He married Mary Charlotte Bellis in Ray County, MO, on March 3, 1863. They moved to Colorado for a couple years, then Santa Rosa, CA, then to North Roseburg, Oregon about 1896, living there about 18 years. They had property in Deer Creek (Dixonville) which they sold to their nephew, Samuel Walter Leake.
They had the following children: Emma (Chapman), James William and Ethel (Nelson).
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Samuel Bellis Family Bible; Orrick Times (MO) 9/7/1905; audio tapes, 1981, Joe/Alda Brumbach/Pat Leake Glenn Hagood
He married Mary Charlotte Bellis in Ray County, MO, on March 3, 1863. They moved to Colorado for a couple years, then Santa Rosa, CA, then to North Roseburg, Oregon about 1896, living there about 18 years. They had property in Deer Creek (Dixonville) which they sold to their nephew, Samuel Walter Leake.
They had the following children: Emma (Chapman), James William and Ethel (Nelson).
Source: John Gordon and Mary Rountree Family Record compiled by Eileen B. Penniston, 1959; Samuel Bellis Family Bible; Orrick Times (MO) 9/7/1905; audio tapes, 1981, Joe/Alda Brumbach/Pat Leake Glenn Hagood
Inscription
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God
Gravesite Details
He shares headstone with wife Mary Charlotte Bellis Parrott