Genealogy and Census Images
Belcher
belcherblues.comThis Genealogy is a good example of Census Records,
1900 McDowell co. Census W. G Hunt age 47 born 1852 Va parents Ky Christina wife age 51 born 1847 Va parents Va married 28 years and mother of 10 children William G. Jr age 18 born 1882 John H. Hunt age 15 born 1855 Lewis born 1887 age 13 Isaac born 1890 age 10 George born 1893 age 7 George Again maybe first George died?? S.B.dau Christina is listed in McDowell County WV 1920 Census age 72 as head of household. Living alone. next door is John H. Hunt her son and his wife Lillian
and how they Record someones Families.
You should always start backwards, not forward.
You start with yourself, your parents, and grandparents if you know anything at all about them.
These Census records also show the discrepency in many ages of the people
and how their names were spelled. Many census takers spelled them as they sounded.
Jesse Belcher born 1929 was this line from West Virginia
and his father was Ermine, which is spelled,
Armond, in one Census. and his father was Ballard. This was basically all that was known.
The descending line to Ballard runs through William Floyd Belcher,
his son, Tobias, and Tobias' son, Owen.
William Thomas Robert John Richard Isham E. Belcher Richard William Floyd Tobias Owen Ballard Ermine (Armond) Jesse This started with the 1930 Logan County West Virgina Census:
In Conclusion:
7...Tobias Belcher son of William Floyd Belcher Born 1824/29 Tazewell Co Va Listed Age 26 Farmer 200 Acres Died: 1903 Married: #1 Margaret (Peggy) Milam 15 Mar 1845 Born: 1825 Tazewell Co Land Abstracts 115 A. Bottom Creek And Laurel River 101 P/ 145 1 Feb 1851 20 A On Elkhorn Creek, Tug Creek 105 P 23 10 Jan 1856, 172 A. On Daniels Creek 112 P. 164 10 Jan 1856, 35 A. On Elkhorn Creek 112 P. 165 Married On 14 Feb 1887 #2 Jane Cartwright, Age 56, Born In Logan Co, Wv, Daughter Of Moses And Clary Cartwright. 1850 Census Tobias age 26 Margaret age 25 James age 5 Owen age 3 Christina age 2
See 1850 Census Image William Floyd
1860 McDowell County Va/WV Census Tobias Belcher age 37 $1500 farmer Margaret age 35 John age 14 Owen age 12 Christina age 10 Elizabeth age 8 James age 6 William age 5 Isaac age 4 Arminda age 3 Lewis age 9 months
1870 Census McDowell Co. WV Tobias age 46 Margaret age 40 John age 23 Owen age 22 Christeener age 20 Isabell age 19 James age 17 Wlliam age 15 Isaac age 13 Arminta age 12 Lewis age 10 Martha age 8 Barbary age 6 Cosby age 2 female baby not named age 3 months
1880 McDowell Co. Census Tobias age 59 Margaret age 55 Arminda age 21 Lewis age 20 Barbary age 16 Cosby age 16 Tobias age 9
1900 Wyoming County West Virginia
Tobias Belcher age 81 living with his daughter Arminda and husband Ballard Byrd
Ballard Byrd age 26 born March 1874
Arminda wife born March 1856 age 44
Tobias son born Jan. 1898 age 2
Children:1...John T. (Doc) Belcher B: 1846/47 Tazewell Co Va Listed Age 5 Served With Kentucky Yankee Chasers Enlisted Co F 2-28-1863 Died 1905 Married: #1 Charlotte Lusk 5 Oct 1871 Dau Of Floyd Lusk And Clarissa Lambert She Was Born 3-21-1855 D 1938 Married #2 Charlotte Bell 31 May 1881 listed 1880 Census with John, dau. Pegga 7, dau. Clerra 5, with brothers William and Isaac. No wife is listed in this Census Children:
3...Christina Belcher B: 1848 T Co Va Listed Age 2 Died: March 18, 1930 Married: William Hunt 20 July 1872 Son of Henry age 58 and Susan age 59 Hunt. Raleigh co. Va. 18801...Tobias Belcher Married Lillian Drucilla Belcher Children: William Owen Belcher And Toby Belcher: 2...Polly Belcher 3...Floyd Belcher born 1873 Married: Ann Huffman Date 12 May 1896 Anne Hufman Age 18 Parents George Hufman Married By G.T. Mcclure (See Floyd Belcher's World War I Registration Card)
2...Owen Belcher Born: 1847/48 Tazewell Co Va Listed Age 3 Married: Barbara Cartwright: Marriage Record: Name Of Groom And Name Of Bride Owen Belcher Age 24 ......Barbary Cartwright Age 22 P/O/B Tazewell Co., Va And P/O/B Tazewell Co., Va Name Of Parents Tobias & Amp; Margaret Belcher Moses &Amp; Clary Cartwright Date 20 May 1871 Book# 1 Page # 97 Owen And Barbara Cartwright Belcher Sold 945 Acres To A Land Trader For $100 In Cash And "Other Valuable Considerations" Not Listed. "Other Valuable Considerations" Might Be Guns, Oxen, Cows, Horses, Bee Gums, And Hogs. Most Of The Land Of Mcdowell County Was Sold Fairly Cheap. 1880 Census of McDowell Co. WV Owen Belcher age 33 Barbary age 29 Christinia age 7 Ballard age 5 Moses Age 4 William O age 2 Peggy Jane age 5 months next door to John Hunt. and next to Christina Hunt his sister
4...Margaret (Peggy) Belcher Born 1874 D 7-26-1948 5...Clarissa (Clara) (Clerra) Belcher Born 11-1875 D 1-31-1967 6....Mary Belcher M: Blaine Carozier 7...James Belcher 8....Ranson Allen Belcher B: Oct 10: 1882 D 5-17-1917
Both Are Buried: Old Belcher Cemetery, Belcher Mountain>ol> 1...Christine Belcher 2...Ballard Belcher Born 1875 3...Moses Anderson Belcher born 1876 4...William Owen Belcher Jr. Born May 19 1878 5...Margaret Belcher Born 1880 6...Tobias Belcher Born April 18 1882 Died June 23 1966 7...James H. Belcher, Born January 17 1886, Died June 22 1960>1...Christina Belcher B: 1872 Mcdowell County Wv Date 24 Dec 1895 Book # 2 Page # 208 Name Of Groom And Name Of Bride Wiley Bower age 25 Wyoming County Wva And Christina Belcher Age 25 P/O/B Mcdowell Co., Wv Parents Hamilton &Amp; Jane Bower Parents Owen &Amp; Barbara Belcher Married By J. W. Simpson Children: Jennie born 1897 florence born 1899 Lucie born 1900 Granier Bower nephew lived with them born 1887 2...Ballard James Belcher Born: 1875 (SEE Below) Married: Date 2 July 1897 Elvira Harris Mother: Bettie Harris by 1930 Logan County West Va. Census Ballard is listed as being married to Dortha, second wife age 17. 3...Moses Anderson Belcher born 1876 Married: Matilda 4...William Owen Belcher Jr. 5...Peggy Jane Belcher (Margaret) Born: 1880 Married: 21 Mar 1896 Jef. Davis Bowen Age 33 Peggy Jane Belcher Age 16 Son of Hanibal and Jane Bowen Married By J.W. Simpson 6...Tobias Belcher born 1882 (See Tobias World War I Registration Card)
7...James H. Belcher (see James H. World War I Registration Card)
Name Of their daughter Rebecca age 20 was still at home Their son Lewis Hunt lived next door. age 34 wife Margaret. 1880 Census McDowell County Christina Hunt head of household son Tobias Hunt age 7 born 1873 James N. age 6 born 1874 Eliza J age 5 born 1875 Sarah J. age 4 born 1876. William is not listed at this time of Census* July 10, 1880* in this household.It doesnt say why and he apparently didnt stay in long since Christina had a child in 1882 John Hutcheson jailer 1...James H age 8 2...Sarah J age 6 3...Lewis F age 2 4...George W age 1 month born 1879 1...Tobias Hunt born 1873 2...James N. Hunt born 1874 3...Eliza J Hunt born 1875 4...Sarah J.Hunt born 1876. 5...William G. Jr age 18 born 1882 6...John H. Hunt age 15 born 1855 7...Lewis born 1887 age 13 8...Isaac born 1890 age 10 9...George born 1893 age 7 George Again maybe first George died?? 10..S.B.dau 4...Elizabeth Belcher (Isabell) Born: 1850 Name Of Groom And Name Of Bride John H. Hunt Elizabeth Belcher Age 21 P/O/B Tazewell Co., Va Age 21 P/O/B Tazewell Co., Va Name Of Parents Henry and Sarah Hunt Tobias and Peggy Belcher Date 18 Nov 1871 Book# 1 Page # 102 5...James born 1853 6...William Belcher Born 1854 McDowell County, West Virginia, And Died October 11, 1923. He Married (1) Sally Hunt, Daughter Of
Henry Hunt And Sarah Lowe. He Married (2) Clary England March 14, 1881 In Mcdowell County, West Virginia, Daughter Of Sherdon England And Sarah. She Was Born 1861 In Mcdowell County,
West Virginia. Marriage Record, Book 1, 1865-1896, Page 110
William Belcher, Age 27, Born Mcdowell Co, Wv, Son Of Tobias And Margaret Married On 14, Mar
1881 Clary England, Age 20 Born McDowell Co, Wv, Daughter Of Sherdon And Sarah England.
Children: John born 1881 Sadie born 1883 Jim born 1885 Barbary born 1888 Marthy born 1890 William J born 1891 Rebecca born 1894 Herbert born 1896 7..Isaac Belcher born 1856/57 Married; 1880 Elsie Rose of McDowell Co. Wv. June 1880 Isaac age 23 listed living in home of brother John. 8...Arminta Belcher born 1858/59 Married at age 42 , Ballard Byrd he was 24 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, Wv, Center District, Family #205. Listed As Tobias Belcher, Age 81, Widowed, In Household Of Son-In-Law, Ballard P. Byrd. Ballard Byrd age 26 born 1874 wV Arminta age 44 born WV Tobias son age 2 Tobias Belcher father in law age 81 born Jan 1819 WV Arminta Had Nursed And Taken Care Of Her Mother, Peggy Milam Belcher, Until She Died. Then She
Did The Same For Her Stepmother, Jane Cartwright Belcher, Until Her Death. Finally, Her Father
Tobias Became An Invalid And Thus Her Patient Also. In The Meantime, Arminthia Had Married
At 50 Years Of Age, So She And Her Husband Ballard Byrd Lived In The Belcher Home So She Could Be Caregiver To All Her Parents.
Tobias Had Given The Most Valuable Part Of His Proerty To His Daughter Arminthia For "Good And
Faithful Service." In 1912, Her Husband Ballard Byrd Sold The Old Tobias Belcher Farm To Campbell Bazzie.
When The Bazzie Family Bought The Old Tobias Belcher Farm From Tobias' Son-In-Law, Ballard Byrd,
After Tobias' Death, There Were Three Small Sets Of Tombstones In A Building.
One Of Them Was Inscribed "Tobias Belcher 1903."
Tobias And His Two Wives Were Buried In The Field On The
Old Farm At Skin Fork, But Apparently No One Ever Bothered To Erect The Tombstones.
The Burial Place Is No Longer A Cleared Field;
It Has Become A Quiet Little Family Cemetery In The
Woods. The Property Is Still Owned By The Bazzie Family,
And Three Bazzie Family Members Are
Buried In The Little Cemetery Too. 9...Lewis Belcher September 15, 1860, And Died 1927. He Married Margaret Jane Belcher, Daughter Of Andrew Belcher
And Sarah Hunt. She Was Born December 1869, And Died May 17, 1931.
Burial: Belcher Mountain Cemetery, Kimball West Virginia Children:Jane born 1887 William F. born 1893 Lanna Ann born 1895 Lewis born 1897 John A. born 1898
10...Martha born 1862 11...Barbary born 1864 12...Tobias jr. born 1870
James Ballard Belcher
James Ballard Belcher Born: 1875 Married: Date 2 July 1897 Elvira Harris dau. of Bettie Harris by 1930 Logan County West Va. Census Ballard is listed as being married to Dortha his second wife. Children:1...Alford born 1893 2...Albert born 1896 3...Authur born 1901 4...Arnold born 1906 Married: Ollie born 1907
Ermine Belcher: Married 1930: Child known Jesse.Cobert son born 1923 Golda born 1825
5...Ermine born 1910 This is also Spelled, Hermon and Armond in a couple of census
records. Since the other sons are spelled with an A.
It is quite possible his name was spelled Armine. 6...Oney born 1917 (Donna) Donna married a Ward. 7...Luceal born 1925 (Lucille) Married a Parsons lived in Gallipolis Ohio. 8...Denver Ballard. 1927 died Sept 27 1998 Logan Co. West Va. age 71 Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill Logan County. Married: Rose Cassidy
Children: Vanessa Belcher Hicks David Belcher Denver Ray Belcher 9...Leander born 1930 second wife Dortha was his mother. 10..Regina J. born 1933 married a Mills lived in Mallory West Va. died Dec.1998