I53: Bela C. NEEDHAM (16 Dec 1800

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

                                      _William NEEDHAM ______+
                  _John NEEDHAM _____|
                 |                   |_Mehittable BLANCHARD _+
 _John NEEDHAM __|
|                |                    _David SHATTUCK _______+
|                |_Phebe SHATTUCK ___|
|                                    |_Dorothy VARNUM _______+
|
|--Bela C. NEEDHAM 
|
|                                     _Hezekiah CUSHING _____+
|                 _Thomas CUSHING ___|
|                |                   |_Lydia JONES __________+
|_Betsy CUSHING _|
                 |                    _Benjamin TURNER ______+
                 |_Elizabeth TURNER _|
                                     |_Mercy TURNER _________+

[57] (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