1928

WAR VETERAN TO CELEBRATE J. D. BILLINGS, WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR, CELEBRATES NINETIETH BIRTHDAY

J. D. Billings, of LeMars, a pioneer homesteader of Osceola county and a
long time resident of LeMars, will celebrate his ninetieth birthday
tomorrow.  Mr. Billings is a member of Mower Post G. A. R., being a
veteran of the Civil war.  His relatives will gather here Saturday in
honor of the occasion and a family reunion will be held in Cleveland
Park in this city.  About seventy-five members of his family are
expected to take part in the gathering.

Source: LeMars Sentinel, May 25, 1928