Benedict Belt (1822 - 1906)

Born 13 Jan 1822 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Secellia (Griffis) Belt — married 1848 in Indiana

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1906 at age 84 in Collins, Story, Iowa, United States

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Biography

• Benedict was born in 1822. He died in 1906 at the age of 84.

• Parents: Aquilla Belt 1780 - 1848 and Mary Polly (Inscho) Belt 1787 - 1848. They were married 2/29/1804 in Fairfield, Ohio.

• Spouse: Cecilia (Griffis) Belt 1830 - 1911. They were married 5/18/1848 in Kosciusko, Indiana.

• Children:

1. Thomas J. Belt 1849 - 1903

• Married Permelia "Nellie Sutton 1851 -
• Thomas adopted her daughter, Louisa (b.1876)

2. Hiriam Marion Belt 1850 - 1935

• Married Mary Wilhelmina Maronda 1862 - 1914

3. Benjamin Franklin Belt 1853 - 1919

• Married Lovina Anna Daily 1857 -
• Married Martha Isabelle Morgan 1843 - 1923

4. George Washington Belt 1855 - 1902

• Married Mary Emily Holsclaw 1857 - 1913

5. Ezra Belt 1856 - 1870

• Died @ 14 yrs old

6. Azro Lumis Belt 1858 - 1939

• Married Mary Elizabeth Leach 1858 - 1933

7. Robert J. Belt 1860 - 1926 (?)

8. Robert Jackson Belt 1860 - 1900 (?)

• Married Annie Ellie Smith 1861 - 1941

9. Edwin Brown Belt 1862 - 1909

• Married Lavina Viola Denniston 1878 - 1948
• Married Missouri Anna Holtsclaw 1862 - 1891

10. Albert Grant Belt 1865 - 1915

• Married Mary L. Kemp 1865 - 1959
• Married Ida Jane Bughman 1866 -

11. Lilly Belt 1869 - 1870

• Died as a baby

Sources

• Rev. Benedict Belt: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K644-HZ3

• He can be found in Granville, Licking County, Ohio, in 1840.

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• Benedict and Secilia are in a household with one infant (Thomas J.), and Benedict's brother, Asbury, in 1950.^[2]

In 1960,^[3] the household has added one more child who was born in Indiana (Marion), and three subsequently born in Iowa (Benjamin, George, and Lumis). Benedict and his family had relocated to Polk County in 1870 ^[4] and had also added four children (Robert, Edwin, Albert and Lilly). Benedict and Secelia finally moved to nearby Story County for the 1880 ^[5] and 1900^[6] censuses. Their children had all left home before these final enumerations by the Federal Govenment.

• The family was found in the Iowa State Censuses in 1885,

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• 1895, ^[8] and 1905.^[9]

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Belt-249 created through the import of Steve Sanders family tree_2011-08-28.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by Steve Sanders.