Bela C. NEEDHAM
16 Dec 1800 - 8 Jan 1883
- RESIDENCE: Lowell, Kent, MI
- BIRTH: 16 Dec 1800, Fenner, Madison, NY
- DEATH: 8 Jan 1883, Lowell, Kent, MI
Father: John NEEDHAM
Mother: Betsy CUSHING
Family 1
: Almira ROOT
- MARRIAGE: ABT 1822, Plainville, Hartford, CT
- Lucy Ann NEEDHAM
- Peleg NEEDHAM
- Helen M. NEEDHAM
- +George G. NEEDHAM
- Charles B. NEEDHAM
- +Bela Clark NEEDHAM
- Samuel R. NEEDHAM
- +James P. NEEDHAM
- Flora E. NEEDHAM
_William NEEDHAM ______+
_John NEEDHAM _____|
| |_Mehittable BLANCHARD _+
_John NEEDHAM __|
| | _David SHATTUCK _______+
| |_Phebe SHATTUCK ___|
| |_Dorothy VARNUM _______+
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|--Bela C. NEEDHAM
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| _Hezekiah CUSHING _____+
| _Thomas CUSHING ___|
| | |_Lydia JONES __________+
|_Betsy CUSHING _|
| _Benjamin TURNER ______+
|_Elizabeth TURNER _|
|_Mercy TURNER _________+
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(Note that Fenner, NY is in modern-day Madison County, which was created
21 March 1806 from Chenango County.)
"The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin"
H. Franklin Andrews
Exira, IA, 1900
p181: "Almira Root, (Sister of Susanna,) b. Plainville, Ct, Feb. 14, 1804: m. Fenner, N.Y.,
Bela C. Needham: b. Fenner, Dec. 16, 1800: farmer; Fenner until 1871: removed to Lowell,
Mich.: Dem.; she Pres.: she d. Cazenovia, N.Y., Aug. 1888: he d. Lowell, Mich., Jan. 8.1883."
"History of Chenango and Madison Counties, NY...1784-1880"
James H. Smith
D. Mason & Co, Syracuse, NY 1880, pp. 694-699
"Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison Co, NY"
William H. Tuttle (1882-1956)
Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, 1984, p. 176
1850, 1860, 1870 US Federal Census
Fenner, Madison, NY
1850: Roll: M432_526; Page: 125
1860: Roll: M653_780; Page: 367
1870: Roll: M593_967; Page: 178
(The 1870 census taker spelled the name "Needan")
1880 US Federal Census
Lowell, Kent, Michigan
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"
"Needham, Lucy Ann, daughter of Bela C. and Almyra Needham, died October 17, 1839, age 8 years 1 month 5 days"
"Needham, Peleg, son of Bela C. and Almyra Needham, died December 31, 1834, age 1 year 4 months"
Death & marriage dates from LDS Family Search International Genealogical Index
Needham Lineage and Genealogical Notes
Previously unpublished; 1962
Hawley Vincent Needham, Kathryne Lowe Needham Shepherd
Needham Family Genealogical Notes
Unpublished work; 1998
Virginia Joy Chism Nichols
Record #37
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