John Jacob Beller (1873 - 1932)

Born 2 May 1873 in Wisconsin, United States

Husband of Mary (Courts) Stewart — married 27 Oct 1894 (to 7 Sep 1899) in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States

Died 27 Sep 1932 at age 59 in Nickwall, McCone, Montana, United States

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Biography

John Jacob Beller was born in Green County, Wisconsin on 02 May 1873.^[1] He grew up in Washington Township in Green County, Wisconsin.^[2]

John married Mary Corts on 27 Oct 1894 in Freeport, Illinois. They had one son together. She filed for a divorce and on 29 Jul 1899 the newspaper printed that they were married on 27 Oct 1894 and he abandoned her on 05 June 1897 and that he was supposedly living in New Hope, South Dakota.^[3] The divorce was granted on 07 Sep 1899.

In 1900, John was listed as divorced and he was living in Benton Township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^[4]

Sometime prior to 1905 he married Mary who was listed with him in the 1905 South Dakota census.^[5] She died before 1910. John was listed as a widow in 1910 and was living in Parkston, South Dakota.^[6]

On 25 Oct 1911 John married Elvina Berndt.^[7] They were living in McCone County, Montana in 1930.^[8]

He died on 27 Sep 1932^[9] and was buried in Danzig Baptist Cemetery in Avon, South Dakota.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QJ-YCP : 24 December 2021), John J Beller, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN42-FDC : 15 January 2022), John Beller in household of John Beller, Washington, Green, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Freeport Daily Democrat 29 Jul 1899
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRZ-14M : accessed 21 December 2022), John Beller in household of John R Foster, Benton & Mapleton Townships, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 249, sheet 6B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,552.
5. ↑ "South Dakota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM42-DMZ : 6 April 2020), John J Beller, South Dakota, United States; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,281,059.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXC-WSV : accessed 21 December 2022), John J Beller, Parkston Ward 3, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 231, sheet 13B, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1482; FHL microfilm 1,375,495.
7. ↑ Ancestry Record 8561 #663158 South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota Marriage Records, 1905-2016; Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM5-56Z : accessed 21 December 2022), John J Beller, School District 023, McCone, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1258; FHL microfilm 2,340,993.
9. ↑ "Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHC6-JK1 : 9 December 2014), John Beller, 27 Sep 1932; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77496680/john-jacob-beller: accessed 21 December 2022), memorial page for John Jacob Beller (1873–1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #77496680, citing Danzig Baptist Cemetery, Avon, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Linda Jenkins Werts (contributor 47016781).