Caleb Rand BILL

1806 - 1872  (66 years)

• Name	Caleb Rand BILL
  Born	9 Jan 1806	Billtown, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Feb 1872	Kings, Nova Scotia
  Person ID	I15428	bmds
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Asahel BILL,   b. 7 Apr 1748, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 10 Nov 1814, Kings, Nova Scotia  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary RAND,   b. 14 Mar 1763, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia ,   d. 27 Apr 1843, Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F6279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Jan 1806 - Billtown, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia Died - 1 Feb 1872 - Kings, Nova Scotia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Caleb Rand Bill (9 January 1806 – 1 February 1872) was a member of the Canadian Senate.  Born in Billtown, Nova Scotia, a town founded by his ancestors, he was a farmer before entering politics. In 1828, he married Rebecca Cogswell. He represented Kings County from 1855 to 1859 and the northern region of Kings County from 1863 to 1867 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. A Liberal-Conservative, he was appointed to the Senate on 23 October 1867 by a royal proclamation of Queen Victoria following Canadian Confederation earlier that year. He represented the senatorial division of Nova Scotia until his death. He was also governor for Acadia College, president of the county agricultural society and a member of the school commission.  His son William served as a member of the Nova Scotia assembly.