He was born in Mercer, Greene County, Pennsylvania, in March 1839, to Christopher W and Sarah Bilby. [sources: date: 8, 16 (1846); 2 (18 in 1865), 5 (12 in 1860), 6 (43 in 1880), 8 (61 in 1880), 9 (2 in 1850), 11 (72 in 1920), 14 (before 1847), 15 (62 in 1910). place: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14 (Jefferson, Greene, PA), 15. parents: 10 (Christopher W Bilby and Sarah Stewart, 14 (Christopher W Bilby and Sarah Rynan)]
In 1850, he was living in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was living with Christopher and Sarah Bilby (presumably his parents) along with several others (presumably siblings). [source: 9]
In 1860, he was living in Jackson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was living with Christopher and Sarah Bilby (presumably his parents), and five other Bilby's (presumably his siblings). He had attended school in the previous year. [source: 5]
When he enlisted, he was a farmer. [source: 2]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, grey eyes, and dark hair. [source: 2]
He was a substitute. He enlisted and was mustered into service on 16 March 1865. He was enlisted for 2 [sic] years, at North Branton [?? (probably New Brighton, Beaver, Pennsylvania)], by Captain Calbertson [?]. He was a private in company I. [sources: 1, 2, 3 (1864), 8, 18, 19]
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865. He was a private, in company I. [sources: 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 19]
In 1869/70, he married Susan Leathe Rumbaugh. She was born in April 1840, in Pennsylvania. They apparently had six children, including:
[sources: 6, 7 (6 children, 5 living, in 1900), 15 (38 years, 5 children, 5 living, in 1910), 14 (Sarah Leathe Rumbaugh)]
On 11 November 1879, he applied successfully for a pension. [sources: 4, 8]
In 1880, he was living in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Susan and his children Rena, Sallie, Jemima, and Daniel. He was a blacksmith. [source: 6]
In 1890, he was living in Kiskiminster Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He had a gun shot wound in his arm. [source: 3]
In 1900, he was living in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Susan, and children Jeanetta, Daniel, and Alva. He was a carpenter. [source: 7]
On 25 September 1906, a new pension certificate was issued, under the Act of 27 June 1890, increasing his pension to $6 per month, retroactive to 18 March 1897, and to $10 per month effective 12 April 1905. [source: 12]
In 1910, he was living on Sharpville Road, Hickory, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Susan, son Daniel, and a friend. He was a farmer, on his own farm. [source: 15]
On 30 [?] August 1910, he again applied for a pension, under the Act of 6 February 1907. He received $12 per month, effective 30 August 1910; the certificate was dated 16 September 1910. [sources: 8, 12]
His pension was increased to $13 per month, effective 22 May 1912; the certificate was dated 21 October 1912, apparently under the Act of 11 May 1912. [source: 12]
Apparently on 25 January 1919, a new pension certificate was issued. His pension was increased to $15 per month, retroactive to 18 March 1913. His pension was increased to $18 per month, retroactive to 18 March 1917. His pension was increased to $30 per month, retroactive to 10 June 1918. [source: 12]
On 5 April 1919, his wife, Susan Bilby, died, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. [source: 17]
In 1920, he was living in Hickory Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his daughter and son-in-law Janette and Andrew Storey, with his son Daniel, and with his grandchildren Jannette and Morris Bilby. He was widowed. He was not working. [source: 11]
He applied for a pension under the Act of 1 May 1920, and received $50 per month, retroactive to 1 May 1920. [source: 12]
He died on 17 January 1925, at Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in the Byerley Cemetery, Sharpsville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. [sources: 8, 12, 13, 16]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Morrison Bilby)
2 company I, descriptive roll, #47 (Morrison Bilby)
3 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County, Kiskiminster Township, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 14, page [2] (image 6 of 8 on Ancestry) (Morrison Bilby)
4 pension index, by name (Morrison Bilby)
5 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Jackson Township, microfilm series M653, film 1114, page 482 = 150 handwritten (Morrison Bilby)
6 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County, Kiskiminetas Township, supervisor's district 10, enumeration district 10, microfilm series T9, film 1096, page 228 A = 25 handwritten (Morris Bilby)
7 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland, Allegheny Township, supervisor's district 16, enumeration district 75, microfilm series T623, film 1496, page 140 A = 34 handwritten (Morris Bilby)
8 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company I (Morrison Bilby)
9 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Jefferson Township, microfilm series M432, film 783, page 124 = 246 handwritten (Morrison Bilby)
10 'Richard Bilby family', a gedcom, available on RootsWeb WorldConnect (accessed 19 May 2009) (Morrison Bilby)
11 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Hickory Township Northwest, supervisor's district 17, enumeration district 60, microfilm series T625, film 1602, pages 65 = 8 B to 66 = 9 A handwritten (Morris Bilby)
12 Veterans administration pension payment cards, 1907-1933, National Archives and Records Administration, microfilm series M850, film 171, FamilySearch, and FamilySearch, and FamilySearch] (Morrison Bilby)
13 Pennsylvania, death certificate indices, 1925 ('Bilby Morran M. [sic]; 10202; Mercer Co.; Jan. 17.')
14 'Strasburg family tree', a family tree available on Ancestry, owner wfstrasburg1, accessed 23 Nov 2013 (Maurice Bilby)
15 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Hickory, enumeration district 158, microfilm series T624, film 1374, page 242 = 11 B (Morrison Melby [sic])
16 Pennsylvania veterans burial cards, 1929-1990 (Morrison Bilby)
17 Pennsylvania death indices, 1919 ('Bilby,Susan;--50773;Mercer Co;Apr.5.')
18 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Morrison Billbey)
19 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Morrisson Bilby)
| line | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Dwellings visited | 378 | |||||
| Families visited | 385 | |||||
| Name | Sarah Bilby | Permelia " | Catharine Adaline " | Semoin " | Morrison | Christopher " |
| Age | 32 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Sex | F | F | F | M | M | M |
| Color | ||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Laborer | |||||
| Real estate owned | ||||||
| Birthplace | Pa | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | 1 | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Dwelling number | 1068 | |||||||
| Family number | 1051 | |||||||
| Name | Christopher Bilby | Sarah Bilby | Kate Bilby | Lennos [??] Bilby | Morrison Bilby | Mary J Bilby | Martin Bilby | James M Bilby |
| Age | 45 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Sex | M | F | F | M | M | F | F | M |
| Color | ||||||||
| Occupation | Farmer | Home Domestic | ||||||
| Value of real estate owned | 500 | |||||||
| Value of personal estate | 200 | |||||||
| Place of birth | Penna | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cannot read & write | ||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| street name | ||||||
| house number | ||||||
| dwelling visit # | 220 | |||||
| family visit # | 227 | |||||
| name | Bilby Morris | - Susan | - Rena | - Sallie | - Jemina | - Daniel M |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | F | M |
| age | 43 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| month born if born in year | ||||||
| relationship | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | Son | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| married | 1 | 1 | 1 [sic] | |||
| widowed/divorced | ||||||
| married during year | ||||||
| occupation | Blacksmith | Keeping house | ||||
| months unemployed | 3 [sic] | |||||
| currently ill? | ||||||
| blind | ||||||
| deaf/dumb | ||||||
| idiotic | ||||||
| insane | ||||||
| disabled | 1 | |||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | ||||
| can't read | ||||||
| can't write | ||||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| street | |||||
| house number | |||||
| dwelling number | 625 | ||||
| family number | 667 | ||||
| name | Bilby Morris | - Susan | - Jeannetta | - Daniel | - Alva |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Son | Son |
| color | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | M | M |
| birth date | Mar 1839 | Apr 1840 | Nov 1876 | Oct 1878 | Sept 1881 |
| age | 61 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S |
| # years married | 30 | 30 | |||
| mother of how many children? | 6 | ||||
| # of children living | 5 | ||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| immigration year | |||||
| # years in USA | |||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||
| occupation | Carpenter | Buckler | Bundler | ||
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| # months in school | |||||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| speaks English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| owned/rented | O | ||||
| free or mortgaged | F | ||||
| farm/house | H | ||||
| # of farm schedule |
| line | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | |||||
| street | Sharpville Road | ||||||||
| house nr | |||||||||
| dwelling nr | 221 | ||||||||
| family nr | 227 | ||||||||
| name | Melby [sic] Morrison | - Susan | - Daniel | McCutcheon [??] Amos | |||||
| [Amos's family name is 'McCeddeore' in the Ancestry index; it is very hard to read. The 'e' could conceivably be an 'i', but no dot is present. The 'M' in Morrison's family name is clear] | |||||||||
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Friend | |||||
| sex | M | F | M | M | |||||
| color | W | W | W | W | |||||
| age | 62 | 62 | 28 | 13 | |||||
| marital status | M | M | S | S | |||||
| #years present marriage | 38 | 38 | |||||||
| mother of # children | 5 | ||||||||
| mother of # living children | 5 | ||||||||
| birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | |||||
| father's birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | |||||
| mother's birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | |||||
| immigrated | |||||||||
| naturalized/alien | |||||||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | |||||
| occupation | Farmer | None | Craneman | None | |||||
| nature of industry etc. | Own farm | Foundry | |||||||
| employer etc. | OA | W | |||||||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | ||||||||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | |||||||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| school since 1 Sep 09 | yes | ||||||||
| owned/rented | O | ||||||||
| owned free or mortagaged | |||||||||
| farm/house | F | ||||||||
| nr on farm schedule | 10 | ||||||||
| civil war vet | |||||||||
| blind | |||||||||
| deaf & dumb | |||||||||
| line | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 1 |
| street | ||||||
| house number | FM | |||||
| dwelling visit number | 176 | 176 | ||||
| family visit number | 179 | 179 | ||||
| name | Bilby Morris | Storey Janette | - Andrew | Bilby Daniel | - Jannette | Bilby Morris |
| relationship | Head | daughter | son in law | son | granddaughter | grandson |
| own/rent | Un | |||||
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | ||||||
| sex | M | F | F | M | F | M |
| race | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age at last birthday | 72 | 42 | 42 | 35 | 12 | 10 |
| marital status | Wd | M | M | S | S | S |
| year of immigration | ||||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||||
| year of naturalization | ||||||
| attended school since Sept 1919 | yes | yes | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| birth place | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | ||||||
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | ||||||
| mother's birthplace | United States | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | ||||||
| can speak English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| occupation | none | none | moulder | Electrician | none | none |
| industry, business | Foundry | Steel Mill | ||||
| employment status | W | W | ||||
| number of farm schedule | 12 |
| CLASS | RATE | DATE OF COMMENCEMENT | DATE OF CERTIFICATE |
| 50 | May 1, 1920 |
| CLASS. | RATE. | DATE OF COMMENCEMENT. | DATE OF CERTIFICATE. |
| Reis | 12 | 30 Aug. 1910 | 16 Sept. 1910 |
| Reis | 13 | 22 May 1912 | 21 Oct. 1912 |
| 30 | JUN 10 1918 | ||
| Inc | 15 | Mch 18 1913. | Jan 25. 1919 |
| 18 | Mch 18 1917. | ||
| 30 | June 10 1918 | ||
| Inc. | 50 | May 1, 1920 |
| CLASS. | RATE. | DATE OF COMMENCEMENT. | DATE OF CERTIFICATE. |
| 6 | 18 Mar 1897 | 25 Sept 1906 | |
| 10 | 12 Apr 1905 |