The son of Daniel & Catharine (Wentzel) Billman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863
He married Anna E. Shumaker and fathered Sarah C. (b. @1866), Rudolph C. (b. 11/13/72), Dora Grace (b. 03/31/74 - married a Rhoads), Emma J. (b. 09/24/74 [?] - death certificate is completely contradictory; married David E. Emlet), Elizabeth A. (b. 11/14/78, d. 02/22/82), and Albert Newton (b. 07/06/84). His obituary in the Newport News claims a son Adam who was not found. Cause of his death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "acute cardiac dilatation" a contributing factor.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863
He married Anna E. Shumaker and fathered Sarah C. (b. @1866), Rudolph C. (b. 11/13/72), Dora Grace (b. 03/31/74 - married a Rhoads), Emma J. (b. 09/24/74 [?] - death certificate is completely contradictory; married David E. Emlet), Elizabeth A. (b. 11/14/78, d. 02/22/82), and Albert Newton (b. 07/06/84). His obituary in the Newport News claims a son Adam who was not found. Cause of his death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "acute cardiac dilatation" a contributing factor.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
The son of Daniel & Catharine (Wentzel) Billman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863
He married Anna E. Shumaker and fathered Sarah C. (b. @1866), Rudolph C. (b. 11/13/72), Dora Grace (b. 03/31/74 - married a Rhoads), Emma J. (b. 09/24/74 [?] - death certificate is completely contradictory; married David E. Emlet), Elizabeth A. (b. 11/14/78, d. 02/22/82), and Albert Newton (b. 07/06/84). His obituary in the Newport News claims a son Adam who was not found. Cause of his death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "acute cardiac dilatation" a contributing factor.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863
He married Anna E. Shumaker and fathered Sarah C. (b. @1866), Rudolph C. (b. 11/13/72), Dora Grace (b. 03/31/74 - married a Rhoads), Emma J. (b. 09/24/74 [?] - death certificate is completely contradictory; married David E. Emlet), Elizabeth A. (b. 11/14/78, d. 02/22/82), and Albert Newton (b. 07/06/84). His obituary in the Newport News claims a son Adam who was not found. Cause of his death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "acute cardiac dilatation" a contributing factor.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
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