Adam Bellis

ADAM BELLIS

Adam Bellis, formerly a citizen of Montgomery County, Iowa, died at the home of his son, Benjamin Bellis at Conway, Iowa, Thursday, October 19, 1916. The remains were brought to Red Oak, Iowa Friday morning and the funeral was held in the Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock that afternoon, Rev. P. N. Willis conducting the service. Interment was made in the Red Oak Cemetery. The pall bearers were George Palmer, John Maney, Lester Malony, and B. F. Copenhaver.

Mr. Bellis was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 26, 1843. His parents moved to Indiana when he was one year old, and at the age of seventeen, he came to Page County, Iowa, later coming to Montgomery County, Iowa, and residing a few miles south of Red Oak on a farm until the death of his wife, September 1, 1909. He was married to Miss Julia Ann Black in 1865, and they were the parents of eleven children. Two children died in infancy, Mrs. Roda Anderson died in the fall of 1907, and Mrs. J. F. Dukeshire died June 20, 1908.

The surviving children are Mrs. Ida Dukeshire and Mrs. Mary Plm of Red Oak, Iowa. M. and Mrs. Lena Nelson of Coburg, Iowa, Benjamin of Conway, Iowa, and Mrs. Minnie Allshouse of Nyman. The deceased is survived also by four brothers and three sisters. They are Geo W. of Imogene, Iowa, John W. of Castana, Iowa, Henry R. of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Wm. L. of Manford, Oklahoma, Mrs. Amy Hadden of Essex, Iowa, Mrs. Dillia Rhodes of Coburg, Iowa, and Mrs. Catherine McCrary of Castana, Iowa.

The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement.

Information found in The Red Oak Express, Friday, October 27, 1916.

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Biographical History of Page Co. IA, 1890, Sutro mfm. 63 reel 32, pg. 828; Sketch of Adam Bellis:

"He is a son of Wilson Bellis, who was an early settler in Holmes County, Ohio, where he married Margaret S. Camp[sic]; and by this union were twelve children, eleven of whom lived to maturity: James J., John, Mary A., Adam, Amy, Dilly, George, John W., Catherine, Charity, Henry and William L.

Mr. Bellis removed to Page County in 1858, and settled in Fremont township on section 4; later he moved to section 18, where he resided until the day of his death, and where his widow now makes her home. He was one of the oldest pioneers, coming to the county when it was a wilderness, thus forming one of the phalanx of noble frontiersmen, who made Iowa what it is today, one of the the finest States in the Union.

The people of his township testified their confidence in him by calling him to fill the office of trustee, the duties of which he discharged to their satisfaction. He was a life-long Democrat."

pp. 260-261: Wilson Bellis served on the Board of Supervisors of Page County representing Fremont Twp. in 1865, 1866 and 1870.

ADAM BELLIS

Adam Bellis, formerly a citizen of Montgomery County, Iowa, died at the home of his son, Benjamin Bellis at Conway, Iowa, Thursday, October 19, 1916.  The remains were brought to Red Oak, Iowa Friday morning and the funeral was held in the Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock that afternoon, Rev. P. N. Willis conducting the service.  Interment was made in the Red Oak Cemetery.  The pall bearers were George Palmer, John Maney, Lester Malony, and B. F. Copenhaver.

Mr. Bellis was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 26, 1843.  His parents moved to Indiana when he was one year old, and at the age of seventeen, he came to Page County, Iowa, later coming to Montgomery County, Iowa, and residing a few miles south of Red Oak on a farm until the death of his wife, September 1, 1909.  He was married to Miss Julia Ann Black in 1865, and they were the parents of eleven children.  Two children died in infancy, Mrs. Roda Anderson died in the fall of 1907, and Mrs. J. F. Dukeshire died June 20, 1908.

The surviving children are Mrs. Ida Dukeshire and Mrs. Mary Plm of Red Oak, Iowa. M. and Mrs. Lena Nelson of Coburg, Iowa, Benjamin of Conway, Iowa, and Mrs. Minnie Allshouse of Nyman.  The deceased is survived also by four brothers and three sisters.  They are Geo W. of Imogene, Iowa, John W. of Castana, Iowa, Henry R. of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Wm. L. of Manford, Oklahoma, Mrs. Amy Hadden of Essex, Iowa, Mrs. Dillia Rhodes of Coburg, Iowa, and Mrs. Catherine McCrary of Castana, Iowa.

The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. Information found in The Red Oak Express, Friday, October 27, 1916.

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Adam Bellis, formerly a citizen of Montgomery County, Iowa, died at the home of his son, Benjamin Bellis at Conway, Iowa, Thursday, October 19, 1916.  The remains were brought to Red Oak, Iowa Friday morning and the funeral was held in the Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock that afternoon, Rev. P. N. Willis conducting the service.  Interment was made in the Red Oak Cemetery.  The pall bearers were George Palmer, John Maney, Lester Malony, and B. F. Copenhaver.

Mr. Bellis was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 26, 1843.  His parents moved to Indiana when he was one year old, and at the age of seventeen, he came to Page County, Iowa, later coming to Montgomery County, Iowa, and residing a few miles south of Red Oak on a farm until the death of his wife, September 1, 1909.  He was married to Miss Julia Ann Black in 1865, and they were the parents of eleven children.  Two children died in infancy, Mrs. Roda Anderson died in the fall of 1907, and Mrs. J. F. Dukeshire died June 20, 1908.

The surviving children are Mrs. Ida Dukeshire and Mrs. Mary Plm of Red Oak, Iowa. M. and Mrs. Lena Nelson of Coburg, Iowa, Benjamin of Conway, Iowa, and Mrs. Minnie Allshouse of Nyman.  The deceased is survived also by four brothers and three sisters.  They are Geo W. of Imogene, Iowa, John W. of Castana, Iowa, Henry R. of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Wm. L. of Manford, Oklahoma, Mrs. Amy Hadden of Essex, Iowa, Mrs. Dillia Rhodes of Coburg, Iowa, and Mrs. Catherine McCrary of Castana, Iowa.

The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement.

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