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January/February 2004
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 Hi, Just found your pages. I am looking for the Edmond T. Belcher & wife Mary Polly Edmondson/Edmundson line. Edmond & family made pottery innDekalb Co, Al area of Sand Mnt. & Belcher's Gap. Do you have any info on these? Thanks Joyce Rowe(Edmondson link) I am looking for the family of stoke belcher wife Debbie Roark Angela Belcher Gayl and Greg - I'm interested in knowing more about your early VA Belcher research and its Isham connection. Let me share with you what I know. I am researching the Farmer family and its Isham connection. Before I read your work, my research on the Farmers had brought me to the conclusion that Captain Henry Isham came to America with a grown daughter who married John Farmer at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, VA by 1656. This Isham daughter and John Farmer soon had three children: Henry Farmer (b1657), Phebe Worsham, and Frances Elam. Imagine my surprise when I saw you had come to the same conclusion for your Belcher heritage. I was also surprised to see that the Belchers used not only the name Isham but also the name Phebe, just like the Farmers, Worshams, and Elams. Since then, I have seen the Henrico deposition showing John Belcher born c1657, just like Henry Farmer, and I have found ongoing records for the Belchers and Farmers living as neighbors, which supports the fact that they were probably cousins. But I have not found any record of Robert and Phebe. Is there a record or source for these names or were they derived from later naming patterns? The name of John Farmer is a derived name. It appears in no record, but each of his children used the name and it is the name of his grandfather. One of the questions that I was trying to research is: did John Farmer and Robert Belcher marry sisters or did they marry the same woman. But since Henrico depositions give Henry Farmer and John Belcher very close ages, they must have had different mothers. Thankfully, research on the IGI shows that the Henry christened in 1627 is probably not the same one who settled in Virginia so there seems to be a little wiggle room on this. I also was worried by the will of Henry Isham Jr., since it doesn't mention any half sisters, until I realized he only left property to his mother and those siblings he grew up with. The older Isham daughters were a lot older than him and never lived with Henry and Catherine Royall Isham. Additionally, both of the Isham daughters appear to be deceased by the time of Henry Isham Jr.'s will. There was no reason for him to mention them in his will as far as I can see. So that is why I thought I'd write: between us Belcher and Farmer researchers, can we find enough proof to get the Isham researchers to change their mind and consider older daughters for Henry Isham? Regards, Jim Hi Gayl, I just realized that your maiden name was Ramey and wonder if by chance you know of a Frankey/Frankie J. Ramey (female). She married a Franklin Owens and had several daughters Mazy,Myra, Lucy, Lottie, and Vicy.......I believe this Franklin to be the brother of Tommy Owens who married Allie Belcher Chaney Owens. I also wanted to to ask you if you have any Wells family members who were orig from Kentucky (Johnny Wells) who moved to Ohio (Wellington)? Johnny married Joan Bowling? I am related to them Joan and my father are cousins. Thanks Jackie Owens Hello, We know this is a busy time but we were wondering if you might be related to the John Chaney and Elizabeth BLAIR children who moved to PIkesville KY? We are related to William Preston Chaney and he had brothers Charles, David, George W. and sisters. Any link? Karen Hi, I was looking into Booker Mullins Also my grandfather was his son by Nancy Elkins and she named him Booker Elkins. I head the story of your Booker before. Judy Tackett Bartow Obit for Opal Ratliff Belcher CAMP CREEK - Opal Ratliff Belcher, 90, a two-year resident of Meadow Brook, Camp Creek, formerly of Van, passed away Jan. 23, 2004, after a short illness. She was born Feb. 9, 1913, in Pike County, Ky., and was preceded in death by her first husband, Verda Ratliff; second husband, Albert Belcher; son, John �J.W.� Ratliff; and grandson, Brian Keith Ratliff. She lived and reared her family at Bald Knob. She later lived and had a farm at Bolt. She was a clerk at Pearl Price Grocery and also a cook at Wharton Grade School. She is survived by one son, Briant Ratliff of Newport News, Va.; two daughters, Loretta Jarrell of Van, Anita Lorrison of Madison; grandchildren, Pam Brown, Teresa Woodie, Cynthia Hoosier, John, Timothy, Shelly and Annette Ratliff, Chuckie and Kenny Jarrell, Gail Raye, and Jim, Rex and Sandra Lorrison; 21 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Imogene Crumbly of Elkhorn City, Ky. Service will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at Handley Funeral Home, Danville, with Hospice Chaplin Boyd Purcell officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens, Madison. I do not know if I wrote to tell you that my grand mother, my father's mother, Edna Earl Rowe, (dob 9/1/1907) Oak Hill, WV was the daughter of Lewis Rowe (Pike Co., Ky) and Mary Elizabeth Adkins (Mary Elizabeth Adkins was the daughter of William "Buck" Adkins (of Morehead) and Clara Barker of Martinsburg) Lewis Rowe (dob 1/4/1885) was the son of Richard Rowe and Suzanne McCallum, Lewis had a brother Alonzo, sisters Bessie, and Elsie Grace.. Richard was later married to Hattie Heywood, and had 2 sons Beckham and Charles (DOB 1903) I added some of your Belcher info to my Rowe and Adkins (and Hackney from the other side of my family) Hackneys are related to my mothers mother side with Jones, in Jackson Co., WV ... The same day as Opal obit was a Belcher from SE Ohio, but it had no other info Thanks, Larry Hello Gayl, Not sure if we've ever "talked". I found the following article quite by accident and feel it is an important breakthrough for info on the William Belcher family. . My Belcher is William L., bn 1829 Pike KY s/o John & Sarah Belcher. I'm sure he is tied to the George Belcher family, but HOW? Anyway, I am constantly on the lookout for anything with Belcher info. Hope this article will help others working on this line. Source: History of Gallia County by H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers Dr. John W. Belcher--a physician in Walnut township, commenced the study of medicine in 1860, under the tutorship of J. R. Hendricks, M. D., of Hansonville, Russell County, VA. He graduated at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been a successful practitioner ever since. His wife, Mary A., daughter of John and Sally (Neal) Stewart, chose the profession of teaching at the early age of 16, and for more than eight years was a teacher in the public schools, being quite successful. Her literary attainments are not excelled by anyone, having the same advantages. She is an eminent scholar, a loving mother, and is respected by all who know her. She was born in Gallia County, Ohio, August 19, 1843, and was married to Mr. Belcher in the same county, November 9, 1867. She is the mother of six children: John F., born September 25, 1868; Charles E., February 4, 1870; Sarah F., December 6, 1871; William P, February 2, 1875; Ralph H. May 19, 1877; George H., May 9, 1880; all at home. Mr. Belcher was born in Pike County, Kentucky, January 12, 1840, and is the son of William and Mary (Powell) Belcher. He settled in this county in1880. He served as a druggist in the late war fifteen months, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. Thanks, Janeen Reynolds I am a descendant of Linkhorn Blevins and Sarah "Sally" Belcher (through their daughter Helen who married John Ramey in 1865). I would love to know which of the Belchers were Sally's parents. There were 3 Belcher marriages in Scott Co, VA 1815-1853. Jane Betcher (sic) married Jesse Horne August 17, 1826 (resided in Scott Co, VA). Sally Bletcher (sic) married Linkhorn Blevins August 26, 1833 (resided in Wise Co, VA) Armenda Belcher married John Ramey June 13, 1834. (resided in Pike Co, KY). I could find no Belcher families in Scott Co, VA in 1830. There were 4 (Bartley, William, Jesse, and John) Belcher families in Russell Co, VA in 1830, however. I know that the Belchers tended to bounce back and forth between VA and KY (all 3 of the above brides gave KY as their state of birth on censuses). Were one of these 4 Belcher men Sally's father? I am particularly interested in Sally b 1810-1814 near Jenkins, KY who married Linkhorn Blevins. There are several Belcher/Blevins marriages in this line -- and I'm interested in all of them! Thank you for such a great site! Sharon Peel Grandview Texas My father is Billly Joe Belcher born 7/28/32. I have no knowledge of any relatives. His mothers name was Oradell Eastridge. I believe I have a lot of relatives out there and would love to find a few. Michigan Anthony Belcher I'm searching for info on William H. Belcher born abt 1821 in Madison Co. Ky; possibly son of Robert Belcher. On to Boone County Missouri. That's where William married and lived. for info on what I have, e-mail me at [email protected]. Norma Nyberg Columbia Missouri |
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