Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Billings
First Name
Viola
Middle Name
J.
Maiden Name
Staples
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Old Town, ME
Date of Birth
1851-02-20
Place of Death
Date of Death
1902?
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 1-30-1902, p.5
Obituary
Viola J. Billings Viola J. Billings, second daughter of Lieut. Daniel and Lucretia Tucker Staples, was born in Old Town, Feb. 20, 1851. When a young girl her parents moved to Dexter where she lived until 1875, when she came to Clinton as the wife of the late John P. Billings. As wife, mother and friend, she was excelled by none. A long and distressing illness was borne without a murmur; each hour of suffering seeming to add to the beauty and sweetness of her character…