S. March & Co.
1831-1858

C. Billups
Warren, Billups and Woodhouse
1858-1865

C. Billups, Son & Company

Warren, Billups & Co.
(1865- )

Located on Water Street in downtown Norfolk, VA on the Elizabeth River

12 February, 1839
Cealy Billups born in Mathews County, VA of John Edan and Mary Ann Borum Billups.
1856
Moved to Norfolk, VA. Clerks for and trains with Seth March in S. March & Company.
1858
Cealy Billups and Thomas P. Warren buy out S. March & Company. Starts business as Warren, Billups and Woodhouse, dealer in agricultural implements.
1859
C. Billups of Warren & Billups. bds. S(eth) March, 31 Cumberland.
March, Seth, h. 31 N. Cumberland.
WARREN & BILLUPS, agricultural warehouse, seed and iron store, 13 W. Widewater.
Warren, T. P. of Warren & Billups, h. 42 Bute.
WARREN & BILLUPS, 13 W. Widewater. Listed under Iron Dealers, Seed Stores.
(Vickery's Directory for the City of Norfolk, 1859)
1860
Cealey Billups of Warren, Billups & Co., bds. Exchange Hotel.
Summers, Ezra T., cooper, 9 Washington, h cor. Cumberland and Charlotte.
Warren, Billups & Co., iro and agricultural implements, 13 W. Widewater.
Warren, Thomas P. of W., Billups & Co., h. 2 W. Charlotte.
Warren, Billups & Co. listed under Agricultural Implements and Iron Dealers.
(Norfolk City Directory, 1860)
4 December, 1860
Cealy Billups marries in Norfolk, VA, Elizabeth "Lizzie" A. Summers, daughter of Ezra T. Summers, of England or New Hampshire.
1861
Civil War causes closure of Billips and Warren's S. March business.
29 April, 1862
Enlists as a Private, Co. G, 6th Virginia Infantry.
April 1865
Billups and Warren resume S. March business.
7 May, 1865
Cealy Billups withdraws from Warren, Billups and Woodhouse and starts Cealy Billups, dealer in agricultural implements, iron, steel, etc.
1866
Cealy Billups, Seed Dealer, Norfolk, VA, 11 Wide Water Street, Norfolk Directory.
26 March, 1867
Corn and Cotton Scraper Plow Patent, No. 63,276, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA.
16 April, 1867
Corn and Cotton Scraper Patent, No. 67,252, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA.
30 July, 1867
Corn Weeder Patent, No. 63,912, Billups of Norfolk, VA.
20 February, 1872
Plow Patent, No. 123,858, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: Thos. D. D. Ourand and Chas. A. Pettit.
7 May, 1872
Cultivator Improvement Patent, No. 126,513, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: William C. Howard and Sam'l R. Borum.
21 January, 1873
Cultivator Improvement Patent, No. 135,070, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: Solon C. Kemon and Thos. D. D. Ourand.
7 April, 1875
Cecil Carroll Billups born Norfolk, VA to Cealy and Elizabeth A. Summers Billups.
19 December, 1876
Plow Patent, No. 185,383, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: C. H. Watson and P. C. Dieterich.
10 May, 1887
Plow Patent, No. 362,598, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: K. H. Gayle and L. Royster.
17 May, 1887
Plow Patent, No. 363,109, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: K. H. Gayle and L. Royster.
1888
S. C. Billups, Agricultural Implements, Norfolk, VA, 26 Roanoke Square and 101 and 103 Water, residence 94 Bute, Norfolk Directory.
30 April, 1889
Plow Patent, No. 402,390, Cealy Billups of Norfolk, VA. Wit: Lawrence Royster and K. H. Gayle.
1892
C. Billups Son & Co. (Cealy and George C. Billups and Lawrence Royster), Manufacturers Agricultural Implements, Norfolk, VA, 101 and 103 Water and 26 Roanoke Ave., residence 94 Butte, Norfolk Directory.
1901
C. Billups, Son & Co., Agricultural Implements, Norfolk, VA, 199 ? 201 Water Street, Norfolk Directory.
6 November, 1910
Cealy Billups died, Norfolk, VA, in his home, age 71, head of C. Billups & Son, buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
Location at Findagrave.com
1911
C. Billups, Son & Co. (Cecil Billups), Agricultural Implements, Norfolk, VA, 199 ? 201 Water, Norfolk Directory.