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Samuel S. Bills
b. 1816
Life
Records & Research
Samuel S. Bills was born 30 September 1816, the son of Chester Bills (1791-1845) and Mary Day (1790-1852), per the 2006 family report. No public record (FindAGrave, FamilySearch, WikiTree, BillionGraves, or general web/newspaper sources) was found that matches this person on multiple independent anchors. The only same-name candidates near his birth year are a different Samuel Bills (b. 7 Jun 1814, son of Samuel Bills and Eunice Woodworth), which do not match his birth date or parentage. No death, burial, marriage, or residence information could be confirmed. AUDIT NOTE: The FindAGrave search was independently re-verified during this audit and returns exactly two records, both for Samuel Bills b. 7 Jun 1814 (d. 19 Jun 1854, Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan; and d. 11 Dec 1896, Payson City Cemetery, Utah County, Utah) -- neither matches the 30 Sep 1816 birth date or the Chester Bills / Mary Day parentage, so both are correctly rejected as same-name-different-person matches. The empty findings array is appropriate; no findings required confirmation or downgrade.
No additional public records have been confirmed yet — only what the family report records.
Open questions (5)
- No FindAGrave memorial matches Samuel S. Bills born 30 Sep 1816. A FindAGrave search for 'Samuel Bills' born 1816 (+/- 2 years) returns only two memorials, both for a Samuel Bills born 7 Jun 1814 (d. 19 Jun 1854, Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan; and d. 11 Dec 1896, Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah County, Utah) -- a documented different person (son of Samuel Bills and Eunice Woodworth, married Phoebe Fillmore in Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont). REJECTED as a same-name-different-person match (wrong birth date and wrong parents). This search was re-run and confirmed during the audit.
- No public record could be found for the parents Chester Bills (1791-1845) and Mary Day (1790-1852) to anchor identification; FamilySearch ancestors search and WikiTree surname indexes did not surface this specific family.
- Death date, death place, burial place, spouse(s), and children of Samuel S. Bills remain entirely unknown -- the report lists none and no source supplied them.
- Birth place is unknown. Family appears possibly connected to Vermont/New York based on the broader Bills surname distribution, but this is unverified speculation, not a finding.
- Surname spelling variants (Bills/Bill) were searched; the established Bill/Bills genealogy at rootsweb (dav4is) covers the Philip Bill of Boston/Groton CT line and does not include this Chester Bills family.
Sources consulted (6)
- FindAGrave memorial search: Samuel Bills, born 1816 +/-2 (via headless browser; re-verified during audit) -- returned only two records, both Samuel Bills b. 7 Jun 1814 · findagrave
- Samuel Bills (1814-1896) - Find a Grave Memorial (different person: son of Samuel Bills & Eunice Woodworth, m. Phoebe Fillmore, Swanton VT) -- REJECTED · findagrave
- FamilySearch Ancestors tree search for Chester Bills (no matching result rendered) · familysearch
- Bills Genealogy | WikiTree FREE Family Tree (surname index; no matching Samuel/Chester Bills found) · wikitree
- Bill Families (2) 1592-1964, dav4is RootsWeb (Philip Bill of Boston/Groton CT line; does not include this Chester Bills family) · website
- WebSearch (multiple queries): Samuel S. Bills 1816 / Chester Bills 1791-1845 / Mary Day 1790-1852 -- no multi-anchor match surfaced · web
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