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From: "Rita Chesterton" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] John BELLIS m. Nellie WILLIAMSON
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:18:04 -0400
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My great-grandmother died 1890 in Mahaffey PA and her husband transported
her by train back to her home county (Hunterdon) NJ for burial.
-R
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From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] John BELLIS m. Nellie WILLIAMSON


> Hello Chris,
>
> Thanks for this feedback...it tracks with what I was thinking: Nellie
> comes
> back to NJ after her husband's death.
>
> I too have been curious whether bodies were transported back to hometowns
> from distant frontier lands for burial. If anyone out there has examples
> of
> this having been done, please reply back. From a monetary, logistical,
> and
> organic point of view, it doesn't seem feasible. But if indeed such
> transport occurred, this would be a helpful piece of genealogical
> knowledge.
>
>
> In addition to the SAR's burial info, a BELLES correspondent of mine
> forwarded this link to me the other day. It states that Southington, OH,
> was originally called Bellestown, named after John BELLES:
> http://southington.k12.oh.us/school~1/school/chshistory/history.htm
>
> I presume this was the John BELLES who was married to Nellie WILLIAMSON
> because I have no other eligible BELLES/BELLESFELT candidates.
>
> Take care,
>
> Roz Bellis
> Alexandria VA
>
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> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] John BELLIS m. Nellie WILLIAMSON
>
> Roz,
>
> I don't have the actual date of death for Nelly (Williamson) Bellis but in
> the Hunterdon County Democrat extracts found on Dennis Sutton's website <
> http://njsuttonfamily.org/Newspaper/paperhistory.htm>; is the following.
> April 1, 1840 Vol. 2 No. 33
> "Died on Monday last, in Rariton Township, Mrs. Nelly Bellis,
> widow of John Bellis, Sen. aged 86 years"
> Did she move back to NJ after John's death, maybe to live with one of the
> children? She's probably buried somewhere in Hunterdon County, I don't see
> them
> transporting
> a body back to Ohio in those times.
> Chris L. Skow
>
>
>
>
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