William Newton Billingsley

Children:

1. Cyrus: b 1839. He married prior to 1860 Elizabeth Plumlee, b Tenn. 1842. He enlisted 21 Oct. 1861 at McMinnville, Tenn. as Pvt. I, 16 Tenn. Inf. C. S. A.; a roll dated Dec. 1862 shows him absent, sick; a roll dated Feb. 1863 shows, "deserted 1 Nov. 1862." A roll dated July 1863 shows A. W. O. L.; and a roll dated Aug. 1863 shows, "deserted at Knoxville, Tenn. 1 Nov. 1862." (War Dept. records.) A record in Biographical Compendium of Cumberland Region, published in 1898 states he was a Confederate soldier and was wounded at Perryville, Ky. and died of said wound in 1865. He is listed as a school teacher in 1860.
   She [Elizabeth Plumlee] m (2) prior to 1869 A. J. Green, b Tenn. 1844 and resided Van Buren Co., Tenn. in 1870.
   They [Cyrus Billingsley and Elizabeth Plumlee] had:
   1. John M.: b Feb. 1860, deceased 1932.,
   2. Phineas: b 1862, deceased 1932.
   3. Benjamin Franklin: b 1865, deceased 1932.
   4. William A. Green: b 1869.
2. Child: b 1841, died infancy.
3. David: b 1845, 2d wife, died at. 2 or 3 years.
4. Mary Roxana: b 1848, died in 1850’s.
5. William Newton: b 9 Nov. 1853 Bledsoe Co., Tenn. Grad. Burritt College 1872, A.M. and immediately became a teacher at Eaton Institute and served 2 1/2 years; Principal of Onward Seminary for 14 years; served as Superintendent public instruction White Co., Tenn. 1887-1891. Became President of Burritt College in 1889 and served to date of his death in 1912 which followed an operation, resided Spencer, Tenn. Never married.