The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
March 1, 1876
Page 2
Column 4

………..Lysander Belknap, an old citizen of this township, died on Monday morning last at his residence, aged nearly 56 years.  His sickness was for only a very few hours --- acute pneumonia.  On Tuesday his funeral was preached at his house, by one of his near neighbors to a large concourse of people, after which he was buried in the cemetery upon his farm and near his home…….Mr. Belknap was a kind and obliging neighbor, quiet and law abiding citizen; connected with no church or society of any kind.  He was a believer in the Bible and the atonement of Christ and never expressed any fear of death or doubts of his acceptance with God.  He leaves a wife and 7 children in very good circumstances.  Peace to his memory……..

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Wife:

Mary Thurber

1824

12-Nov-1879

Children:

Amelia Belknap	1847	about 1887
Anna Belknap	about 1849	about 1894
Scott Belknap	03-Mar-1855	24-Sep-1931
William Willis Belknap	03-May-1857	18-Mar-1911
Orville Belknap	about 1859	28-May-1926
Walter Belknap	1863 ?	02-Jun-1943
Elsie Belknap	22-Jul-1864	14-Jun-1947
Hugh Belknap	about 1865	about 1865
Ralph Belknap	about 1866	about 1866
Barley Belknap	about 1867	about 1867

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