BENJAMIN BELCHER SR. SON OF RICHARD D BELCHER



Benjamin Belcher Sr.- 1749 - Patrick County Virginia:
Benjamin Belcher, Sr was the 8th Child of Richard Belcher, Sr. b. 1710, d. 1763, and Mary Obedience Clay. b. 1712, dau of Henry Clay. Benjamin Belcher Sr. married, but name of wife unknown. NOTE: This is the first mention of Patrick County Virginia.


Benjamin Belcher, Jr. (was the 1st child of Benjamin Belcher Sr.) b. 12 Oct, 1779, d. unk. m. Sarah (Sally) Jones, b 17 Jun, 1800, d. unk, on 22 Jun, 1823. (Listed in the 1860 Patrick County, VA census as age 71 with wife Sarah, Age 60)


Children:of Benjamin Belcher jr. and Sally:
1...John "Coon" Belcher, b. 4 Apr, 1824, d. 9 Apr, 1896. m. Nancy Brammer, b 28 Aug 1825, d. 14 Jan, 1915, on 27 Jan 1845. Children listed in the Patrick County Census of 1860: 12 Children were born to John and Nancy:
  1. 1.Mahala (Haley)Belcher b. 1843, PCVA. Married Peter Belcher.
    listed age 16, 1860 Patrick county census
    2. Lucie Emmaline Belcher b. 1847, PCVA.Married Cosley (Cos) Belcher
    listed age 13, 1860 Patrick county census
    3. Harden Belcher b. 21 July 1849, PCVA. d. 10 May 1894.
    listed age 10: 1860 Patrick County Census
    Married Fannie Palmer. Had son named German T. Belcher. German
    T. married Ann Craig. children: Joe Edd Belcher. Joe Edd married Ethel Vipperman.
    4. John C. Belcher b. 11 Dec 1851, PCVA. d, 10 May 1894. (Never married)
    listed age 9: 1860 Patrick County census
    5. Sarah Elizabeth Belcher b. 1854, PCVA. Married John Hubbard.
    listed age 6, 1860 Patrick County Census
    6. German or Germaine Belcher b. 1856, PCVA Married Jane Quesinberry
    listed age 4 1860 Patrick County Census
    7. Benjamin Byrd Belcher b. 15 Mar1858, PCVA. m. Mary Lou Craig, b. 24 Feb 1872,
    d. 1 Aug.,1966 Listed, age 2 1860 Patrick County census
    8. Charles (Charlie) Edgar Belcher b.1862, PCVA, Married Ellen Craig.
    9. Martha A. Belcher b. 25 Apr 1866, PCVA. d, ? married J. Coaplan (Coap) Craig
    10. Wesley Claiborne, "Coon", Belcher, b. 19 Aug 1868, PCVA,
    d. 26 Mar 1953. m. Mary Alice (Allie) Hall. b. 10 Feb 1873. . 16 Jan 1964.
    11. Samuel W. Belcher b. ?
    12. Nancy Annie Belcher b. ? Married William Jefferson Handy


2...Martha F. Belcher b: 1827 married: Creed Akers
son of Fleming Akers b: 1801 and Nancy Akers B: 1810:
children:
  1. 1...William Burl Akers
    2...Jackson Akers
    3...Julia Akers
    4...Flemmon Akers b: 1839
    5...Samuel Akers
    6...Daniel Boon Akers
    7...John Wesley Akers b 28 Oct 1852
    8...Jathina Rose Akers b: 17 Nov 1857
    9...Nancy Ellen Akers b: 28 May 1861
    10...Wyatt Akers b 1869 married: Carrie Billups b 17 June 1882

children:
  1. 1...Jewel Akers
    2...Sidney Akers
    3...Sherman Akers
    4...Hazel Akers b: 10 Nov 1900
    5...Eli Whitney Akers b: 21 Oct 1905
    6...Sola Akers b: 11 Mar 1906
    7...Raymond Akers b: 29 May 1908
    family of Sola Akers:

  • children:
    1. 1...Sola Akers b:: 11 Mar 1906 married: Oscar Hazelett
      b: 18 Dec 1897. married: 18 May 1922
      children:
      1. 1...Ernest Hazelett b: 2 Jan 1926
        2...Helen Irene Hazelett b: 1927
        3...Paul Hazelett b: 1928
        4...Gene Hazelett

      2. 3...Harden Belcher Child of Benjamin Jr, b. 1830. Married Elizabeth, b. 1826
      children:
      1. 1...Edward Belcher, b.1853, PCVA listed age 7 1860 Patrick County census
        2...Sarah Belcher b. 1855, PCVA listed age 5 1860 Patrick County census
        3...Moses W. Belcher, b. 1858, PCVA listed age 2 1860 Patrick County census
        4...Noah Belcher Child of Benjamin Jr., b. 1837, PCVA Married Catherine,b: 1836
        Noah listed age 23 in 1860 Patrick County Census: wife and one child in home of father
        Benjamin: Catherine listed age 34 in 1860 Patrick county census had one child, Stewart, b. 1859. Stewart listed in 1860 Patrick County Census age 1
        5...Benjamin Belcher,listed age 19 in 1860 Patrick county census
        6...Reed Belcher,listed age 15 in 1860 Patrick County census
        7...Martin Belcher.listed age 13 in 1860 Patrick County census

        8...Thomas Belcher b.1846. Doesn't say if married, but has children.
        PCVA (Patrick County Virginia). Children: Peter Belcher, Cesty Belcher, Daniel
        Belcher, Tabitha Belcher, Were possibly more
        children but these are only ones listed in 1860 Patrick County Census.

        WESLEY CLAIBORNE "COON" BELCHER

        -PCVA- 1868

        The 10th child of John "Coon" Belcher and Nancy Brammer Belcher was Wesley Claiborne "Coon" Belcher. b 19 Aug 1868 PCVA. d. 27 Mar 1953, in PCVA. "Coon" married Mary Alice "Allie" Hall, b. 10 Feb 1874, d. 16 Jan 1964, Daughter of Elijah Harden Hall and Nancy A."Nina" Cockram, on 27 Dec 1889. The current Belcher Clan of Patrick County Virginia (PCVA) is descended directly from "Coon" and "Allie" Belcher. Coon Belcher said many times that he was the "self-proclaimed ugliest man in Patrick County Virginia".
        children:


        1...1st Child of Coon and Allie Belcher:
        Nancy Olivia "Aunt Ollie" Belcher., b. 10 Feb 1890, PCVA, d. 6 Jan 1973, PCVA.
        married: .(1) Elder William Madison (Matt) Conner. b. 8 Jun 1883, d. 30 Apr 1942, on 17 Dec, 1914.
        (2) John B. Underwood. b.21 Feb 1882. d. 9 May 1968,

        date unknown. Son of Alfred Underwood and Julia Emmaline Hall. One son: Aunt Ollie lived near what is now the Blue Ridge Parkway in Patrick County off Rt 58. The Belcher family owned much of the land that is now part of the Parkway. Kermit Rhodes Conner, son of Matt and Ollie Conner b. 11 May 1918, d 1 Nov 1993 m. Gladys Banks, b 4 Jul 1923 in Carroll County, VA, dau of John Walter Bank and Lillian Webb. d 24 Jan 1995, Wilkesboro, NC.
        2...(2nd) child of Wesley Claiborne (Coon )and Allie Belcher:
        John Conner Belcher. b. 14 Sep 1892, PCVA. d. 18 Jan 1966, Martinsville, VA.

        Buried in PCVA. m.(1) Cora Ella Vipperman b. 15 Jun 1894, PCVA. d. 1 Mar 1935, PCVA, dau of Charles Allen Vipperman and Mary Elizabeth Jones (See Vipperman Line), on 10 Dec 1914. m.(2) Minnie Adeline Morrison Lawless b. 2 Apr 1895, PCVA, widow of William Alexander Lawless and daughter of Charles C. Morrison and Rosa B. Law.There were no children from this second marriage.
        3...The (3rd ) child of Wesley Claiborne (Coon)Belcher and Mary Alice (Allie)Hall: Dallas Morton Belcher. b. 28 Mar 1897, d.25 Nov, 1968,PCVA. m. Pearl Gay Hylton, his first cousin, on 12 Jan, 1922. Pearl's mother and Mary Alice Hall were sisters. They had no children.


        4....The (4th) child of Wesley Claiborne(Coon) Belcher and Mary Alice(Allie) Hall: Lacey Virgie Belcher. b. 18 Apr 1901, m. George Clement Dickerson on 28 Mar 1918. I know of only two children: Ruth Dickerson, and Marvin Dickerson. No further details.


      children:of John Connor Belcher:


      1...Audra Valeria Belcher b. 1916 d.5 Dec 1977,
      Bedford, VA. Buried in the Walnut Grove Union Church Cemetary, Bedford, VA.
      m Harry Clummer Lam, son of Ira G. Lam b. Jun 1, 1884. d. 21 Jan 1970 and
      Eveline Crawford, b. 28 Feb 1883. d. 1 Dec 1971.
      Children:
      1. 1....Richard Harry Lam, b 1 Feb 1939. Married
        (1) Sarah ?. (2) Lessie Hooker, (3) Joan Florence Dawson. b. 25 Feb 1946.
        Children: Jennifer Lynn Lam b.6 Jan 1976; Jeffrey Mosby Lam b. 6 Jan
        1976;Jeanette Renatta Lam b. 13 Apr 1980.
        2....Mary Alice Lam, b. 13 May 1940. Married the
        Reverend George Stewart b. 20 Feb 1937 on 31 Dec 1965. Had two children:
        Lisa Marie Stewart, b. 25 Nov 1967. Not married; John William Stewart, b. 16
        Dec 1970, m Lisa Dawn Stickard, of Montvale, VA on 29 Feb, 2000.
        3....Ella Frances Lam, b. 16 June 1942. Not
        married. Lives in Roanoke, as of July 2000.
        4...Rodney Sheldon Lam, b. 12 Nov 1943.

        Married Bessie Lee Boyle, b. 25 May 1946, on 14 Jan 1966. Children: Daniel Sheldon Lam b. 12 Nov 1967. m. Bridgett Deel 12 Jan 1990. One stepson: Joshua Deel. b. 28 Mar 1988; Rodney Darrell Lam b. 16 Sep 1969. m. Eileen Neawbauer on 19 Oct 1991. Children: Megan Elizabeth Lam, b. 8 Mar 1993. Ryan Darrell Lam, stillborn on 9 Dec 1994. Brandon Darrell Lam. b. 26 Jun 1996. Shelia Anne Lam b. 15 Aug 1972. m. Daniel Lythgoe on 8 July 1994. Children: Bradley Daniel Lythgoe b. 29 Oct, 1997. Kendall Leeann Lythgoe. b. 23 Dec, 1998; Stacy Leigh Lam b. 21 Apr 1977. m Edwin Ragland on 21 Apr, 1999. One son: Caleb Lewis Lam b. 17 Sep 1994. (Son of Mark Hannahs)
        5....Carol Ellen Lam, b. 16 Jan 1945. Married
        Bernard Alphin. One child Valeria Ellen Alphin. b 26 Mar, 1967.
        6....Gaylon Michael Lam. b. 3 Mar 1950. m (1)

        Lorraine Snyder. (2) Sandy Hannahs ? and (3) Carol Sue Roth b. Jun 3 1947. Melanie Allegra Lam. b. 18 Feb, 1972. m. John Jay Altizer. Children: M.J. Altizer. b. 6 Sep 1987; Michael Lynn Allegra Nichols. b. 6 Feb 1991; Mack Ray Nichols III. b. 13 Aug 1992; Elizabeth Nichole Altizer. b. 20 Oct, 1997; Audra Michelle Lam b. 24 Sep 1973; Sierra Michelle Statzer. b. 27 Sep 1995; Gaylon Michael Lam's step-children: Mark Hannahs b. 12 June 1968; Marna Hannahs. b. 20 Mar 1971; Dustin Swallie, b. 29 Mar 1997; Michelle Hannahs b. 19 Oct 1973; Hannah Hannahs b. 29 May, 1997; Hunter Hannahs b. 29 Apr, 1999.


    2. 2....Cavella Alvin Belcher, b Oct 29 1917. m. Myrtle Dale Belcher, b. May 14, 1919,
      daughter of Randall M. Belcher and lora E. Harris, in Oct 1937.
      Children:

      1. 1....Glenn L. Belcher b. 8 Dec 1938, d. 3 Apr 1966, m. Shelby Jean Conner b.13 Dec 1940, dau of Robert J. Conner and Sadie Cock. Children: Wanda Dawn Belcher, b. 29 Apr, 1960. m. Jerry Carr. They had one child: Kayla Carr. Sandra Elaine Belcher, b. 21 Sep 1961. m (1) Kenny Gardner. 2 Sons. m (2) Al Barone. No children from second marriage; Kenneth James Gardner; David Glenn Gardner: Michael Lee Belcher b. 15 Jun 1964. m. Teresa Harman. Had two children: Glenn E. Belcher, b. 13 Aug 1987. Amanda Belcher. b. 2....Linwood Belcher. b.20 Jan 1942. m. Carolyn Sue Wood, b. 8 May 1944. Daughter of Junior Wood and Helen Fitzgerald. Children.:David Allen Belcher: b. 4 Feb, 1965. m. Annette Hughes. 1994. Divorced: 2000. Daughter: Kellie Brooke Belcher b. 10 Aug 1995. Ernest Glenn Belcher, b 27 Oct 1967 m.(1) Yvonne Beth Hubbard, daughter of Lane and Margaret Terry Hubbard. Divorced 1992 m(2) Pamela Agnew, Mar 1994. Daughter: Jessica Marie Belcher, b. 5 sep 1994. Steven Randal Belcher, b 20 Sep 1976 m Tiffany Dawn Turman, 6 Dec 1997 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, daughter of Raiford G. Turman and Janelda Louise Hall. son: Scot Eric Belcher b. Jun 17, 1998.

        1. 3....Lowell Aubern Belcher: b. 3 Mar, 1920, PCVA d. 4 Jun 2000, Danville, VA. Married Thelma Elizabeth Walker, b. 2Jun 1925. d. 14 Oct 1995, daughter of John Franklin Walker and Savannah Elizabeth Ayers, Carroll County, VA, on 28 Dec 1948. Children:
          1. 1....Gary Aubern Belcher, b. 6 Oct 1949, Pulaski,

            VA. Married (1) Peggy D. Gauldin, daughter of Jesse J. Gauldin and Lottie James Smith, 7 June 1969. Married (2) Valera Ann Robinson b. 21 Jan, 1959. Daughter of Robert Browning Robinson and Vietta Marie Bieber of Shreveport, Lousiana, on 27 June, 1987. Gary served in the United States Air Force from 28 March 1968 until 1 August 1989. He is still with the Government as an Operations Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency at Mt. Weather, VA. Children: Patty Anne Belcher, b. 18 Jul 1970, Limestone, Maine. m. Richard Tucker, son of Sidney Lanier Grant and ShirleyGranton 15 Apr 1989. One child Patrick Tucker b. 7 Dec 1989. Jessica Suzanne Belcher, b. 11 Nov 1986, Goldsboro, NC., Jessica was taken from her mother and placed with her father, by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Danville, Virginia on 5 Dec 1998. (Gary and Peggy divorced in 1986) Jessica is a Freshman at Sherando High School in Frederick County, Virginia, near Winchester. Her Step-mother, Valera Ann Robinson Belcher has taken over as Jessica's "Mom", and is doing a marvelous job.
            2....Ronald Lane Belcher, b. 17 Oct 1952,
            Danville, VA. m. Susan Fulp, dau of Watkins Fulp and Frances Moorefield on 7 August 1976 in Danville, VA. One child: Leah Kathryn Belcher, b. 2 Jul 1987, Danville, VA. 3....Linda Marie Belcher, b. 19 January, 1957,
            Danville, VA. m. Robert Lee Swiger II. b 16 Dec 1955, son of Henry Swiger and Oneita Vaden, on 21 Dec 1974 in Danville, VA. Children: Robert Lee Swiger III. b. 19 Jun 1975.m. Elizabeth Havens, b. 5 Jan 1976, Wythe County, VA. Children: Kristen Elizabeth Swiger b. Oct 4, 1995 in Bristol, VA. Hannah Lee Swiger b. 24 Apr 1999 in Bristol, VA. Valerie Michelle Swiger b. 25 Jun 1979, m. Christopher Lee Donithan 8 Aug 1998, in Gatlinburg, TN. Twin sons: Hunter Donithan b. 29 Oct 1999. Cole Donithan b. 29 Oct 1999.


          2. 4....Warren Harding Belcher b. 8 Nov 1922, in Floyd County, VA.
          m. Annie Bell Nester b. 30 Sep, 1922, Pulaski County, VA. d. 1 Nov 1980, Daughter of Covelia Garson Nester, b. 27 Jul, 1895 and Stella Mabry, b. 14 Feb, 1898, Pulaski County, VA. on 29 Dec 1944.
          Children:

          1. 1.....Rebecca Ann Nester. b. 24 Aug, 1941, Pulaski County, Dublin, VA. m. Burliss Donald Taylor. b. 9 Apr 1940, Montgomery County, MD. d. 6 Nov 1974. Children: Donald Warren Taylor. b. 4 Nov, 1959, Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD. m Barbara Ellen Munzer, Sept 1982, Divorced Jan 1989. had Donald Willim Taylor b. 16 May 1983, Silver Spring, MD; Andrew Robert Taylor, b. 3 Feb, 1988, Silver Spring, MD. Jackie Andrew Taylor. b. 15 April 1961, Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD.Burley Eugene Taylor. b. 19 April, 1966, Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD. 2.....Sandra Ellen Belcher: b. 28 Oct, 1946,
            Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD. m. (1) Curtis Reed Elliott, about 1962. Divorced, unk. Children: Darryl Keith Elliott. b. 15 Sep 1964 Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD. m. Constance Marie Oswald, 22 Sept, 1988. Divorced unk. Children: Cassandra Rae Elliott, b. 3 Mar, 1991, Montgomery County, Rockville, MD; and Carly Marie, b. unk. Donna Sue Elliott. b. 15 Oct 1965, Montgomery County, Bethesda. MD. m (1) Benjamin Gregory Thompson b. 26 Aug, 1961, Montgomery Alabama, on 22 Oct 1983. Divorced 26 Jan 1994. Children: Gina Marie Thompson, b. 29 Mar 1984, Olney, MD; Tina Nanette Thompson, b. 10 Aug1985, Olney, MD; Nina Ann Thompson, b. 6 Apr 1988. Olney, MD. m. (1) unk (2) Dory Dale Gross, 11 Feb 1995. Divorced: unk. Child: William Andrew Emmett b. 1 May 1998 in Rockville, MD. Dana Louise Elliott: b. 10 Oct in Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD. Dana had one daughter: Kearston Frances Perry, b. 19 June 1991, Rockville, MD.
            Sandra Ellen Belcher Elliott m. (2) Joseph Franklin Cassell, Jr., b. unk on 6 Jul 1977. Children: Lesa Lynn Cassell, b. 25 Mar 1972, Silver Spring, MD. Lesa had one son, Vincent Thomas Fourcade, Jr. b. 9 Jun 1995, Rockville, MD.
            3....Samuel Lee Belcher: b. 28 Oct, 1946,
            Bethesda, MD. m. (1) Kathy Randall. Divorced, date unknown. Children: Kenneth Ray Belcher: b. 12 Feb, 1965. Duwayne Anthony Belcher: b. 20 Feb 1966. m. Lisa Bond, date unk. Divorced, date unk. Children: Michael Anthony Belcher, b. unk, Rockville, MD. m (2): Theresa Marie McDonald, b. 23 June, on 28 Dec 1979. Children: Samuel Lee Belcher, Jr. b. 7 Dec 1979, Silver Spring MD.Child: Maryann Rena Belcher, b. 30 May, 1981, Washington, DC. 4....Carol Lynn Belcher: b. 22 Nov 1962,
            Bethesda, MD. m (1). William Russell Hancock, b. 3 Oct 1962, on 27 Sept 1980. Divorced 28 Oct 1987. Children:Neil Jefferson Hancock: b. 21 Jul 1980, Silver Spring MD. m. ? Children: Cheyenne Regina Hancock. b. 27 Aug 1999, Olney MD.Sandra Nicole Hancock: b. 3 Aug 1983, Silver Spring, MD. Child: Benjamin Ariese Hancock-Lyles. b. 21 Dec 1999. Rockville, MD. Carol Lynn Belcher m.(2) William Shawn Duffy, b. 24 Sep 1957, Washington, DC, on 15 Apr, 1988. Divorced, 23 Nov 1993. Children:Patrick Shawn Duffy: b. 11 May, 1989, Silver Spring, MD.Bridget Frances Duffy: b. 4 Sep, 1990, Silver Spring, MD.


        2. 5....Lena Belcher b. 21 Dec 1926. Married Beamer Conner b.12 May 1918, Son of John Robert (Shack) Conner and Rosa Jane Boyd, on 22 Apr 1949.

      2. Child:
        1. Doyle Conner b. 22 Apr 1950.
          m. Barbara Helms June 1969. Divorced in 1977. Did not re-marry. Children: Sheila Suzanne Conner. b. 24 Jul 1970. m. Linford Marshall b. 18 Aug 1960. John Robert "Robbie" Conner: b. 21 Sep 1972. m. Rita Bowman. Daughter. Summer Cheyenne Conner. b. 8 Apr 1994. Summer has Spina bifida and is confined to a wheel chair. Sylvia Dawn Conner. b. 7 May 1974. Single parent of: Amber Renee' Rodgers. b. 9 Jan 1998 .


      3. This information provided by: Gary Belcher descendent of "Coon" Belcher"
        sent to Gayl Ramey Wells:
        wells789@aol.com