Individual record
Fred A Bills
1862–1926 · 64 years
Life
Places in Fred A’s life
Notes & Recollections
The A in his name did not stand for any name. He spent most of his life in Linn and Jones counties in Iowa. The family lived for seven years north of City Point, Wisconsin. His occupation was farming.
Records & Research
Fred A Bills (1862-1926) is confirmed by a multi-anchor FindAGrave memorial (ID 6908768) and Iowa Gravestone Photos/cemetery records as a farmer who lived and died in Jones County, Iowa. His memorial matches the family report on an unusually large number of independent anchors: birth year (1862), death year (1926), both parents (Daniel Buell Bills 1830-1914 and Mary Jane Ball Bills 1835-1862), sibling Frank E Bills (1857-1936), spouse Sarah Jane French Bills (1866-1950, married 1894), and all five reported children (Stephen Chester 1896-1978, Dilman French 1900-1956, Edwin Glenn 1903-1978, Ruth Eleanor 1908-1940, and Esther Eunice). He is buried in Antioch Cemetery west of Wyoming in Jones County, Iowa, alongside his wife Sarah J. (French) Bills. The identity is unambiguous and the match is overwhelmingly corroborated.
-
Fred A. Bills (1862-1926) is recorded as a child of Daniel Buell Bills (1830-1914) and Mary Jane Ball Bills (1835-1862), with a brother Frank E Bills (1857-1936). His FindAGrave memorial (ID 6908768) links the full family together.
-
Fred A Bills (1862-1926) is buried in Antioch Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa (west of Wyoming, Iowa).
-
Fred A Bills's wife was Sarah J. (French) Bills (1866-1950), married 1894, buried beside him in Antioch Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa.
-
Fred A Bills's children are recorded as Stephen Chester Bills (1896-1978), Dilman French Bills (1900-1956), Edwin Glenn Bills (1903-1978), and Ruth Eleanor Bills (1908-1940); Ruth E Bills is also buried in Antioch Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa.
Open questions (4)
- Could not retrieve an exact birth date (1862-07-14) or exact death date (1926-07-23) from public records consulted; the gravestone and memorial records show only the years 1862 and 1926, which are consistent with the report.
- The original 1894-01-16 Jones County marriage register entry for Fred A Bills and Sarah Jane French was not located (the relevant IAGenWeb groom page could not be located). The marriage year 1894 is corroborated by Fred's FindAGrave memorial and shared burial, but the exact register entry remains unverified.
- The report's claim that the family lived seven years north of City Point, Wisconsin, and that the 'A' middle initial stood for no name were not independently verifiable from the public records consulted.
- The fifth reported child, Esther Eunice Bills (1895-1990), was not seen among the children listed on Fred A Bills's FindAGrave memorial during this session; the other four reported children were corroborated there.
Sources consulted (7)
- Fred A. Bills (1862-1926) - Find a Grave Memorial (ID 6908768; lists parents, sibling, spouse, and four children) · findagrave
- Mary Jane Ball Bills (1835-1862) - Find a Grave Memorial (mother; lists Fred A. Bills as child) · findagrave
- Daniel Buell Bills (1830-1914) - Find a Grave Memorial (father) · findagrave
- Frank E Bills (1857-1936) - Find a Grave Memorial (brother) · findagrave
- FRED A BILLS - Iowa Gravestone Photos, Antioch Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa (gravestone id 919325) · other
- Antioch Cemetery burial index - Jones County, Iowa Gravestones · other
- IowaJones Marriages Book E, Grooms Bi-By (1884-1891; checked, marriage was 1894 so not in this book) · other
Sources
- Esther E. Bills Paulson
- obituary.
p. 128 Ancestry
Four generations back. Tap any name to recenter the chart, or open the full family tree.