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John T. BILLS has been one of the farming residents of Sheridan district, Lincoln
county, since 1866, and owns 275 acres of land, well improved, well timbered, and with croppings of iron and
coal. He was born in Wood county, (then) Virginia, August 23, 1843, a son of Alfred N. and Margaret (Tate)
Bills, and they came with him to Lincoln county. His mother died February 13, 1876. John T. enlisted in the
Federal army in July, 1862, 11th West Virginia Infantry. He served in the battles of Cedar Creek, Hatchera Run,
and numerous smaller engagements, and was at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. In 1867, in Sheridan district,
Lincoln county, he married Sarah J. Midkiff, who was born in Lincoln county in 1842, a daughter of Spencer and
Vetury (McComas) Midkiff. Her parents settled in what is now Lincoln county in 1825. Mr. Bills and wife have
five children, born: Vetury, January 7, 1863; Walden A., February 20, 1870; John E., May 8, 1873; 0db (?),
October 2, 1877; Charlotte, October 8. 1879. John T. Bills is road overseer in his precinct, and is now serving
as school trustee in his district. His address is Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.