 2014