Judy, Can you help identify the William BELCHERs shown in your message. I think the two marriages to Sarah FORD and Nancy BREEDON are the same William BELCHER. The two later marriages to Martha BAKER and Fannie HUDSON, I would think, may be a different William BELCHER. Can anyone clarify? Sam in KY In a message dated 12/3/98 10:01:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, jflee@evansville.net writes: << Subj: [ILPOPE-L] Belcher Info [Wm., Wm. C., Jesse H.] Date: 12/3/98 10:01:47 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jflee@evansville.net (Judy Foreman Lee) Reply-to: jflee@evansville.net To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com I hope this information will help a few people. Pope Co IL Marriage Books A-E 1813-1877 Vol 1 by Lee & Foss [1990] Page 66 Bk B pg 77 ~ William C. BELCHER & Miss Sarah Ann FORD 26 July 1859 by David RAGAINS, M.G. Page 68 Bk B pg 117 ~ Jesse H. BELCHER & Mahala Jane FORD 08 Mar 1860 by David RAGAINS Page 129 Bk D pg 8 #264 ~ William BELCHER & Miss Nancy BREEDON 12 Sep 1872 by Jas. T. BAKER, J.P. Page 132 Bk D pg 10 #382 ~ William C. BELCHER & Miss Mary Louisa SPEED 06 April 1873 by Jas. P. ANDERSON, J.P. Page 132 Bk D pg 11 #404 ~ William M. WARREN & Mahala J. BELCHER/BELFORD 02 Nov 1873 by Simon SBARGER, J.P. App: W.M. WARREN of Pope Co app. for Wm. M. WARREN & Mrs. Mahala J. BELCHER. Page 142 Bk D pg 21 # 778 ~ William BELCHER & Miss Martha J. BAKER 26 June 1875 by Jas. P. ANDERSON, J.P. married at the res. of John S. COX. Page 146 Bk D pg 24 #901 ~ William BELCHER (24) & Miss Fannie HUDSON (19) 05 April 1876 by W.V. ELDREDGE, C.J. Couple from Livingston Co KY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>