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James Wells Belk 1853–1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 November 1853

Birth Location: Marion, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 16 August 1929

Death Location: Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA

Father: Denson Belk

Mother: Margaret Blanton

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James Wells Belk was born in 1853 in Marion, Georgia, USA, the child of Denson Belk And Margaret Catherine Blanton. James Wells Belk passed away in 1929 in Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • James Wells Belk was born in 1853 in Marion, Georgia, USA, the child of Denson Belk And Margaret Catherine Blanton.
  • James Wells Belk passed away in 1929 in Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA.

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James Belk's Ancestors

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James Belk
1853–1929
Birth Place: Marion, Georgia, USA
Parents
Denson Belk
1823–1873
Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States of America
Margaret (Catherine) Blanton
1828–1905
Duplin, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Montgomery Dixon) Belk
1794–1867
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Margaret McCann
1797–1881
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States of America
Benjamin (Fussell) Blanton
1805–1891
Duplin County, North Carolina, United States of America
Nancy (Jane) Wells
1808–1883
Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Belk
1745–1814
Hannah Darling
1744–1830
Patrick Sr
1755–1833
Mary Williams
1755–1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1715–1760
Martha Moore
1717–
John Darling
1716–1795
Hannah Morse
1718–1803
Elizabeth Parry
1737–

James Belk's Timeline

2 Records

1853
3 November 1853
Birth of James Wells Belk in Marion, Georgia, USA
Marion, Georgia, USA
1929
16 August 1929
Age 76
Death of James Wells Belk in Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA
Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 November 1853
    Event Place: Marion, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 August 1929
    Event Place: Cushing, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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