 1837 - 1906 (68 years)
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| Name |
Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch |
| Birth |
9 Sep 1837 |
Tuscarawas Co., OH  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
20 Apr 1906 |
NewFrankfort neighbrhd,Austin,ScottCo.IN;burial:WesleyChapelCem.,ScottCo.,IN,GAR |
| Person ID |
I0113 |
forneyclark |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Father |
Harmon Belch, b. 24 Jan 1810, Warren Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH d. 6 Apr 1879, Burial: Wesley Chapel Cem., n of Austin, Scott Co., IN (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Martha Elizabeth "Aunt Paddy" Skeels, b. 11 Mar 1813, Tuscarawas Co., OH d. 21 Oct 1898, Johnson Twp., IN; burial: Wesley Chapel Cem., n of Austin, Scott Co., IN (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Feb 1831 |
OH |
| Family ID |
F0028 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Jane Coatney, b. 6 Feb 1843, IN d. 12 Jun 1875, Burial: Wesley Chapel Cem., n of Austin, Scott Co., IN (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Jan 1859 |
Scott Co., IN |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Viana Belch, b. 28 Mar 1860, IN d. ABT. 29 Apr 1914 (Age 54 years) |
| | 2. Melville Ellsworth Belch, b. 1862, Scott Co., IN d. 10 Sep 1914, Austin, Scott Co., IN; burial: Dayton, Campbell Co., KY (Age 52 years) |
| | 3. William E. "Willy" Belch, b. 29 Nov 1868, IN d. 22 Aug 1957 (Age 88 years) |
| | 4. Emma Tish Belch, b. 22 Sep 1870, IN d. 14 Dec 1949, Clarks Hill, IN; burial: Scaffold Lick Cem., Blocher, Scott Co., IN (Age 79 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0027 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Ethelina Waldsmith "Ethe" Young, b. 8 Mar 1842, Scott Co., IN d. 29 Apr 1917, ParisCrossing,Jennings Co.,IN;bur:WesleyChapelCem., n of Austin, Scott Co., IN (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Sep 1876 |
| Children |
| | 1. Carrie Elena Belch, b. 19 Jan 1878, Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN d. 16 Apr 1929, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Co., WA (Age 51 years) |
| | 2. Alice Irena Belch, b. 29 Mar 1881, Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN d. 4 Oct 1884, Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN (Age 3 years) |
| | 3. Sarah "Amy" Rose Lee Belch, b. Jul 1885, Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN d. ABT. 1912, Logan Co., IL; burial: Bethel Cem., Logan Co., IL (Age ~ 26 years) |
| | 4. Curtis Young Belch, b. Aug 1888, Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN d. 16 Jul 1889, Scott Co., IN (Age ~ 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0071 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2025 |
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| Photos
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 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906)
Individual/ Tintype photo was taken in IN, about 1859. |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906)
Individual/ Tintype photo was taken in IN, about 1859. Photo restoration was done by Lynn Weaver. |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906) & Ethelina Waldsmith "Ethe" Young (1842-1917) & Sarah "Amy" Rose Lee Belch (1885-1912) & Carrie Elena Belch (1878-1929) & Emma Tish Belch (1870-1949)
Group photo was contributed to John Page’s Find A Grave site (Pvt Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch with bio by Jeanette (Calcat)) by Judy Wright Koehler-Newell. Picture was probably taken about 1890.
SEE JUDY WRIGHT KOEHLER-NEWELL’S EXTENSIVE PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANY FIND A GRAVE SITES: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSmpid=49218387&
SEE JOHN PAGE’S FIND A GRAVE SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=belch&GSfn=nicholas&GSmn=skeel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=37344288&df=all&
Included (L-R , front row) are Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch & Ethelina Waldsmith “Ethe” Young Peacock Belch & Sarah Amy Rose Lee Belch Chandler & (L-R, back row) Carrie Elena Belch Blunt & Emma Tish Belch Robbins
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 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel 'Nick' (1837-1906) & Ethelina Waldsmith 'Ethe' Young (1842-1917) & Sarah 'Amy' Rose Lee Belch (1885-1912) & Carrie Elena Belch (1878-1929) & Emma Tish Belch (1870-1949)
Group/ Colorized photo was contributed as original black & white version to John Page’s Find A Grave site (Pvt Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch with bio by Jeanette (Calcat)) by Judy Wright Koehler-Newell. Picture was probably taken about 1890.
SEE JUDY WRIGHT KOEHLER-NEWELL’S EXTENSIVE PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANY FIND A GRAVE SITES: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSmpid=49218387&
SEE JOHN PAGE’S FIND A GRAVE SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=belch&GSfn=nicholas&GSmn=skeel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=37344288&df=all&
Included (L-R , front row) are Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch & Ethelina Waldsmith “Ethe” Young Peacock Belch & Sarah Amy Rose Lee Belch Chandler & (L-R, back row) Carrie Elena Belch Blunt & Emma Tish Belch Robbins |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906) & Ethelina "Ethe" Young (1842-1917) & Sarah "Amy" Rose Lee Belch (1885-1912) & Carrie Elena Belch (1878-1929)
Group photo was taken in Jennings Township, Scott Co., IN, about 1898. Included (L-R) are Ethelina "Ethe" Young Peacock Belch & Sarah "Amy" Rose Lee Belch Chandler & Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch & Carrie Elena Belch Blunt. This picture came from the Blunt/ Blount Collection by Dick and Carolyn Fix Blount. |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906)
Individual photo was taken in IN, about 1900-1905, and came from the Blunt/ Blount Collection by Dick and Carolyn Fix Blount. |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906) & Margaret Jane Coatney (1843-1875) & Goldia Mae Robbins (1902-1989) & Olive Amy Robbins (1880-1965) & Betty Colleen Barton Forney (1922-1995)
Object photo/ Scan of beads and locket with tintypes of Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch & Margaret Jane Coatney Belch was taken in 2005. They originally belonged to Olive Amy Robbins Trulock who gave them with the pictured note to her first cousin Goldia Mae Robbins Barton who gave them to her daughter Betty Colleen Barton Forney who in turn gave them to us. |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick" (1837-1906)
Object photo/ This metal stencil (8in x 3in) which Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch used on signs that he had painted was given to us by Betty Colleen Barton Forney. |
| Documents
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 | Peacock, Francis "Frank": Civil War Pension Index Card for Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863)
Civil War Pension Index Card for Francis "Frank" Peacock was provided by Jan Beasley who obtained the image from the National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexed and imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. MILITARY: Civil War Pension Index: The card of Francis Peacock lists: Widow: Peacock, Ethalena; Minor: Belch, Nicholas S., Gdn. [See explanation for Gdn.in notes for Francis “Frank” Peacock]; Service: B 93 Ind. Inf.; Date of filing 1863 Nov 13, Widow, Application No. 38402, Certificate No. 20814; Date of filing 1878 June 17, Minor, Application No. 238019, Certificate No. 183417 |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick": Guardianship Paper regarding Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch (1837-1906)
Guardianship Paper, January 23, 1877, regarding Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch’s appointment as guardian of Emma Jane Peacock Mitchell (1859-1909) & William Abner "Abby" Peacock (1862-1931) came from Jan Beasley and is a part of the Civil War Pension File of Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863), which is stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
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 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick": Original Pension of Minor Children of Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863), Guardian Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch (1837-1906)
Original Pension of Minor Children of Francis "Frank" Peacock whose guardian was Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch came from Jan Beasley and is a part of the Civil War Pension File of Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863), which is stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
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 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel "Nick": Account of Hospitalization by Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch (1837-1906)
Account of Hospitalization by Nicholas Skeel "Nick" Belch, April 25, 1883, came from Jan Beasley, was transcribed by Jan Beasley, and is a part of the Civil War Pension File of Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863), which is stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
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 | Mitchell, Elmer Ellsworth (1893-1975) & Goldia Mae Robbins Barton (1902-1989): Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell's Letter and Notes Concerning Belch Family History
Letter and notes concerning Belch Family history was written on March 28, 1962 by Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell in Versailles, MO, and sent to Goldia Mae Robbins Barton in Clarks Hill, IN. Letters and notes came from Betty Colleen Barton Forney.
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| Headstones |
 | Belch, Nicholas Skeel (1837-1906)
Nicholas Skeel Belch (1837-1906); Wesley Chapel Cemetery, north of Austin, Scott Co., IN, USA. Photo was taken by David R. Clark, M.D. |
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| Notes |
- Source:
Betty Colleen Barton Forney:
Name, dates, places
Source:
Betty Colleen Barton Forney:
Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell of Versailles, MO, in a personal letter to Goldia Mae Robbins Barton, dated March 28, 1962:
Names, dates, & places
Source:
SEE LAURIE PUITE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/u/i/Laurie-L-Puite/index.html
Hannen/Piechowski/Skeel/Trulock/Puite/TenBrink/Dalziel/Sharp
Laurie Puite:
Nicholas Skeel Belch enlisted 13 August 1862 at New Albany, IN in the GAR. He became a private in Co. D, 81st Indiana Volunteers Infantry, 14th A.C. The only battle in which he took part was Stone(s) River 31 December 1862 thru 2 January 1863; he was wounded during the first night's fight by having the first finger of his left hand shot off; he entered a hospital at Nashville for 2 days, Louisville 2 weeks. Gallipolis, Ohio about 6 months receiving treatment for the wound. In November, 1863 he was transferred to Co. G. 17th Bat. V.R.C. He was honorably discharged 7 July 1865 in Indianapolis, Indiana. From the Company Descriptive Book: age 24, height 5'6 1/4", complexion dark, eyes blue, hair black. Where Born Tuscaroy[sic] County, Ohio, Occupation Miller. He came to Scott County when only 2 years of age with his parents. He had two brothers in service, Joseph Belch in 47th Indiana V.I. and John Belch in Capt. John Fouts Co. of 38th Indiana V.I. His wife Margaret Coatney Belch had two brothers in the Army, Harrison Coatney in 128th Indiana Volunteers, Infantry and Nashville Coatney, a member of 13th Indiana Volunteers, Infantry. He was the carpenter that built Wesley Chapel Church in 1902.
Source:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/topics.Military.united-20-states.civwar.letters/11
Nicholas Skeel Belch served in Company B of the Indiana 81st Volunteers. He was wounded at the battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Source:
1880 US Census of Johnson, Scott, Indiana:
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Nicholes BELCH Self M Male W 40 IN Farmer OH OH
Ethelina BELCH Wife M Female W 37 IN Keeping House ME OH
Willy BELCH Son S Male W 11 IN At Home IN IN
Emma BELCH Dau S Female W 10 IN IN IN [Donna Forney Clark: Emma Tish Belch is 10 in this census. Her mother Margaret Jane Coatney died when Emma was 7.]
AND
Carrie BELCH Dau S Female W 2 IN IN IN
AND
Emma BELCH Dau S Female W 21 IN Teaching IN IN [Donna Forney Clark: The 21 year old Emma Belch in this census is the daughter of the first marriage of Ethelina Young Peacock Belch whose husband Abner Peacock was killed in the Civil War. Ethelina was the second wife of Nicholas Belch.]
AND
William BELCH Son S Male W 17 IN Laborer IN IN [Donna Forney Clark: This William is William Abner "Abby" Peacock, son of Ethelina "Ethe" Young and Francis Peacock.]
Source:
Betty Colleen Barton Forney:
Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell of Versailles, MO, in a personal letter to Goldia Mae Robbins Barton, dated March 28, 1962:
Nicholas S. Belch died of pneumonia. Nicholas was a sign painter and a mill sawyer.
Source:
SEE JEFF L. HARMON'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Etashpage/1910/obits1910.htm
Obituary and Death Notice Index to THE CHRONICLE:
Jeff L. Harmon:
Death location
Source:
Jan Beasley:
National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexed and imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
MILITARY: Civil War Pension Index
The card of Francis Peacock lists:
Widow: Peacock, Ethalena
Minor: Belch, Nicholas S., Gdn. [SEE NEXT REFERENCE]
Service: B 93 Ind. Inf.
Date of filing 1863 Nov 13, Widow, Application No. 38402, Certificate No. 20814
Date of filing 1878 June 17, Minor, Application No. 238019, Certificate No. 183417
Source:
David R. Clark refers to the following web site for explanation to the Minor/ GDN:
http://www.familychronicle.com/civilwar-union_03.html
FAMILY CHRONICLE MAGAZINE:
Researching Civil War Union Records
Craig R. Scott offers research tips on tracing your Union Ancestors:
"A little used microfilm (T289), Organizational Index to Pension Records is an index to pensioners by unit, beginning with the field and staff, then showing them alphabetically by company and regiment. This microfilm index is useful to determine all of the pensioners in a specific unit. It is also useful if for some reason the General Index Card file numbers are incorrect. This index is also useful if two different veteran's files have been combined (usually because of a lawyer combining correspondence) or if a minor qualifies for a pension whose stepfather guardian is also a pensioner. "
Source:
Jan Beasley:
March 21, 2007: from notes taken when reading the Civil War Pension File of Francis "Frank" Peacock (1831-1863), which is stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.:
Nicholas Belch was married prior to marriage to Ethelina
NB died of congestion of lungs b. Tuscarawas, Ohio age at death 68
1902 description 5' 5 ½" 129 ½ lbs fair
blue eyes hair dark now white occupation farmer
no teeth in either jaw
1885 description 5' 6 ¾ 132 kbs
1875 description 5' 6 ½" 128 lbs
Nicholas S Belch private D 81 Ind Vols
disability neuralgia of head and loss of index finger of left hand at middle joint & rheumatism
occurred latter part of Dec 1862 in TN between Nashville & Stone River
was unconscious about 3 days
Nicholas Belch claim no 113,684 appl. # 136,380
enrolled 13 Aug 1862 Austin IN Co. D 81 Regiment of
Indiana Volunteers 3 yrs mustered private 29 Aug 1862 at
New Albany Capt. Finley
hon discharge 30 June 1865
- on 21 Sept 1868 resided in Indianapolis, Marion Co
occupation carpenter
NB was treated in hospital for "chr. hepatitis" "rheumatism" " apoplexy"
surgeons signed in 4 Jan 1869, 5 Oct 1870, 5 Mar 1873
AND
Civil War Service Records
Nicholas S Belch
Co G 17 Veteran Res. Corps private
81 IND Vol
Box 636 extraction 3, Record 675
AND
American Civil War Soldiers
enlisted 13 Aug 1862 Union IND
Co G 81st Inf Regt IND
mustered out same 13 June 1865 Nashville TN
AND
Nicholas Belch
b. 1837 OH in census
1850 Jennings Scott IN
1860 Jennings Scott IN
1870 Buck Creek Hancock IN
1880 Johnson Scott IN
1900 Johnson Scott IN
Source:
SEE GINGER WHITE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/i/Ginger--A-White/index.html
The White Family Home Page:
Descendants of Nicholas Skeels:
Ginger White:
NICHOLAS SKEEL4 BELCH (MARTHA ELIZABETH3 SKEELS, NICHOLAS2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 September 1837 in Tuscawaras County, Ohio, and died 20 April 1906 in Scott County, Indiana. He married (1) ETHELINA YOUNG, daughter of ABNER YOUNG and JANE WALDSMITH. He married (2) MARGARET COATNEY 26 January 1859 in Scott County, Indiana.
Children of NICHOLAS BELCH and ETHELINA YOUNG are:
i. CARRIE ELENA5 BELCH, b. 19 January 1878, Paris Crossing, Jennings, Indiana; d. 16 April 1929, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington; m. JAMES HARVEY BLOUNT.
ii. ALICE IRENA BELCH, b. 29 March 1881, Paris Crossing, Jennings County, Indiana; d. 04 October 1884, Paris Crossing, Jennings, Indiana.
iii. SARAH AMY ROSE LEE BELCH, b. July 1885, Paris Crossing, Jennings, Indiana; d. Abt. 1913, Logan County, Illinois.
iv. CURTIS YOUNG BELCH, b. 13 August 1888, Paris Crossing, Jennings, Indiana; d. 16 July 1889, Scott County, Indiana.
Source:
Reprinted by permission. Copyright (c) 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
http://www.familysearch.org
FamilySearch:
Husband
Harmon Belch Pedigree
Birth: 23 JAN 1810 , , Ohio
Marriage: 10 FEB 1831 <, , Ohio>
Death: 06 APR 1879
Wife
Martha Elizabeth Skeel Pedigree
Birth: 11 MAR 1812 , , Ohio
Marriage: 10 FEB 1831 <, , Ohio>
Death: 21 OCT 1898
Children
1. Joseph Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 19 NOV 1831 , , Ohio
2. Ebenezer Scotten Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 01 JUL 1833 , , Ohio
Death: 26 OCT 1854
Burial:
3. Matthew Croff Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 03 NOV 1835 , , Ohio
Death: 19 APR 1870
4. Nicholas Skeel Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 09 SEP 1837 , Tuscarawas, Ohio
Death: 20 APR 1906
5. John Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 25 OCT 1839 , , Indiana
Death: DEC 1890
6. Margaretta Nancy Belch Pedigree
Female
Birth: 16 MAY 1842 , , Indiana
Death: 04 APR 1902
7. Elizabeth Clarinda Belch Pedigree
Female
Birth: 06 DEC 1843 , Scott, Indiana
Death: MAY 1930
8. Issac Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 19 OCT 1845 , Scott, Indiana
Death: 22 NOV 1883
9. Harmon Asbury Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 03 APR 1847 , Scott, Indiana
Death: 16 MAR 1913
10. Columbus Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 03 MAR 1849 , Scott, Indiana
Death: DEC 1870
11. Lorenzo Dow Harmon Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 13 FEB 1852 , Scott, Indiana
eath: 20 SEP 1852
12. Reason H. Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 22 APR 1855 , Scott, Indiana
13. Martha Jane OR Mattie Belch Pedigree
Female
Birth: 23 SEP 1857 , Scott, Indiana
Death: 07 MAY 1931
14. Ansel R. Belch Pedigree
Male
Birth: 26 NOV 1857 , Scott, Indiana
Death: 07 FEB 1868
Source:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFZ5-Y7C
Nicholas S Belch
Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007
Event Type:
Marriage Registration
Event Date:
26 Jan 1859
Event Place:
Scott, Indiana, United States
Name:
Nicholas S Belch
Gender:
Male
Spouse's Name:
Margaret J Coatney
Spouse's Gender:
Female
Officiator's Name:
John Miller
Number of Images:
1
Marriage License Date:
22 Jan 1859
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