Titus Billings
Born: 25 March 1793
Called as Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric: 1 August 1837
Honorably Released: 27 May 1840
Died: 6 February 1866
Called as Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric: 1 August 1837
Honorably Released: 27 May 1840
Died: 6 February 1866
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Biographical Articles
Jenson, Andrew. "Billings, Titus." Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. pg. 242.
BILLINGS, Titus, second counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge from 1837 to 1840, was born March 25, 1793, at Greenfield, Franklin county, Mass. He was the second person baptized in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830, and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county. Mo., where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1838), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county. He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley. He participated in the Crooked river battle and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill. Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county. Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. , In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti. Subsequently he located in Provo Utah county, where he resided until his death, which occurred at that place Feb. 6, 1866.
BILLINGS, Titus, second counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge from 1837 to 1840, was born March 25, 1793, at Greenfield, Franklin county, Mass. He was the second person baptized in Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1830, and in the spring of 1832 he left Kirtland, and moved to Jackson county. Mo., where he passed through the terrible persecutions of 1833. On the night "the stars fell" (Nov. 13, 1838), he was engaged in helping the Saints to move, and the following day he moved his family across the Missouri river to Clay county. He was ordained a High Priest and counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge Aug. 1, 1837, under the hands of Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley. He participated in the Crooked river battle and afterwards laid down his arms in Far West after taking an active part in its defense. In company with other brethren, whose lives were sought by the mobbers, he left Far West in the night to escape mob violence. In traveling northward through the wilderness, he was three days without food but finally reached Quincy, Ill. Subsequently he located at Lima, Adams county. Ill., and at the time of the "house burnings" in 1845 removed to Nauvoo. , In common with the Saints generally he was forced into exile, and after passing through untold sufferings on the journey, he reached Great Salt Lake valley in 1848, crossing the plains as captain of the first fifty in Heber C. Kimball's company. In the fall of 1849, together with others, he was called by the presidency of the Church to settle Sanpete valley; in compliance with which he became one of the first settlers of Manti. Subsequently he located in Provo Utah county, where he resided until his death, which occurred at that place Feb. 6, 1866.