User talk:BJBillups

BJBillups (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2022 (UTC)Elizabeth J Billups BJBillups (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2022 (UTC)This is in response to information on a historic home in Mathews Virginia. Located just past the Moon Post Office, "The old Billups Home" which is at the head of Billups Creek, was built/finished in 1663 (not in the mid 1800s as it is listed). It was built by 2 greek brothers, who made 3 trips to the Americas, the final one was building this house.

I know this for a fact, because my Grandfather, William Billups lived there back in the early 50s, and found a broken brick one spring, dated 1663. In the old days, when a home was finished, they would place a brick with the date on it, on the top of the chimney, not cemented in! My parents James Otis Billups and Marie E. Billups lived there from 1973. Dad passed in 1996, and Mom was placed in a care facility and passed around 2007. At which time my brother J.O. Billups Jr sold the estate, being the first time in 440 years out of the Billups ownership.

A little family history, that should be known: Dad wrote his thesis paper to graduate from Georgia Tech on Reverse Thrust. In those days planes were so powerful, they could not get runways long enough to slow them down, thus Dad's paper. Which the professor wrote across the top: "For an educated person, you are really stupid". And my brother's accomplishments: He created several things for NASA, one of which is still on Mars, from that flight! He also invented a rebreather for Jacque Cousteau. As for myself, I have been in the fine art field since 1987, and helped establish PLEIN AIR PAINTING, that can now be seen thru out the USA (that word had NOT been used in the USA since the 1920s). Sincerely presented, Elizabeth Jean Billups