Titus Billings
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register lists year of birth as 1795. Called to settle Sanpete Valley, Utah Territory.
Captain of Hundred, 1st company
Born in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Mother
Father
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Occurred On 1793 March 24
Baptized
To Dispose of Land
D&C 63:39 at Kirtland, Ohio
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Occurred On 1831 August 30
Served in Eastern States Mission
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Missionary Activity Notes
Norman Hale Papers, circa 1860-1990, MS 21196 A special conference was called August 22, 1842, where many Elders were called on missions. Titus was called on a mission to the New England States with L.A. Shirtliff as his companion. For this part of Titus' life we must thank Brother Shirtliff and his diary.... "On Oct 22, 1842 we took a boat to Buffalo, New York. (The trip was done in very stormy weather as the account continues.) ...I was not in the habit walking on a boat when it was tossed on the waves, yet I must try to hit the door and made an effort to catch hold of one side of it and pass through into the ally. I took three steps when I came up against the other side and pitched headlong into the engine room. I later found myself in a room about eight feet square and seven men in it, one of them Bro Titus Billings
Priesthood Office
Location Served
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Started On 1842 August 22
End Date Not Found
Served in Eastern States Mission
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Marital Status
Missionary Activity Notes
Place of mission not listed; Bio. Ency., 1:242; Second counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge from 1837-1840 No record found of a mission in 1844.
Priesthood Office
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Started On 1844
End Date Not Found
Traveled in Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)
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Started On 1848 June 7
Ended On 1848 September 24
Married Mary Ann Tuttle
Died in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
