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JOHN TAYLOR BELLAMY (14.3.5.6) is the son of Joseph B. Bellomy and Rebecca (Taylor) Bellamy.  John was born on January 22, 1849 in Scott County, Virginia.  In 1868, John Bellamy married Causby Elizabeth Starnes and they were the parents of nine children:

  William Schooler Bellamy (14.3.5.6.1), b. July 24, 1870
  James Henry Bellamy, b. October 24, 1872
  Joseph Edward Bellamy, b. April 12, 1875
  John Eustes Bellamy, b. September 13, 1877
  Lillian Alice Bellamy
  Charles Oscar Bellamy, b. June 23, 1881
  Daniel Ray Bellamy, b. May 12, 1883
  Walter Bellamy, b. Winter, 1889
  Grace May Bellamy, b. December 25, 1893

Causby (Starnes) Bellamy died in 1907 at Stratford, Texas.  John Bellamy married a second time to Martha Elizabeth Myers of Bristol, Tennessee and they were the parents of three children:

  Mary Elizabeth Bellamy, b. December 4, 1915
  Jessee Thomas Bellamy, b. June 25, 1918
  Luther Myers Bellamy, b. September 10, 1919

John Taylor Bellamy died on June 20, 1920 in Willowbar, Oklahoma.  Martha (Myers) Bellamy died on November 8, 1926.  James Bellamy married Rena Reed in Hamilton, Missouri and they had ten children:  -  Homer Bellamy,  -  Edward Bellamy,  -  Reta Bellamy,  -  Rebecca Bellamy,  -  Glenn Bellamy,  -  Thomas Bellamy,  -  Wallace Bellamy,  -  Guy Bellamy,  -  Ruth Bellamy,  -  Reva Bellamy.  Joseph Bellamy married Pricilla Grace Minton and they had six children:  -  Jesse Bellamy who died at the age of eighteen,  -  Edna Bellamy,  -  Beaulah Bellamy,  -  Walter Bellamy,  -  Kitty Bellamy,  -  Lucille Bellamy.  Joseph and Pricilla were separated.  Joseph Bellamy and his second wife, May, had one daughter.

John Bellamy married Ida Fulton and they had three children:  -  Ora Bellamy,  -  Raymond Bellamy,  -  Marie Bellamy.  Around 1900, Lillian Bellamy married M. J. Sadler and they moved to Los Angeles, California.  Charles Bellamy was killed by a fall from a horse in November or December of 1901 near Rosedale Church in Daviess County, Missouri.  Daniel Bellamy died on January 1, 1944.  Walter Bellamy died after only a few hours.  Grace Bellamy married Frank Abernathy who was a soldier in World War I and they had two children.  Grace (Bellamy) Abernathy drowned on July 25th in the 1930’s.

Reference:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986

WILLIAM SCHOOLER BELLAMY (14.3.5.6.1) is the son of John Taylor Bellamy and Causby Elizabeth (Starnes) Bellamy.  William was born on July 24, 1870.  On March 3, 1891, William Bellamy married Mary Delilah Latham in Gallatin, Missouri.  Mary was born on November 15, 1871 and is the daughter of Thomas J. Latham and Nancy (Smith) Hughes/Bellamy.  William and Mary Bellamy were the parents of ten children:

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  Clarence Taylor Bellamy, b. November 24, 1891
  Louis Arnold Bellamy, b. December 4, 1893
  Leslie Ellison Bellamy, b. August 11, 1896
  William Thomas Bellamy, b. May 16, 1898
  Cecil Rosetta Bellamy (14.3.5.6.1.5), b. December 4, 1899
  Nannie Elizabeth Bellamy, b. July 11, 1903
  Theo Atchley Bellamy, b. July 11, 1903
  Oliver Sherman Bellamy, b. March 26, 1907
  Maggie Irene Bellamy, b. December 24, 1909
  Elza Darrell Bellamy, b. December 15, 1914

On December 30, 1916, Clarence Bellamy married Leah Overstreet in Willowbar, Oklahoma and they had three children:  -  James Bellamy, b. June 22, 1918,  -  Mary Virginia Bellamy, b. May 5, 1920,  -  Orvil Clarence Bellamy, b. March 6, 1923.  James Bellamy remarried after his first wife died.  James Bellamy and his second wife, Lelah, had no children.  Mary Bellamy married Tony Gable and they had no children.  Tony and Mary Gable were divorced.  Orvil Bellamy and his wife, Sylvia, had two children:  -  Gail Bellamy,  -  Jeffrey Bellamy.  Orvil Bellamy died around 1983.

In 1919, Louis Bellamy married Rena Scott in San Benito, Texas and they had two children:  -  Mary Louise Bellamy,  -  Howard Louis Bellamy, b. May 21, 1930.  Mary Bellamy married Clifford Hines and they had two children:  -  Carol Marie Hines, b. September 4, 1945,  -  Thomas Michael Hines, b. May 1, 1949.  In 1919, Leslie Bellamy married Jessie Talley in San Benito, Texas and they had two children:  -  Mary Marie Bellamy, b. December 5, 1922,  -  Norma Ann Bellamy, b. March 21, 1929.  Leslie and Jessie were later divorced and Leslie married a second time.  Mary Marie Bellamy married and had one son.  Norma Ann Bellamy married and had one son.

On June 10, 1923, William Thomas Bellamy married Hilda David at Huntington, Arkansas and they had two children:  -  David Thomas Bellamy, b. November 2, 1924,  -  name unknown.  In May of 1943, David Bellamy married Iris S. Watman and they have five children:  -  Joetta Marie Bellamy, b. February 6, 1947,  -  Connie Lee Bellamy, b. February 28, 1949,  -  Debra Aline Bellamy, b. February 15, 1952,  -  William Alvin Bellamy, b. July 11, 1953,  -  name unknown, b. December 29, 1957.  Nannie Bellamy married Carl Holland and they had two children:  -  Gwendolyn Holland,  -  Joel Kent Holland.  Nannie (Bellamy) Holland was killed by a hit and run driver on November 11, 1945.  Gwendolyn Holland married Raymond Cowart and they were later divorced, having no children.  Joel Holland and his wife, Rose, have three children.

In 1927, Theo Bellamy married Pauline Gaskill and they had one son:  -  Frankie Dean Bellamy, b. May 20, 1930.  Pauline (Gaskill) Bellamy died after fifty years of marriage.  Theo Bellamy married a second time to Orilla Parker.  Frankie Bellamy and his wife, Ruth, have three children:  -  Frank Dean Bellamy, Jr.,  -  James Darrell Bellamy,  -  Jo Ann Bellamy.  Frank Bellamy, Jr. and his wife, Peggy, had two children:  -  Jeremi Bellamy,  -  Deana Bellamy.  Frank and Peggy were later divorced.  James Bellamy and his first wife, Joy, had one daughter:  -  Brandi Bellamy.  James and Joy Bellamy were later divorced.  James Bellamy and his second wife, Margaret, had one son:  -  Theo Atchley Bellamy.  James and Margaret were later divorced.  Jo Ann Bellamy married Mike Bruce and they have three children:  -  Connie Bruce,  -  Christi Bruce,  -  Curtis Bruce.

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On April 28, 1928, Oliver Bellamy married Mary A. Clements in Kansas City and they had three sons:  -  Gilbert Bellamy, b. November 18, 1930,  -  Donald Bellamy, b. April, 1935,  -  Gary Bellamy.  Oliver Bellamy lived in California and died on November 16, 1986.  Gilbert Bellamy died in November of 1986.  Maggie Irene Bellamy was killed by an Army truck on April 30, 1917.  On September 4, 1937, Elza Bellamy married Margaret Postalwait in Kansas City, Missouri and they had one son:  -  Ronald Darrel Bellamy, b. June 1, 1943.  Elza and Margaret Bellamy were later divorced.  Elza Bellamy married a second time to Ann Marie Thompson and they have three children:  -  Barbara An Bellamy, b. July 4, 1948,  -  Theo Ellis Bellamy, b. November 14, 1951,  -  Terch Blain Bellamy, b. May 3, 1950’s.

Reference:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986

CECIL ROSETTA BELLAMY (14.3.5.6.1.5) is the daughter of William Schooler Bellamy and Mary Delilah (Latham) Bellamy.  Cecil was born on December 4, 1899.  Cecil Bellamy married Benjamin Franklin Davidson, son of William Franklin Davidson and Emma Louisa “Lucinda” (McKeehan) Davidson of Comanche County, Texas.  Benjamin and Cecil Davidson were the parents of nine children:

  Benjamin Franklin Davidson, b. November 24, 1918
  James Dickerson Davidson (14.3.5.6.1.5.2), b. September 28, 1920
  Lewis Edgar Davidson, b. September 11, 1923
  William Theodore Davidson (14.3.5.6.1.5.4), b. November 9, 1925
  Mollie Joice Davidson, b. December 14, 1927
  Eugene Verle Davidson, b. November 25, 1930
  Marion Bernice Davidson, b. November 23, 1934
  Grace Edna Davidson (14.3.5.6.1.5.8), b. June 28, 1936
  Cecil Ira Davidson, b. September 15, 1937

Benjamin Davidson married Alline Jane Evans of Austin, Texas and they have one adopted child:  -  Janie Davidson, b. October 6, 1951.  Lewis Davidson married Frances Rudder and they had one daughter:  -  Carol Sue Davidson, b. January 25, 1945.  Lewis and Frances Davidson were later divorced.  Lewis Davidson married a second time to Sally Pope and they have two children:  -  Raymond Lewis Davidson, b. February 9, 1954,  -  Alan Edgar Davidson, b. December 16, 1961.  Carol Sue Davidson was later adopted by her step-father, Mr. Harmon.  Raymond Davidson and his first wife, Susan, had one daughter:  -  Meredith Davidson.  Raymond and Susan Davidson were later divorced.  Raymond Davidson and his second wife, Maridale, have no children.

Mollie Davidson married Hoyt Hadley Horton and they had three children:  -  Joyce Elaine Horton, b. July 31, 1945,  -  Ruby Carol Horton, b. January 10, 1948,  -  Mike Horton, b. May 2, 1951.  Hoyt and Mollie Horton were later divorced.  Mollie married a second time to Robert Agee Hale.  Joyce Horton married Jimmie Glasgow and they have one son:  -  Randy Glenn Glasgow, b. October 19, 1962.  Ruby Horton married John Hinkle and they had one son:  -  Guy Wayne Hinkle, b. May 19, 1966.  John and Ruby Hinkle were later divorced.  Mike Horton married Paula Goldstein.

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Eugene Davidson married Joyce Sarver and they had one son:  -  Roy Eugene Davidson, b. September 25, 1950.  Eugene Davidson married a second time to Patsy Edwards and they had two children:  -  Frances Rose Davidson, b. July 24, 1955,  -  Irene Fay Davidson, b. May 8, 1957.  Eugene married two more times without having any children.  Eugene Davidson married a fifth time to Elinor Myer and they have two children:  -  Matthew Davidson,  -  Mark Davidson.  Frances Rose Davidson and her husband, Kenneth Moore, are the parents of three children:  -  Coe Moore, b. September 24, 1976,  -  Jackie May Moore, b. August, 1980,  -  Irma Moore, b. September, 1981.  Irene Fay Davidson married James White and they had one son:  -  Jimmy White, b. 1976 and d. 1976.  James and Irene White were later divorced.  Marion Bernice Davidson married Kenneth Eugene Brown and they have three children:  -  Beverly Ilene Brown, b. May 5, 1956,  -  Forrest Edwin Brown, b. August 21, 1960,  -  Warren Ashley Brown, b. March 8, 1964.  Beverly Brown married Mark Dugal.  Forrest Brown married Katheryn Mae Odegaard.  Cecil Ira Davidson married Barbara Jean Rivers and they have one son:  -  Michael Ira Davidson, b. January 7, 1959.

References:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986;  2)  Letter, Grace (Davidson) Conner to Robert Casey, January, 1987

JAMES DICKERSON DAVIDSON (14.3.5.6.1.5.2) is the son of Benjamin Franklin Davidson and Cecil Rosetta (Bellamy) Davidson.  James was born on September 28, 1920.  James Davidson married Bettie Goldberg of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and they are the parents of six children:

  Jamie Dale Davidson, b. February 28, 1947
  John Darrell Davidson, b. January 28, 1951
  Bettie Jo Davidson, b. September 26, 1953
  Janet Rose Davidson (twin), b. July 1, 1958
  Judy Ann Davidson (twin), b. July 1, 1958
  Marla Kay Davidson, b. November 6, 1962

Jamie Davidson married Doyle Thompson and they have two children:  -  Dusty Lee Thompson, b. March 26, 1970,  -  Tammie Jo Thompson, b. February 16, 1972.  John Davidson married Marilyn Hillman and they have two children:  -  Tiffany Lyn Davidson, b. August 17, 1974,  -  Jodi Leah Davidson, b. December 3, 1976.  Janet Davidson married Russell Hall and they have one child:  -  Ryan Davidson Hall, b. February 26, 1986.  Judy Davidson married Nolen Hinkle and they have one child:  -  Matthew James Hinkle, b. June 23, 1985.  Marla Davidson married Richard Morton.

References:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986;  2)  Letter, Grace (Davidson) Conner to Robert Casey, January, 1987

WILLIAM THEODORE DAVIDSON (14.3.5.6.1.5.4) is the son of Benjamin Franklin Davidson and Cecil Rosetta (Bellamy) Davidson.  William was born on November 9, 1925.  William Davidson married Mary Terry.  William and Mary Davidson are the parents of five children:

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  Douglas Roy Davidson, b. October 12, 1951
  Donna Joy Davidson, b. September 17, 1953
  Rebecca Lynn Davidson, b. July 7, 1957
  Susan Beth Davidson, b. May 29, 1959
  Miriam Ruth Davidson, b. February 17, 1967

Donna Davidson married Daniel James Fabre and they have two children:  -  Becki Lynette Fabre, b. August 4, 1977,  -  Tanya Renee Fabre, b. March 14, 1980.  Rebecca Davidson married Edward Lee Bird and they have two children:  -  Scott Allen Bird, b. August 31, 1979,  -  Melissa Ann Bird, b. September 13, 1984.  Susan Davidson married Anthony Edward Sartin and they have one son:  -  Stephen Anthony Sartin.

References:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986;  2)  Letter, Grace (Davidson) Conner to Robert Casey, January, 1987

GRACE EDNA DAVIDSON (14.3.5.6.1.5.8) is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Davidson and Cecil Rosetta (Bellamy) Davidson.  Grace was born on June 28, 1936.  Grace Davidson married Tommie Joe Conner and they are the parents of three children:

  Derrell Lewis Conner, b. November 10, 1955
  James David Conner, b. May 2, 1957
  Timothy Glenn Conner, b. March 20, 1959

Derrell Conner married Janet Caskey and they had one daughter:  -  Michele Lee Conner.  Derrell and Janet Conner were later divorced.  Derrell Conner married a second time to Connie McNabb Phelan.  James Conner married Georgette Caskey and they had one son:  -  James David Conner, II, b. March 24, 1977.  James and Georgette Conner were later divorced.  James Conner married a second time to Michelle Joann San Fillipo and they had four children:  -  Jeremy Aaron Conner, b. October 12, 1980 and d. November 22, 1980,  -  Jamie Renee Conner, b. July 1, 1983,  -  Sean Patrick Conner, b. March 19, 1985,  -  Casey Conner (female), b. June 21, 1986.  James Conner, II was later adopted by his stepfather.  Timothy Conner is not married.

References:  1)  “History of Joseph Bellamy,” by Grace (Davidson) Conner, 1986;  2)  Letter, Grace (Davidson) Conner to Robert Casey, January, 1987