Benjamin J. Billig and Matilda B. Stright

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Husband Benjamin J. Billig ¹

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           Born:  - Mercer Co, PA
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         Father: Daniel Billig (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Mowrey (      -      ) 1

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Wife Matilda B. Stright ¹

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           Born: 28 Feb 1826 1
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           Died: 1907 1
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         Father: George Young Stright (1789-1845) 2
         Mother: Isabella Borland (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Frank Billig ¹

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           Born: 25 Dec 1851 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Emma Jane Bean (      -1888) 1

         Spouse: Mary Alice McIlroy (1865-      ) 1
           Marr: 1889 1

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin J. Billig

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He was born at the family homestead, and after his school days had ended he learned the tailor's trade and followed that line of work for three years at Harrisburg. Returning at the close of that period to Sheakleyville he was for five years in the employ of Cyrus Parks.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1099.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 971.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 436.