Emeline Northcott	Mary DeGraw

Elijah Randolph Billingsley was born 20 November 1806 in Knoxville Tennessee and grew up in Missouri and Gibson County, Tennessee. In 1828 he married Emeline Northcott, and in about 1835 he moved his family to Pontotoc County, Mississippi, where he became a judge. In 1845 he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, moving with his family to Mt. Pisgah, a way station on the Mormon Trail, continuing on to Salt Lake City in 1850. From 1852-1865 he lived in Provo, where he was an alderman and attorney. He married Mary DeGraw in 1857. He and his family were among the original settlers of St. Joseph in the Muddy Mission (later Nevada), where he served in county leadership. When that mission was abandoned, he and his family became founding members of the United Order in Orderville, where he also served as patriarch. He and Emeline had 11 children, and he and Mary had 9. Elijah died 28 September 1888.

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  • My Price Family History Page. Paul Price is a member of the Adair family, which makes him a shirt-tail cousin of the Billingsleys. His site includes a page devoted to Miriam Billingsley and her husband George Washington Adair. Click here to go directly to Miriam's and George's page.
  • Delbert Adair's page on John W. Adair. Includes information on two men named George W. Adair, neither of which is the one who married Miriam.
  • David Calvin Andrus page. Calvin is an actual descendant of Miriam Billingsley Adair. His page includes interesting facts on cousins and some genealogy on the Billingsleys.
  • Helaman Pratt family. Helaman's first wife is Victoria Billingsley. Histories and photos on both.

• Added survey and guestbook forms, plus added pictures to Ben's history of the Billingsley family (23 Jan 2005)
• Added link to Delbert Adair's page (26 Aug 2004)
• Updated Ben's history of the Billingsleys to reflect BY letter (3 May 2003)
• Added Brigham Young letter on Muddy evacuation (2 May 2003)
• Updated Ben Parkinson's history with more photos (27 Aug 2002)
• Added photos of John & Dortha, Ida, and George (20 Aug 2002)
• Moved to new service provider (1 Aug 2002)
• Added photos of Elija and Emeline and of Thomas Fenn (21 July 2002)
• Added sale note (14 July 2002)
• Posted ID of Martha Billingsley Fenn photo (12 July 2002)
• Added genealogy (5 May 2002)
• Posted a few minor corrections to Ben's history, new version of Mary Ellen photo (4 May 2002)
• Posted final version of Ben's history of Elijah and family (30 Mar 2002)
• Added photos from Terry Allen (18 Mar 2002)
• Added photos from Norma Hainsworth (4 Feb 2002)
• Added transcript of Davis history and history of Mary Ellen (28 Jan 2002)
• Fixed several bad links (25 Jan 2002)
• Added first draft of Ben's history (19 Jan 2002)
• Replaced Tabitha history PDF with transcript (3 Jan 2002)
• Updated Campbell Billingsley notes (8 Dec 2001)
• Page launched (24 Nov 2001)

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