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Surnames: Belshaw, Pelton
Classification: Query
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Hi Sandy,
I'm George's niece. My mother was Dorothy. She died 6/4/79.
My grandmother was Martha (Mattie) Laura PELTON. She was born in either Madrid or
Pottsdam, NY in 1882. Her family moved from there to Centerville, SD. If you would like
a copy of the Pelton family history from 1621 to 1950, I'll try to find mine and copy
for you.
Some of Etha's family also lived near Versailles, IN and are probally buried there.
Her siblings were Forrest, Ruth and Bertha. Ruth married Wes and Bertha married Otto.
The family names are Licking and Busse. I don't remember which husband was Licking
and which was Busse. They were Etha's family and her siblings were much older than
her. One of the Busse's lives about a mile from me.
There was a small town in Lake County, IN named Belshaw, however now it has only a
railroad track, maybe a grain elevator and some abandoned buildings. There are four
cemeteries in the Lowell, IN area with Belshaw graves. The main one (Sanders) is in the
country just southwest of Lowell. I can write down the information from the headstones if
you need this information.
Let me know what information you might be missing or if there are items you might need
verified. Maybe I can be of help.
I also have my grandmother's box of photos so there might be some I could e-mail to
you. Vada Fasan and I plan to go through them sometime.
I look forward to hearing from you or anyone else researching the Belshaw or Pelton
families.