Ira Bills 
Ira was born in 1809 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michagan. Ira's father was Samuel Bill and his mother was Eunice Woodworth. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Bill and Mary Davis. He had eight brothers and three sisters, named Warren, Alvah, Jr. Bills, William, Hiram, Albert, Syman, Marvin, Sally, Sabrina and Eunice. He died at the age of 87 on December 24th, 1896 in Inkster, Michagan. He was buried in Union Chapel Cemetary, Inkster, Michagan.General Notes
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Alt Death: Dead Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan[wrecknervous.ged]
Notes for IRA BILLS:
In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846
1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
Males Females
1 30-40 1 20-30
1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
Mary Ann, 29, f, England
Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, and Mary, 1, f, MI.
Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.
1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer, MI;
Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI
1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.
1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: Rhode Island
with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
parents born Vermont.
John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577, 3/17/1882:
Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
MI, 1872-1879.
In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) of Inkster,
and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in 1893.
The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
and maybe Lyman, 1818- .
Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father Samuel Bills,
1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.
Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.
Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.
Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domestic relationships
unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.
Land Records:
7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton
2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in Wayne County
Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.
5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.
11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp 2,
s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.
Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
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In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846
1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
Males Females
1 30-40 1 20-30
1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
Mary Ann, 29, f, England
Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, and Mary, 1, f, MI.
Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.
1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer, MI;
Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI
1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.
1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: Rhode Island
with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
parents born Vermont.
John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577, 3/17/1882:
Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
MI, 1872-1879.
In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) of Inkster,
and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in 1893.
The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
and maybe Lyman, 1818- .
Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father Samuel Bills,
1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.
Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.
Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.
Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domestic relationships
unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.
Land Records:
7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton
2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in Wayne County
Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.
5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.
11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp 2,
s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.
Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
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In land transaction, Ann listed as wife on 11/21/1846
1840 Federal census, Nankin County Wayne County MI
Males Females
1 30-40 1 20-30
1850 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
Ira Bills, 41, m, farmer, 300, Canada
Mary Ann, 29, f, England
Marcellus, 7, m, MI, Emily, 5, f, MI, Edmond, 3, M, MI, and Mary, 1, f, MI.
Next door to Alvah, Edmond Haywood, Edwin and Eunice Haywood.
1860 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI:
Ira Bills, 51, m, farmer, 700, 75, New York; John M. 17, m, day laborer, MI;
Emily M. 16, f, MI; Edmund B. 13, M, MI
1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne County MI, 284
398-395, aged 45, m, farmer, 1600 RE, 100 PE, born New York, idiotic, no
foreign parent. Next to Wm. Steinchoff.
1880 Federal Census, Almer, Tuscola County MI
Lived in HH of William Palmer, w, m, 68, farmer, NJ, parents: Rhode Island
with Edmund B. Bills, 33, farmer. Ira was 70, divorced, born Vermont;
parents born Vermont.
John Marshall Bills, Civil War Pension Records, 290750, 231577, 3/17/1882:
Resided in Caro, Tuscola County MI 9/19/1893 with son Edmund, Flat Rock,
MI, 1872-1879.
In 1893, Ira had 4 or 5 brothers living, two, William (1819-1900) of Inkster,
and Alva (1812-1900) of Taylor, MI in Wayne County Hiram was dead in 1893.
The other living brothers were: Albert, 1823-1905, Samuel, 1814-1896,
and maybe Lyman, 1818- .
Wayne County Probate Records, Vol 3, 2190, in will of father Samuel Bills,
1777-1840, listed Ira's brothers as Hiram, William, Samuel, Alva, Albert,
sisters: Sally, and Eunice Haywood.
Buried: Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, MI.
Wayne County Probate Record, Vol IV, 3788 listed "Ira Bills of Nankin,
Kalmazoo Insane Asylum, Filed 5/3/1864; Petitioner, JW Walker, Value
of Estate, $46,454 or thereabouts. Archa Beeman, appointed guardian;
resigned 2/14/1866. WP Yerkes, Judge of Probate.
Ira insane; March 18, 1864 admitted to Michigan Insane Asylum,
aged 59; farmer, Dr. Collar referred Ira, saying he was of a depraved and
dissolute family; partially demented for years. His domestic relationships
unpleasant; infidelity, sensuality, and unkindness reign in HH. He
tried to escape April 14, 1864. Discharged: 11/19/1864, unimproved.
Not dangerous, just thinks he owned everything around him.
Family physician: Doctor Collar. Thought he had a calling to preach,
but could not until he had put away Mary and married a virgin.
Land Records:
7/1/1842: purchased from Alvah Bills, Nankin Twp,the sw corner of SE
quarter of se qtr of Section 14, Twp 2, s range 9E in Nankin Twp.
Witnesses: AL Stearns and Abbott L. Stevens. Reg. SA Bagg.
Rec. 5/22/1846, Vol 27 P508, Vol XV p16. Burton
2/16/1847: purchased fr Alexander Laurain and W. Ellen of Wayne
County 40 acres, being the sw qtr of Sec 14, twp 2, s range (E in Wayne County
Witnesses: Cyrus Howard and Joseph Laurain, Reg. Chas V. Selkrig
Reg. 2/19/1847, XVI p 20, Burton, Vol 29, p461.
5/25/1857: Claracy Doolittle of Nankin Twp purchased fr Ira Bills of
Nankin, sw qtr of se qtr of Section 14, twp 2, s range 9E containing
40 acres in Nankin. Witnesses: James Nowlin and Issac Thompson.
Reg. 5/26/1857, Vol 35, p41, vol 70, p12.
11/27/1857: Ira Bill of Nankin Township, purchased from Hiram and
Sabrina Bill of Nankin Township, the sw qtr of se qtr of section 14, twp 2,
s range 9e. Witnesses: William Bills and Willard Edmonds. reg HS
Roberts, rec. 2/24/1858. Acc to vol 36, p 15, vol 72, p 352.
Ira Bills father of estate #3123, Michigan. 1866.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.31 Jul 1743 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d.< 1798 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
- b.1777 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont d.03 May 1840 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
- b.17 Apr 1727 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.16 May 1750 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- b.08 Jun 1699 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d.18 Dec 1734 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.05 Aug 1731 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.31 Jan 1674 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d.06 Aug 1737 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.26 Jun 1696 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d.>02 Jun 1754 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.06 Apr 1675 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d.> 1737 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.1809 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michagan d.24 Dec 1896 in Inkster, Michagan
- b.1784 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d. in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
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Ira and Mary Ann were married in a religious ceremony on January 27th, 1839 in Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan. They had two sons and two daughters, named John Marshall, Edmond B., Emily and Mary E..
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Children
John Marshall Bills
John Marshall was born in 1843. He died at the age of 21 on November 15th, 1864.
Edmond B. Bills
Edmond B. was born on June 10th, 1847 in Nankin Township, Wayne County Michigan. He died at the age of 85 on January 4th, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.
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