Maternal Line of Robin Pyatt Bellamy
John Henry Fry [Parents] was born on 1 Jan 1820 in Green Co, Tennessee. He died on 21 Jan 1905 in Richland Co, Wisconsin. He married Martha C. Bible on 22 Sep 1867 in Ironton, Sauk Co, Wisconsin.
Other marriages:, Helen
John Henry Fry was married to a Susanna Ida Clary and a Helen Naomi MariWells (dates & places and order are unknown at this time; 1999).
Believe that child 1 thru 4 may have been from a previous marriage toHelen because of their ages verses her's and that there is a 4 year gapbetween child #4 and #5. Could be from his marriage to Susanna Ida Clary(if she was his first wife).
Also, he lived somewhere in Tennessee because his first 3 children wereborn there. It is believed he then moved to Indiana between 1843 and1845, as his 4th. child was born in Indiana in 1845. After this, it isbelieved that he remarried because of the 4 year gap between the nextchild's birth. It is now known (by this researcher anyway) if his firstwife died or if they got divorced. It is believed this is when he mayhave married Helen Wells. He fathered a total of 5 children in Indiana.There is another 4 yr. gap between child #8 and #9, and the fact thatchild #9 was born in Wisc. indicates that the family moved to Wisc.between 1852 and 1856. He had a total of 7 children born in Wisc. beforehe married Martha (Bible ) Smelcer. Then he fathered 3 more children byhis marriage to her. This gave him a total of 17 children that hefathered, and 2 other step-sons he raised.
He was a resident of Richland co., Wisc. at the time of his marriage toMartha (Bible) Smelcer in 1867.
He was farming in Westford, Richland co., Wisc. in 1870. Note: there wasa Henry (or Harvy) A. Smelcer, age 12, and a William N. Smelcer, age 9,living with them in 1870. Believe these to be 2 of Martha's childrenfrom her previous marriage to John Smelcer.
Estimated DOB for all children born before 1870, including Elmer, camefrom the 1870 census.
There was also several "Bible" families living nearby in the 1860 and1870 census.
He was still farming in the town of Westford, Richland co., Wisc. in the1880 census. Estimated his DOB from that census.
He also married a Martha (Bible) Smelcer after his marriage to Helen.
Let it be noted that his grand-daughter, Effie Pettit, was visiting himwhen the census of Westford, Wisc. was taken on June 2, 1880.
When June & Bill Rohr visited the Concord Cemetery, in the area of LimeRidge, WI., in Sept. 2001, they found a John Fry buried there. His gravemarker showed he died Jan. 1, 1905 at the age of 86 years and 21 days.Could this be our John?
Martha C. Bible [Parents] was born on 5 Jun 1831 in Greene Co., Tennessee. She died on 13 Jun 1916. She married John Henry Fry on 22 Sep 1867 in Ironton, Sauk Co, Wisconsin.
Other marriages:Smelcer, Jonathan
She was 19 yrs. old and still living with her parents on Sept. 10, 1850when the census was taken in Warren township, Clinton co., In.
Confirmed her maiden name and got year & county for her birth from ScottThomson on the internet. Also received info on her parents and theirchildren. Note: Scott had her marriage place as Richland county, as toher marriage to John Fry. Wm. E. Rohr has a copy of their marriageregister that shows the county as being Sauk county instead.
One of the witnesses to her marriage to John Fry, per the above mentionedmarriage register, was Enoch Bible. Believe this may be one of herrelatives, like a brother.
She was married to John Henry Fry on Sept. 22, 1867.
They had the following children:
M i Elmer E. Fry M ii Moses Fry F iii Mary Fry was born in 1878 in Richland, Wisconsin. She died .
Moses Bible Sr [Parents] was born on 8 Apr 1808 in Greene Co., Tennessee. He died on 24 Jan 1893 in Westford, Richland Co., Wisconsin. He was buried in Concord Cemetery, Lloyd, Wi.. He married Catherine Cleary on 5 Aug 1830 in Greene Co., Tennessee.
Believe he and his family left Tennessee about 1846-48, and lived inWarren township, Clinton county, Indiana from about 1848-49 through 1853based on the birth places of their children. He & his wife (Catherine)and 9 children, were all living in Warren township, Indiana at the takingof the 1850 census on Sept. 10th. that year. He was farming there withthe aid of his family. From there, they probably moved to Wisconsin byabout 1856 to 1857 because their oldest son, Rufus, had married and hadhis first child in Wisc, being born about 1857. Both of these familieswere in the town of Westford, Richland county, Wisc. at the taking of the1860 census on July 10, 1860. George, their 2nd son, was also married bythis time and living next door to his parents. Rufus lived 4 houses awayfrom his parents. Martha Bible's future husband, John Henry Fry, lived 2houses away from Rufus. John had his present wife and their 12 childrenliving with him then.
At the taking of the 1870 census of Westford, Moses (Sr.) & Catherinewere living between their sons, Moses Jr. and Joshua. Newton and Sarahwere still living with their parents then. They also has a 6 year oldfemale named Ida Stafford living with them at the time. Believe this wasa grand-daughter through Susanna Bible's marriage.
At the taking of the census of Westford on June 1, 1880, Moses (Sr.) wasstill farming, was a widower, and Ida Stafford (then 16 yrs. old) wasstill with him. This census does state that Ida was his grand-daughter.The Moses Jr. family was still living next door.
In the Ancestral File his DOB was 1818. As per info from the internet onthe Bible family, he died in Cazenovia, Richland co., Wisc.
Wm. E. Rohr also had an un-named male Bible infant on record once thatwas born about 1852 in Clinton co., IN. and died there also. This may beNewton Bible.
Catherine Cleary [Parents] was born in 1812 in Greene Co., Tennessee. She died in 1873 in Richland Co., Wisconsin. She married Moses Bible Sr on 5 Aug 1830 in Greene Co., Tennessee.
They had the following children:
F i Martha C. Bible M ii Reufus Bible M iii Francis M. Bible was born on 20 Mar 1835 in Tn.. He died on 22 Feb 1852 in Clinton Co., in..
Believe he may have either died or moved away from the family by 1860.He is not in the immediate area of his parents or siblings in Clintonco., IN. in 1860, like his siblings were.M iv George W. Bible M v Joshua Bible M vi Darius Bible was born on 27 Oct 1841 in Greene Co., Tennessee. He died on 19 Jan 1866.
He was 19 yrs. old and living with his parents, helping them on theirfarm in Westford, Richland co., WI. in 1860.F vii Susanna Bible M viii William Newton Bible M ix Newton Bible was born in 1848 in Clinton Co., Indiana. M x Moses Bible Jr F xi Sarah Elizabeth Bible was born on 31 May 1853 in Clinton Co., Indiana. She died on 29 Feb 1896.
Wm. E. Rohr found the below Sarah E. in the 1880 census; this family wasliving 4 to 6 homes away from the brothers of our Sarah. Could this beour Sarah after she married?
Stephen A. French was born in 1847 in Indiana. He married Sarah C. Smelcer on 7 Jun 1868 in Ironton, Sauk Co., Wisconsin.
He was a farmer and resident of Willow, Richland co., Wisc. at the timeof his marriage to Sarah. (1868)
In 1880, the Stephen French family were living, as he farmed, in theWestford, Richland co., WI. area (see FHC film #1255445, page 189C).This census indicates he, and his parents, were born in TN. It alsoindicates his wife, Sarah was born in IN., as was her father, but hermother was born in TN.
Sarah C. Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1853 in Wisconsin. She married Stephen A. French on 7 Jun 1868 in Ironton, Sauk Co., Wisconsin.
Info came from a Register of Marriage and the 1870 census of Ironton,Sauk co., WI. that Wm. E. Rohr has a copy of.
The 1880 census of Westford, WI. shows her birth place as Indiana (sameplace as Margaret Smelcer).
They had the following children:
Harvy A. Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1856 in Wisconsin. He married Hellen.
His first name may be Harry or Henry; second name is believed to beAsbury. See the 1880 census for Ironton, Sauk co., WI. (FHC film#1255446, page 146B) next door to the Adelbert Pettit family (his futurebrother-in-law, at the taking of the 1880 census). This Asbury wasfarming there in this 1880 census.
Hellen was born in 1857 in Wi.. She married Harvy A. Smelcer.
Information on their two children came from the 1880 census of Ironton,Sauk co., WI. (see FHC film #1255446, page 146B).
They had the following children:
F i Florence Smelcer was born in 1879 in Wi.. F ii Siss Smelcer was born in Mar 1880 in Ironton, Sauk co., Wi..
Benjamin Johnson [Parents] was christened on 18 Apr 1705. He died in 1754. He married Agnes Clark on 9 Dec 1721.
SOURCE: New Kent probably located in Louisa Co, Virginia. Informationobtained
from the records of Marcia BRITCHER. Her source noted as the Cedar Creek
monthly meeting notes.
Agnes Clark [Parents].Agnes married Benjamin Johnson on 9 Dec 1721.
They had the following children:
M i Newby Johnson. F ii Sarah Johnson M iii Christopher Johnson M iv William Johnson M v Benjamin Johnson F vi Penelope Johnson M vii Collins Johnson was born on 8 Sep 1741 in ,New Kent Co, Virginia. M viii Edward Johnson was born on 4 May 1744 in ,New Kent Co, Virginia. F ix Agnes Johnson
Adam Smelser was born in 1757 in York Co., Pensylvania. He died on 24 Oct 1822 in Greene Co., Tennessee. He married Mary Kretzinger on 28 Feb 1797 in Rockingham Co., Va..
Mary Kretzinger [Parents] was born in Rockingham Co., Virginia. She married Adam Smelser on 28 Feb 1797 in Rockingham Co., Va..
They had the following children:
M i George Smelcer M ii James Henry Smelcer F iii Barbara Smelser M iv Samuel Smelser M v William Smelser M vi David Smelser was born in 1810 in Greene Co., Tennessee.
Adam Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1822 in Tennessee. He died on 4 Oct 1883 in Warren, Clinton Co., Indiana. He married Sarah E. Shaffer.
Sarah E. Shaffer.Sarah married Adam Smelcer.
Henry Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1823 in Tennessee. He married Cathy Matilda Vance in 1843.
Found a record of a Henry Smelser married to a Ruthey Matilda on Feb. 25,1843 in Greene co., TN. Need to check the 1850 census of that area toverify the above and see if the first name is maybe Matilda instead.
His first name may have been "James" per the Ancestral File.
Cathy Matilda Vance.Cathy married Henry Smelcer in 1843.
William Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1825 in Coche, Tennessee. He married Lydia Lonas on 20 Feb 1845 in Greene Co., Tn..
Found a record of a William Smelser married to a Lydia Lonas on Feb. 20,1845 in Greene co., TN. Need to check the 1850 census of that area toverify.
Lydia Lonas was born in 1824. She married William Smelcer on 20 Feb 1845 in Greene Co., Tn..
Info came from Vicki Smith over the internet.
They had the following children:
William Stanley Jr..William married Malinda Smelcer on 10 Sep 1846 in Greene Co., Tn..
Malinda Smelcer [Parents] was born in 1828 in Greene Co., Tn.. She married William Stanley Jr. on 10 Sep 1846 in Greene Co., Tn..
On the cd titled Vital Records Index North America, they have her lastname spelled "Smelsor" .
