Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Billings, Liberty |
Titles & honors |
Great Floridian plaque located at the family's home, the Amelia House |
Born |
July 10, 1823 |
Birthplace |
Saco, Maine |
Deceased |
Oct 12,1877 |
Deceased where |
Fernandina, Florida |
Spouse |
Lucina C. Dinsmore (April 9, 1865) *died, Angelina F. Osgood (August 29, 1876) |
Children |
Mabel Billings |
Father |
John J. Billings |
School |
Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania (1845-1848) |
Notes |
-Known for being a "radical Republican carpetbagger" in Florida's Reconstruction politics -Ordained on October 25, 1848 -In the Union Army -Originally avoided taking a public stand in the anti-slavery movement -Member of a bi-racial political trio in Florida, dubbed the "Mule Team" -Eventually became a champion of black rights in Florida -Honorably discharged on July 9, 1863 at Beaufort, SC -Died of yellow fever |
Occupation |
Unitarian Minister Lieutenant Colonel of a black Union army regiment State Sanator (1871-1877) |
Places of residence |
Saco, Maine Peterborough, New Hampshire Ware, Massachusetts Bridgeport, Connecticut Pennsylvania Quincy, Illinois Concord, New Hampshire Fernandina, Florida |
Role |
Military |
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