Horatio Belcher
Loyal Sons to the Union
MAJOR HORATIO BELCHER
8th Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers, was born 06 December 1816, in Berkshire,Tioga County, New York. The son of Joseph and Wealthy Whiting Belcher. Major Belcher was killed at the battle of Weldon Railroad, near Petersburg, Va., 19 August 1864. He married Mary A. Hungerford, who was born in Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 26 February 1821. She was the daughter of Spencer and Electa Dunham Hungerford. There only son, Major Irving Belcher, also sacrificed his life for his country. He enlisted in the army as Lieutenant of a company from Flint, Mich., on 10 August 1861, and was in many engagements, and had been wounded in three battles before his last fatal hurt. In one of the previous engagements his right arm had been rendered useless, and on the day of his death he was thrice wounded. promoted to Captain on 01 September 1862. Then was Major on 03 June 1864.Civil War Record
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Regular Army (From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to 1903) Who Were Killed or Wounded in Action or Taken Prisoner, With Date and Place.
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page 79 Belcher, Horatio, maj 8 Mich inf.
Residence: Flint, Michigan Occupation: Service Record:
Enlisted as a Lieutenant 1st Class on 10 August 1861 in Flint, MI at the age of 42
Commission in Company G, 8th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 23 September 1861
was Wounded on 16 June 1862
Promoted to Full Captain on 01 September 1862
was Wounded on 03 June 1864
Promoted to Full Major on 03 June 1864
Killed on 19 August 1864 in Weldon Railroad, VA
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65. (MIRoster) Published in 1903
"Consistent and gentlemanly in his intercourse promoted to with all, pure and blameless in his life, he lived and died a Christian and a patriot."
Child of Horatio and Mary was:
Gertrude Amelia Belcher,who was b. in Richford, N. Y., 10 December 1843, died 11 January 1866. She married William Rufus Bates. He was lawyer and editor, was b. in Cazenovia township, Madison county, N. Y., June 28, 1845. He was educated at the Oneida Conference Seminary, in Cazenovia, and in the Law Department of the Michigan State University; and has been editorially connected with several newspapers, especially the Saginaw, Mich., Daily Enterprise, and the Chicago, Ill., Republican. He was elected, in the fall of 1870, from Bay county, Michigan, a representative in the state legislature, and, though the youngest member of that body, is already distinguished in his state for his ability as a legislator and as a political orator and leader. In the spring of 1871 he was appointed, by the President, register of the United States Land office at Saginaw, which office he now holds (1873). He is, of course, republican in politics. He m. in Flint, Mich., His remains were removed to Cazenovia for burial. The following--in raised letters, within the American Shield--is the inscription upon the monument: "Major EDWARD F. BATES, Surgeon U. S. V., died at Washington, D. C., 06 March 1864, aged 23 years, 2 months, 11 days." Source: A Record of the Descendants of Robert Dawson of East Haven, Conn , Page 95.
One land record found for Horatio in Michigan:
Belcher, Horatio
Document number: 5782 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 160.0000 Accession number: MI1790__.366
Patentee Surname: Belcher Patentee given name: Horatio
State name: Michigan
Volume: 1790 Page number: 366
Land office: Genesee Aliquot part reference: SE
Section number: 29
Township: 9 North Range: 4 East
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Dec. 1, 1857
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N
Census Records for Horatio
Horatio Belcher
State: New York Year: 1840 County: Tioga
Roll: M704_344 Township: Berkshire Page: 4 Image: 8
Horatio Belcher
State: New York Year: 1850 County: Tioga
Horatio Belcher
State: MI Year: 1860 County: Genesee County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Burton Township Page: 097 Database: MI 1860 Federal Census Index
