Biographical Sketch (1887):2717, p. 361. "Mr. Billingsley was married, Nov. 3, 1853, in Washington, this county, to Miss Sophia J. Moore, daughter of Phillip B. and Lydia Moore. She was born in Licking County, Ohio. They are the parents of four children, three boys and one girl, all except the youngest born in this county: Ray, born Nov. 10, 1854, married Eleanor Patterson, and resides in Santa Ana, Cal., and they have three children, two boys and one girl; May, born Sept. 6, 1856, is the wife of Frederick Lathrop, and also resides in Santa Ana, Cal., and has one daughter; Jay married Eleanor Benjamin, lives in Oskaloosa, and has one daughter; Jones, born March 21, 1870, died August 8 of the same year. Mrs. Billingsley died in 1870."

1854 Birth:2381 Birth year of 1854 estimated based on age (5 years) in 1860 census enumeration; birth place of Iowa taken from same source.

1860 U.S. Census:2381 Ray enumerated in the household of his father William Billingsley in English River Township, Washington County, Iowa as a male, age 5, born in Iowa, attended school within the year. Two siblings (May and Jay) also resided in the household.

1870 U.S. Census:2394 Ray enumerated in the household of his father the widower William Billingsley in Iowa City Township, Johnson County, Iowa as a male, age 15, white, at home, born in Iowa, attended school within the year. Three sibilings (May, Jay, and a newborn male as yet unnamed) also resided in the household.

1880 U.S. Census:1210
Benton County, Iowa (City and Township of Vinton)
Enumerated 1 June 1880
Ray Billingsley •• white, male, 25, boarder, single, lawyer, born in Iowa, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio
Ray was one of twelve people boarding with Anson H. Sutton.