Was hoping these where mine...but I need a Cynthia France Belcher... thanks for the information,Holly ----- Original Message ----- From: <CRBelcher@aol.com> To: <BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [BELCHER] Chariton Missouri BELCHER > In a message dated 07/08/2000 7:37:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > bhtt141@netins.net writes: > > > Seeking information on the following: John T BELCHER b 1826 VA, Polly A b > > 1852 Mo, Cynthia b 1854 Mo,Parker b1856 Mo, Samuel b 1858 Mo,Catherine b > 1860 > > Mo, Bram b 1862 Mo....taken from the 1870 Chariton County Missouri census > > > Hi, > > I have a John Tevis Belcher, born 12 Oct 1826 to John Belcher and Mary Monk. > He married Frances Elvira Hubbard on 7 Apr 1841 in Russell County Virginia. > Children were Mary Ann, Brom, Polly, Samuel, Lucy Catherine, Cynthia A., > William Parker and an unnamed child. > > > John T. fought for the Confederacy a short time, then about 1868, he and his > wife left Virginia after being urged by brother Joseph, of Old Bloomfield, in > Macon Co. Missouri, to join them. They traveled first overland, then finally > by boat to Glascow, Missouri. There John T. left his wife, a cousin Lowery > Cox or brother Lowery Hubbard (some say) and children Polly, Ann, Cynthia A. > William Parker, Samual, Mary Catherine and Brom, while he walked to Macon Co. > to get another wagon. Upon returning, John T. found his wife, Elviry and > unnamed son had died of cholera. Lowery Cox(?) buried them on the banks of > the Missouri River. Sometime in the early 1870's John T. fell into a well, > then died of his injuries. The children, left to themselves, worked at > various jobs. One, Peter, for a mortician, Lucy Catherine for relatives for > board and keep. (Source: Heritage of Russell County Virginia, Vol #1, Page > 132.) > > Good Hunting, > Bob Belcher > CRBelcher@aol.com > > Researching Belcher, Monk, Dye, Hubbard, Honaker, Pruett, Whitt and others.