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John Irwin Billman
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John Irwin Billman

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Jun 1934 (aged 63)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Cenotaph
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.0968719, Longitude: -94.5254683
Memorial ID
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Soldier-Educator-Patriot. National Historian of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1919--1934. His parents were Ervin and Mary (Mayer) Billman from PA. John married Emma E. Lehr june 16, 1902. Emma was born Nov 28, 1878.
Soldier-Educator-Patriot. National Historian of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1919--1934. His parents were Ervin and Mary (Mayer) Billman from PA. John married Emma E. Lehr june 16, 1902. Emma was born Nov 28, 1878.

Inscription

Soldier-Educator-Patriot, National Historian of
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States,
1919--1934.Erected by the Jackson County Council 1939. The torch you flung to us we caught with blistering hands we've bravely fought to hold it
high.

Gravesite Details

Buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. ID: 101 342067



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  • Created by: Tom DeNardo
  • Added: Feb 4, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6154344/john_irwin-billman: accessed ), memorial page for John Irwin Billman (7 Jul 1870–19 Jun 1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6154344, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tom DeNardo (contributor 767).