Billups, Sarah Jane (Musser) Simpson

Wife of Jahile ‘Jay’ Franklin Billups and James Vincent  Simpson

Burial Date: 1913,  06/06               Age: 46              Lot:  448 E

Birth: Apr. 16, 1867 Missouri, USA Death: Jun. 4, 1913 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Sarah Jane was the daughter of David Musser 1844-1914 and Rebecca Frasier 1844-19??. She was the wife of Jahile Franklin Billups, they were married 6 Aug 1890. They had eight children: Warren Burr Billups 1890-1953, Elsie Mae Billups Robbins Burnett 1892-1969, Theodore Thomas Billups 1895-1975. Jess Lorenzo Billups, 1898-1979, Margaret Miller Billups Hanks King 1896-?, Mamie Viola Belle Billups McWhiter 1901-?, George David Billups 1907-1970, and Frank Billups 1904-1972.Grandaughter of Jacob Musser memorial # 7952548 and Mary Crest Billups memorial # 7952547   Family links: Parents: David Musser (1832 – 1914) Rebecca Miller Frazier Musser (1841 – 1914) Spouse: Jahile Franklin Billups (1865 – 1943)   *Children: Warren Burr Billups (1890 – 1953)* Theodore L Billups (1895 – 1975)* Jesse Lorenzo Billups (1898 – 1979)* Mamie Viola Belle Billups McWerter (1901 – 1977)* Frank Billups (1904 – 1972)* George David Billups (1907 – 1970)   *Siblings: Addie Musser (____ – 1940)* Sarah Jane Musser Billups (1867 – 1913) Aaron Burr Musser (1873 – 1950)* John Cartwright Musser (1877 – 1934)***Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Inscription: Mother Jane Billups 1867-1913 Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 448 E Created by: Brenda Billups Dodson Record added: Nov 09, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 61355517

For most of his life Jay was a farmer, but did spend time helping his father with his sawmill and Blacksmith business. He married Cinthia Thompson, daughter of Buckner Thompson and Eliza Virginia Staggs on 16 Oct 1883 in Canton, Lewis, Missouri. Cinthia died sometime before 1890,(No record found of her death), and it appears they had no children. Jahile remarried on 6 Aug 1890 to Mrs Sarah Jane Simpson, young widow of James Vincent Simpson and daughter of David Musser and Rebecca Frazier at her father’s home in Lewis County, Missouri. They had three daughters and five sons. Sarah Jane died in Sterling, Kansas in 1913, After her death, Jay moved around quite a bit, living in Missouri, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and San Diego, California until finally he lived in Patton, California. where he died.