Biography of George Billman, page 558.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George Billman, one of the prominent citizens of Fairfield Township, is a 
native of Washington County, Pa., born Feb. 23, 1801, a son of David and 
Catharine Billman, native of Germany, who were sold by the ship company to 
pay their passage to America.  Our subject was reared in his native county, 
and when eighteen years old began to work at the tanner’s trade, serving an 
apprenticeship of three years.  He then worked as a journeyman, dressing 
leather, for nine years, and then engaged in farming till Aug. 15, 1834, 
when he moved to Seneca County, Ohio, and cleared and improved a farm of 
ninety-four acres.  In 1864 he sold his farm and moved to De Kalb County, 
Ind., and bought the farm where he now lives.  He has been successful in his 
pursuits and has a comfortable property for use in his declining years.  He 
was married Dec. 25, 1827, to Mary Wansettler, and to them were born two 
children, both deceased.  His wife died April 5, 1830, and he was again 
married June 21, 1833 to Catherine Dencer, a native of Washington County, 
Pa., daughter of George and Catherine Dencer, of German descent.  They 
have had five children, two of whom are living---Mary Ann, wife of Henry 
Hecht, of Michigan, and Matilda, wife of Daniel Cartret, of this township.  
Politically Mr. Billman is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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