Bela Clark NEEDHAM

11 Apr 1843 - 18 May 1908

• BIRTH: 11 Apr 1843, Fenner, Madison, NY
• DEATH: 18 May 1908, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• BURIAL: 21 May 1908, Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, MI

1.  Charles H. NEEDHAM
2.  Flora M. NEEDHAM
3.  Jennie E. NEEDHAM

• MARRIAGE: 1892, Lowell, Kent, MI

                                     _John NEEDHAM _____+
                    _John NEEDHAM __|
                   |                |_Phebe SHATTUCK ___+
 _Bela C. NEEDHAM _|
|                  |                 _Thomas CUSHING ___+
|                  |_Betsy CUSHING _|
|                                   |_Elizabeth TURNER _+
|
|--Bela Clark NEEDHAM 
|
|                                    ___________________
|                   _Samuel ROOT ___|
|                  |                |___________________
|_Almira ROOT _____|
                   |                 ___________________
                   |_Hulda HAMLIN __|
                                    |___________________

[902] John Root Genealogy at Rootsweb by Phil Dascola [marphy2002@msn.com]

"The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin"
H. Franklin Andrews
Exira, IA, 1900

1850, 1860, 1870 US Federal Census
Fenner, Madison, NY
1850: Roll: M432_526; Page: 125
1860: Roll: M653_780; Page: 367 (Gives middle name of Clark)

1880, 1900 US Federal Census
Lowell, Kent, MI
1880: Roll: T9_588; Page 552
(The George, James, Bela, Sr. and Bela, Jr. families are all living adjacent to one
another and are an the same census page.)
1900: Roll: T623_723; Page 3A
(Note that the wife Mary here is Mary S. Burgess, not first wife Mary J. Needham.)

Children buried at Needham Cemetery, Town of Fenner, Madison County, NY; see:
"Cemetery Inscriptions of Madison County, NY", Vol 1
Mary K. Meyer and Joyce C. Scott
Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, 1997
ISBN: 1-58549-706-1
Updated at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/Cemeteries/Fenner/NeedhamCem.html
"Needham, Charlie H., son of Bela C. and Mary Needham, died April 17, 1866, age 5 months 28 days"

"Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages: 1845 to Present"
Western Michigan Genealogical Society
http://data.wmgs.org/
"Burgess, Mary S.; Needham, Bela C.; Book 11, Page 57; 1892-1896"
"Needham, Bela C.; Sparks, Mary S.; Book 11, Page 57; 1892-1896 "

Obituary of Bela C. Needham
Lowell (MI) Ledger
21 May 1908

"Oakwood Cemetery - D. A. R. and 1997 Transcriptions"
Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan
Transcribed by the Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter of the DAR, 1928
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/lowell/oakwood/n.html
Transcribed by Evelyn Sawyer, 1997
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/lowell/oakwood/97no.html
"Needham, Bela (Father) ; b. Apr. 11, 1842; d. May 18, 1908"
"Needham, Mary J. (Mother); w. of B. Jr.; b. Aug. 20, 1844; d. Apr. 18, 1890"
"Needham, Mary S. (Mother); b. 1848; d. 1919; (on lot with Julia F. Wisner)"