My grandmother was attended by a doctor, but his birth was never registered. Dr. Kaye was remembered, having given my father his middle name, Harold Kaye Belcher.Years later, the Social Security Department accepted my grandmother's Bible entry as proof of birth (6 May 1907). After one of his well-digging jobs, he was asked how much was owed. His reply, "I"ll take Lena." He was born in Platte County, 18 August 1877. He and Lena Divelbiss were married 5 March 1902. Farming was becoming more and more difficult, so, when he was informed by his sister's husband that California was the place to be, he abandoned Missouri and a brief stint in Oklahoma for California. He arrived in 1912, planted ten acres of peaches, built onto an existing shed for a home, and reared four children. My great grandfather, Frederick Divelbiss, was born 14 October 1854. He married Lucy Margaret Creek, whose father, Zacheus Cushinberry Creek, (middle name came from well-liked next-door neighbors) born 1816. My three greats grandfather Abraham was born in Missouri in 1783. Levi Divelbiss married the Ohio-born Elizabeth Aungst, who died in Hemple 18 May 1902. Alexander's father was born in Kentucky; he married Elizabeth Nobel 13 September 1821 in Missouri. Her father, Thomas, eventually came to Missouri: DEMARCE: Evans and Thompson, Wills and Administration of Boone County, Missouri, p. 3. Noble, Thomas - no 46 - Adm. Jesse Watkins Admir. Gr. 23 February 1825. Heirs: Elizabeth Belcher, Boone County, Missouri, James Noble, Chariton County, Missouri, Nancy, Thomas, Harrison, Samuel, Jane, William, Wilson, Sytha - all of Linn County, Missouri. Barels, Boone County, Missouri, Estate Files 1991, 2:File 46 states that the heirs all reside in Chariton County, Missouri.  |