Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Bellamy, John  
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JOHN BELLAMY, farmer, sec. 8, Wheatland Tp., is a son of John and Jane 
(Cathcart) Bellamy, the father a native of 

England, of mixed British and Irish blood, and the mother of Ireland; they 
came to America early in life and located 

in Ontario, Can., where they were married. Mr. Bellamy was born in Waterloo 
Co., Can., Sept. 5, 1855, and passed the 

first 23 years of his life in school and assisting his father on the farm. 

In the fall of 1878 he came to Mecosta County and passed one year in Wheatland 
Tp., with John Gingrich, his 

brother-in-law. Meanwhile he was married, June 14, 1879, to Leonora, daughter 
of Peter and Mary (McDonald) Gingrich, 

who was born July 5, 1861, in Waterloo Co., Can., and when six years old 
accompanied her parents to Michigan. Mr. and 

Mrs. Bellamy have two children: John H., born Dec. 25, 1879, and William A., 
Nov. 18, 1881. In politics, Mr. Bellamy 

is a Democrat. 


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Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., 1883

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